Let's suppose you have $1 million to invest. you are considering to invest in uk first, then convert the british pound back to us$ in the future. you know following information: annual interest rate on investment in us: 2% annual interest rate on investment in uk: 4% investment period: 1 year current exchange rate: 1.48 $/bp forward exchange rate which you can apply when converting bp to us$: 1.47 $/bp what would be profit if you apply the covered-interest arbitrage?

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position