You are a car dealer in Nashville and import Mercedes-Benz from Germany. You have just signed a deal to import 100 cars.

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You are a car dealer in Nashville and import Mercedes-Benz from Germany. You have just signed a deal to import 100 cars.

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You are a car dealer in Nashville and import
Mercedes-Benz from Germany. You have just signed a deal to import
100 cars. The deal is denominated in Euros, and you will pay
€5,000,000 when the cars arrive in Nashville in 90 days. Assume
that you can borrow and lend at 6% p.a. in U.S. dollars and at 10%
p.a. in Euros. Both interest rate quotes are for a 360-day year.
The spot exchange rate is $1.36/€, and the 90-day forward exchange
rate is $1.32/€. It is known that there are a couple of ways to
hedge your foreign currency liability: forward hedge and money
market hedge. Which hedge should be preferred for you? Show all the
details.
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