1.You have an investment opportunity in Japan. It requires an investment of $1 million today and will produce a cash flow of ¥ 114 million in one year with no risk. Suppose the risk-free interest rate in the United States is 4%, the risk-free interest rate in Japan is 2%, and the current competitive exchange rate is ¥ 110 per $1. What is the NPV of this investment? Is it a good opportunity?

2.Your firm has a risk-free investment opportunity where it can invest $160,000 today and receive $170,000 in one year. For what level of interest rates is this project attractive?

3.You run a construction firm. You have just won a contract to build a government office building. Building it will take one year and require an investment of $10 million today and $5 million in one year. The government will pay you $20 million upon the building’s completion. Suppose the cash flows and their times of payment are certain, and the risk-free interest rate is 10%.

a. What is the NPV of this opportunity?

b. How can your firm turn this NPV into cash today?