A firm enters into an agreement to ________ British pounds and ________ U.S. dollars. If the dollar appreciates vs. the pound the firm will realize an accounting profit on the swap transaction.
A. pay; receive
B. receive; pay
C. pay; pay
D. receive; receive
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________ are NOT one of the three categories reported for foreign exchange.
A. Spot transactions
B. Swap transactions
C. Strip transactions
D. Futures transactions
A common type of swap transaction in the foreign exchange market is the ________ where the dealer buys the currency in the spot market and sells the same amount back to the same bank in the forward market.
A. "forward against spot"
B. "for spot"
C. "repurchase agreement"
D. "spot against forward"
Assume that you are the Chase Manhattan Bank of the United States, and you have 1 million Swiss francs in your vault that you will need to use in 30 days. Moreover, you need 500,000 British pounds for the next 30 days. You arrange to loan your francs to Barclays Bank of London for 30 days in exchange for 500,000 pounds today, and reverse the transaction at the end of 30 days. You have just arranged a:
A. Forward contract
B. Futures contract
C. Spot contract
D. Currency swap
The major difference between currency futures and forward contracts is that futures contracts are standardized for ease of trading on an exchange market whereas forward contracts are specialized and tailored to meet the needs of clients.