A ________ provides a summary of freight charges and conveys title to the merchandise.

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• With _______, the exporter ships the goods to the importer while still retaining actual title to the merchandise.
• An American firm has just bought merchandise from a British firm for £50,000 on terms of net 90 days. The U.S. company has purchased a 3-month call option of 50,000 pounds at a strike of $1.7 per pound and premium cost of $0.02 per pound. On the day the option matures, the spot exchange rate is $1.8 per pound. Should the U.S. company exercise the option at that time or buy British pounds in the spot market?
• On the balance-of-payments statements, merchandise imports are classified in the:
• Consider an exporter that is willing to send goods to the importer without a guaranteed payment by the bank. The bank provides a loan to the exporter that is backed by the value of the exported goods. This reflects:.
• Volusia, plc is a UK-based exporting firm that expects to receive payments denominated in both euros and Canadian dollars in one month. Based on today's spot rates, the pound value of the funds to be received is estimated at £500,000 for the euros and £300,000 for the Canadian dollars. Based on data for the last fifty months, Volusia estimates the standard deviation of monthly percentage changes to be 8 percent for the euro and 3 percent for the Canadian dollar. The correlation coefficient between the euro and the Canadian dollar is 0.30. What is the portfolio standard deviation?
• Consider an MNC that is exposed to the Taiwan dollar (TWD) and the Egyptian pound (EGP). 25% of the MNC's funds are Taiwan dollars and 75% are pounds. The standard deviation of exchange movements is 7% for Taiwan dollars and 5% forpounds. The correlation coefficient between movements in the value of the Taiwan dollar and the pound is .7. Based on this information, the standard deviation of this two-currency portfolio is approximately:
• Magent ltd. is a UK company that has exposure to the Swiss franc (SF) and Danish kroner (DK). It has net inflows of SF 200 million and net outflows of DK 500 million. The present exchange rate of the SF is about £0.22 while the present exchange rate of the DK is £0.05. Magent ltd. has not hedged these positions. The SF and DK are highly correlated in their movements against the pound. If the pound weakens, then Magent ltd. will:
• Assume that Patton Co. will receive 100,000 New Zealand dollars (NZ$) in 180 days. Today's spot rate of the NZ$ is £0.35, and the 180-day forward rate is £0.36. A call option on NZ$ exists, with an exercise price of £0.37, a premium of £0.01, and a 180- day expiration date. A put option on NZ$ exists with an exercise price of £0.36, a premium of £0.01, and a 180-day expiration date. Patton Co. has developed the following probability distribution for the spot rate in 180 days: Possible Spot Rate in 90 Days Probability £0.30 10% £0.35 60% £0.40 30% The probability that the forward hedge will result in more U.S. dollars received than the options hedge is _______ (deduct the amount paid for the premium when estimating the U.S. dollars received on the options hedge).
• Assume that Patton Co. will receive 100,000 New Zealand dollars (NZ$) in 180 days. Today's spot rate of the NZ$ is £0.35, and the 180-day forward rate is £0.36. A call option on NZ$ exists, with an exercise price of £0.37, a premium of £0.01, and a 180-day expiration date. A put option on NZ$ exists with an exercise price of £0.36, a premium of £0.01, and a 180-day expiration date. Patton Co. has developed the following probability distribution for the spot rate in 180 days: Possible Spot Rate in 90 Days Probability £0.30 10% £0.35 60% £0.40 30% The probability that the forward hedge will result in more U.S. dollars received than the options hedge is _______ (deduct the amount paid for the premium when estimating the U.S. dollars received on the options hedge).
• Suppose the exchange rates between the United States and Euro Area are in long-run equilibrium as defined by the idea of purchasing power parity. If the law of one price holds perfectly, then differences between U.S. and Euro Area rates of inflation would