为什么forward rate 单位是“外币/本币”?
(我记得老师上课的时候讲,把外币当作一种商品,例如苹果。那么,在通常情况下,“本币/外币”可以理解成:苹果多少钱(本币)一个。但是到了forward rate 这边,完全反过来了。)
1.希望能解释一下背后intuition;
2.在哪些情况下,单位是“外币/本币”?(可能涉及forward单位的application情况是否包括:<1>forward premium/ discount,<2>mark to market,<3>covered IRP/ uncovered IRP?)
3.区别于forward rate的单位“外币/本币”,三角换汇单位是“本币/外币”吧?
做题目老是容易错,恳请老师指点,谢谢!
课本p624--p625:
In addition, we will alter our exchange rate notation from price/base currency (P/B) to “foreign/domestic currency” (f/d), making the assumption that the domestic currency for an investor is the base currency in the exchange rate quotation.
Using this (f/d) notation will make it easier to illustrate the choice an investor faces
between domestic and foreign investments, as well as the arbitrage relationships that
equate the returns on these investments when their risk characteristics are equivalent.