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Princess Cruise Company (PCC) purchased a ship from Mitsubishi Heavy Industry for 600 million yen payable in one year. The current spot rate is 129/$ and the one-year forward rate is 115/$. The annual interest rate is 7 percent in Japan and 10 percent in the United States. PCC can also buy a one-year call option on yen at the strike price of $.0076 per yen for a premium of .014 cents per yen.

a. Compute the future dollar costs of meeting this obligation using the money market and forward hedges.

B. Assuming that the forward exchange rate is the best predictor of the future spot rate, compute the expected future dollar cost of meeting this obligation when the option hedge is used.

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the answer is NOT $4,644,000 or $4,560,000

Princess Cruise Company (PCC) purchased a ship from Mitsubishi Heavy Industry for 600 million yen payable in one year. The current spot rate is 129/$ and the one-year forward rate is 115/$. The annual interest rate is 7 percent in Japan and 10 percent in the United States. PCC can also buy a one-year call option on yen at the strike price of $.0076 per yen for a premium of .014 cents per yen. a. Compute the future dollar costs of meeting this obligation using the money market and forward hedges. b. Assuming that the forward exchange rate is the best predictor of the future spot rate, compute the expected future dollar cost of meeting this obligation when the option hedge is used

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