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ShortProｂlemsＳuppｏｓeyｏuｈave$20,０00ｉnabａｎkaccounｔearninganiｎteresｔratｅｏf4%pｅryear.Aｔｔhｅｓａmeｔｉmｅyouhavｅａnunｐaidbalanceonyoｕrｃreｄitｃａrdｏf＄7,０0０onwｈichyouａｒepａｙiｎganｉnｔeｒestｒateoｆ18%peryeａｒ．Whatiｓtheａrbｉｔrageｏｐｐortunｉｔyyｏｕfaｃe?Answer：Yｏｕcouldtake$7,0００outoｆｙourｂａnkaccountaｎdｐaydｏｗｎyourcreditcardbａlanｃe.Youwouｌdｇｉｖeup4%ｐerｙeaｒiniｎｔereｓtearniｎgs(＄２80)butyouwouldsaｖe18%peｒｙｅarininｔereｓtｅxpeｎses（$1,２60).Sｏtｈeaｒbｉtrａｇeoｐｐｏrtuｎiｔyiswoｒｔh＄9８0ｐeryeaｒ.Fillinthｅmissiｎgexchangeratｅsｉnｔhｅfolｌｏwingtable: Ｕ.S．DｏllａrＥｕrｏDａnishKroneJapaｎeseYenU．S.Ｄｏllaｒ＄11．５5７60．208８0.0095９4Eｕｒo０．6４20DaｎishKｒone4.７898JaｐａnｅsｅYeｎ１04．2３Ａｎｓｗer：U.Ｓ.DｏllａrＥｕroDａｎiｓhKroneJapaｎeseＹenU．S.Dollａr$１1.55760．２0880.0095９4Eｕｒo0.６4２0１Eｕro0.１3４00.006159DａniｓｈＫrone４.78987.4607４1Kｒonｅ0.４5954JａpaneｓeYeｎ104.231６2.3521.76１Ｙen1YｏｕobsｅｒｖeｔhａtｔhedollａrpriceｏｆtｈeMexicanpｅsoiｓ$０.09618andｔhedｏllａrprｉceoftｈeCanａdiandollａｒis$０.9９9７．WｈatｍustｔheｅxｃhangｅraｔｅbｅtweentheMexｉcａnpesoａndtheCanadianｄollarｂefortheｒetobeｎoarｂｉtｒageｏpportｕnitｙ?Aｎswｅr: ＣＡＤ／MXN=0.0９6180.999７=0.0９６20８ＣAＤ/MXNSupｐoseｔhattheｅxchaｎｇerａｔｅis$０.297０toｔｈeIsraelisｈekel.Howｃouldyouｍaｋearbitraｇeprofitswiｔｈ＄1０，00０iｆtｈeｄｏｌlarpｒiceｏｆgoldiｓ$2０0perounceａndｔheshｅkｅlｐrｉcｅis750IＬSpｅroｕnce?Anｓwer：Take$10,０00aｎdｂuy５０oｕｎcesｏfgoldat$200perｏｕnｃe.Selｌ５0ouncesｏｆgolｄinIsrａeｌfor37,500ＩLS(750IＬSperｏunｃe).Tａke３7，500ILSanｄｅxchanｇeitiｎtodollaｒsworth$1１，137.５0.Tｈeaｒｂｉｔrａｇeprｏｆitis＄1,137.５0．YoｕaｒｅtｒaｖeｌliｎｇinFaｒOutwｈeｒeyoｕcanｂuy15０kｒaｎeｓ（akｒaｎebeingｔｈｅｕnitofｃｕrrencyinFarOｕt）ｗithaU.S.dollarａtoffiｃialＦａｒOutbankｓ．Yourtourgｕｉdehasarｅlａtivewｈoｄabｂｌesintｈeblackmａｒketａndtｈiｓｐaｒｔicularreｌaｔiｖewillsｅlｌyｏuｋranesforjust$0.0０６85eachontheblackｍａrket.Ｈｏwｍｕchwoｕｌdyｏuｇａiｎｏrｌosebyｅｘchanging$300ontheblaｃｋmarｋｅtiｎsｔeaｄofgoｉngtothｅbaｎk?Ansｗer:Ontheｏfficｉalmarkｅt:$３00x150kraneｓ＝45,000kｒａnｅｓOｎtｈeｂlaｃｋｍarkeｔ:$300x1/０．006８5kraｎes=４3,796kraｎesＨence,yoｕwｏuldlｏse1,204ｋｒaｎes.Afirｍ?ｓeａｒnｉngspｅrｓｈareaｒe＄5.50aｎdthｅindusｔrｙavｅrageＰ/Eｍultｉpleiｓ8.Whａtwoulｄbｅanｅstimateofthｅvａluｅofasharｅoftｈeｆirm?ｓstocｋ?Isitpossiblefｏrfirmｓbeｉnｇclａssｉfiedｉnｔhｅｓamｅiｎｄｕｓtrｙtohａｖediffｅｒeｎtｐｒｉce/eａrningsmultiｐｌes?Answｅｒ： Eｓtiｍatｅdvaluｅｓhａreoｆsｔock?=ｆiｒm?sEPSｘIndustrｙａveｒageP/E ＝$5.50x8 ?? =$44.00 FirmｓｃlassifieｄasbeｉngintheｓａｍeindｕｓtrymayhavediffereｎtopportunitieｓfｏrｇｒｏwｔｈiｎtheｆutｕreａｎdmaythｅｒeforedｉfｆerｉntheirP／Emｕltiplｅs.TｈeP/ＥｍultiｐｌｅofBＨMCoｒporatioｎｉｓｃurreｎtly5，whilethｅＰ/EraｔｉoofｔhｅS&P500is１0.Whatｒｅasoｎscｏulｄａccｏuntfｏrtｈisdiｆｆｅｒence？Anｓwer： BHM?sｒeｐortｅdｅarnｉngsmａybｅhｉｇherthantheyaｒeeｘpecteｄｔobeiｎthefｕture,oｒtheymaybeｉnflateｄdｕetospeciａlacｃountingｍetｈｏdsuseｄbyＢＨM．BHMmａyberiskiｅrthanthｅＳ＆P５００eiｔheｒbｅcauseｉtiｓinａrelatｉｖｅlyrｉskｙinduｓｔｒyorhａsaｒelativelｙhｉｇherｄebtｒatｉｏ．ThepｒiｃeofHubriｓＣo.stockrecentlyｊumpedwhenｔheＣEOforthecoｍpaｎｙaｎnouncedanincｒeａsｅddiｖidendpaymeｎtfｏrtheyear.Whａtmiｇｈtaccountfｏrsｕchamａrketreａctｉｏn?Ａnsｗer：Theｍarｋｅtmａybelievｅthｅcomｐaｎy?sfutｕrepｒospectslookverybriｇhｔ(ｔhatis,ｈｉghｅreaｒｎｉngs，ｌｅｓsrｉsk,sｏunｄgｒowth,etｃ.)ａndｔhattheｃompaｎycａnsustａｉnｓuchａnｅａrniｎgｓgｒowth．?Aｓsumｅthatｔheｗorｌdwiｄerisk-fｒeerｅalratｅofinteｒesｔｉs4％pｅryear.Dｅnmarkhasanexｐectedrａteoｆｉnflaｔiｏnof9%pｅrｙearａndinSpａinhａsanｅxpectedraｔeofinｆlatｉｏnof14%peryear.Aｓsumｉｎgtｈｅrｅｉsnｏｕncertaintyabouｔinflatioｎ,whatarethｅｉｍplｉednｏmｉｎalinｔerestrａｔesdｅnoｍｉnａｔediｎＫroｎeｒandEｕros?Aｎsweｒ:?Dｅｎmａｒｋ:nominaliｎtｅrｅstrate=(１．04）x(1．09)?１? ? =13.３6%peｒyear Spａｉn:nominaｌiｎteｒestrate?=(１.04)x（1.１4)?1 ? ??=18.56％perｙearＡsｓuｍethａtthewｏrldｗiderisk-freeｒealraｔｅofinteｒesｔｉｓ4％ｐeryear.ThｅUnitedKｉngｄomhasaneｘｐectedrａteｏfinｆlａｔionof8％peryｅａrａnｄinBeｌｇiumitiｓ１0%ｐeryeａr.Assｕmｉngtｈeｒeiｓnｏｕnｃerｔaiｎｔyaboutinflaｔiｏｎ,wｈaｔarｅtheimｐliｅdｎominalinterestratesdenominaｔedinPｏｕndｓSteｒlinｇanｄEuros？Answer：?UｎｉｔedKiｎｇｄoｍ:nｏmiｎaliｎteresｔrate?=（１．04)x（1．08）?1 ? ??=１2.32%peryear Beｌgium:nomiｎaliｎtｅrestｒate ?=（1.04)ｘ（1.1０）?1?? =14.40%peryeaｒ

LoｎｇeｒPｒoblｅmsLｅt?sａssumetｈatyouhavｅoperatedyｏｕroｗｎｂuｓinessfor18ｙears.Foｒthemoｓtｒeｃentfｉscalyeaｒ，sａｌeswｅre$１５ｍｉllion．NetＩnｃｏmｅｆorthemoｓtｒeｃentfiscalｙearwaｓ$1.5milliｏｎ.Thｅbookvalｕeｏfyｏurbusineｓswaｓ$1１miｌlｉｏn.Recently,ａfiｒmｗhicｈisengageｄinsimilaractiｖiｔｉｅsｔoｙｏurｏwｎwａsｓoldaｎdｔhefolloｗinginforｍatiｏnｗａsmａdepubliｃ：MultｉpｌeofBoｏｋVａｌue 0.8xMulｔiｐｌeofNeｔIｎcoｍe 1１ｘMｕltiｐleofSalｅｓ?０．7ｘHowwouldｙｏudｅterｍineａnapproprｉateranｇeofvalueforｙｏurcompany?Itｈａsｃｏmeｔoyouratｔeｎｔionthatyouｒcomｐａnyｈasfutureiｎvestmｅntoppｏrtｕnitiesthaｔwouldbelｅｓsｐrｏfitａbleｔhanｔhecｏｍｐetingｃｏmpaｎｙａbovｅ.Whatｄoesｔhissaｙaboutthｅｖaluatiｏnofyourcompany?Answeｒ:a)?MｕｌtipleｏfＳａles:０.7x＝$15miｌliｏｎｘ0．7＝＄10.５ｍｉlｌion ＭｕｌtｉｐleofＮｅtＩｎcｏme:1１ｘ=$1.５milliｏnx１1=＄１6.５mｉllioｎ? ＭultipleofBookVａlue:0．８x=＄11milliｏnx0.8＝$8．８millｉonb)?Tｈｅvalｕatioｎoｆyouｒｃompaｎywouldbeatthｅlｏwereｎｄｏｆtherange.BHMｓtocｋisｔradingfｏr＄47persｈａreontheNYＳＥand$45pershareonｔheＳydnｅyStockExcｈaｎge．ＡssumethatthｅｃostsofbuyingaｎｄsellingＢＨMsｔockａreｎegligｉble.Ｈｏwcanyｏumaｋeａnarｂitragｅpｒｏｆiｔ?OvertimｅwhatwouｌdｙoｕexpｅcｔｔoｈａpｐeｎｔostockprｉcｅsiｎＮewYorkaｎｄＳydneｙ?NowａssumethatthｅcosｔofbuyｉnｇaｎｄseｌlingshａresｏfBHMare2%perｔrａnsaction.Ｈowｄoeｓthisaffｅｃtyoｕrａnswers?Answer:ａ)?YoucoｕｌdbuyＢHMstoｃkｉnSydneyaｎｄsimｕltａｎeouslｙselｌitｉｎＮｅwYoｒｋ．Yourarbitｒａｇeproｆｉｔwｏuldｂe$2perｓhaｒe.Thepriｃeswｏuldbecｏｍeｅqual.Tｈereｃoｕldｒｅmａina2%discrｅｐａncybetweｅnｔhepricｅswhiｃhwｏuldｂe$１.84intｈｉsｉnstance．

Ｓｕppoｓeyouhave$50,０00ｉnａbanｋａccounｔearninｇaniｎterｅstｒateoｆ3.5％pｅrｙear.Atｔheｓametimeyouhaveａnuｎpaｉｄbalanｃｅｏnyouｒcｒｅditｃardoｆ$13,0０0onｗhｉｃｈyouaｒｅｐａｙinganinｔｅrｅstrateoｆ2１％peryｅar．Ｗhatiｓthearbitrageｏｐpoｒtuniｔyｙoｕfａce?Ａｎswer：Yoｕcｏｕlｄtａkｅ$13,000oｕtofｙｏｕrbankacｃouｎｔaｎdpaydownyouｒcreditcarｄｂａlａnce.Yｏｕwｏｕlｄｇiveuｐ3.5%peryearｉｎinｔｅresteaｒnings($45５)butyouwｏulｄsaｖｅ２1％pｅryeａrininｔｅrestexpenses($2，7３0）．Sｏtｈeａｒｂitｒaｇeｏpｐortunｉｔyiswortｈ＄2，27５peryｅar.ThequｏtesfromHuｂriｓBanｋandModeｓtyBaｎkarｅgivenbeｌow:ＨubrｉsBank:?１06Yeｎ／＄ModestｙBaｎk：?１04Yen/$Answｅrthefollowingqｕesｔionsbaｓedonthesｅfｉgｕrｅs.Iｆwｅａssｕmeｎｏtraｎsactioncostｓ,tｈeｒeisevidenｔlｙａnopｐｏｒtuｎityfｏrarｂｉtrageherｅ．Ｉfanａｒｂｉtrageurｓtarteｄｗith$１０,00０,exactｌyhowwould(ｓ)heｍａkeｐrofitsａndhoｗmuchｐrｏfitｗouｌd(s)ｈemａke?Ａsmanｙtｒaｄerｓｅnｇａgeinarbｉtｒagewhｏdoyoｕexpeｃttoｓeeinthｅａboｖequotesatｔhesｅtｗobaｎks?Iftheｒeiｓa1％ｔransａｃｔioncosｔfortransactionsistheｒestillanｏpｐorｔuniｔyｆoｒａｒbｉｔraｇｅ？Aｎsweｒ：HubrｉsＢａｎk:106Ｙen/$? MｏdestyBａnk:１04Yｅn／$AtＨubｒiｓBａnｋ,buyＹenwiｔｈｄoｌlａrs（Yenarecｈeapｅr).AtModestyＢank,buydollarｓｗithYeｎ(doｌlａｒｓarecｈeaper)． Staｒｔｗith＄１０，000:? AtHubrｉｓBank:$10,000x１０６Yen/＄=1，060，０00Yeｎ?AｔＭodestｙＢaｎk:1,0６0,000Yenｘ1$/１04Ｙｅn＝$10，192.31 Youｍakeａprofｉｔof$１９2．31.TｈeYeｎwillａｐpr