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No five?month forward rate is given. The rate may be interpolated from the threemonth
and one?year rates for buying dollars.
The estimated five?month forward rate is:
1.9029 *7/9
+1.8901 *2/9
=1.9066Pls explain this calculation part.
Also can’t we find forward rate using borrowing rates given in question and then converting them for 5 months ?
The expected basis in five months’ time is 1.7*1/7 *2 =0.486 cents
Why they have multiplied by 2 ?
My answer for money market is coming different than that of exam kit . Can you pls explain where I have gone wrong.
Invest in foreign currency=150000/1.017=$ 147493
In pounds= 147493/1.9156= 76 996 pounds
borrow in home country=76996* 1.046= 80537 pounds
I am having a problem here. I have the BPP Revision Kit and also all the past exams. However the current edition of the BPP Kit does not contain a question called Lammer, and there was no question called Lammer in the June 2006 exam either.
I do know that there used to be a question called Lammer in earlier editions of the Kit (but I don’t keep old editions) because I have answered questions about it on here in years gone by.
If you use the ‘search’ button on here and type in ‘Lammer’ then you will find previous questions that I have answered and hopefully they will explain your problems for you.
Hi there, I found this question in the Kaplan exam kit Lammer Plc (Jun 06)Questions and I cannot understand it either were you able to get a response
How did they come up with a 5 month forward rate from a
3 month forward rate 1.9066-1.9120
1 year forward rate 1.8901-1.8945The estimated fivemonth forward rate is:
1.9029 *7/9
+1.8901 *2/9
=1.9066Pls explain this calculation part.
As I wrote in my previous reply I only have the BPP Revision Kit and the question Lammer does not appear in the current edition of the BPP Kit (it used to be in their kit several years ago, but since it is such an old question (before the current examiner took over the exam) they have now removed it).
However the answer you quote has averaged between the two given forward rates (although you have mistyped in your post and the calculation is (1.9066 x 7/9) + (1.8901 x 2/9) = 1.9029, and this is the 5 month forward rate).
A more obvious way of showing it is as follows:
The difference between the 3 month and 12 months forward rates is 1.9066 – 1.8901 = 0.0165, and this fall occurs over 12 – 3 = 9 months.We need the 5 months forward rate which is the 3 month forward rate adjusted for an extra 2 months.
It is therefore 1.9066 – (2/9 x 0.0165) = 1.9029
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