Finance Discussion Question

eActivity-

• Use the Internet to research the economic activity of Brazil and Switzerland. Be prepared to discuss.

• From the e-Activity, determine key reasons why a multinational corporation might decide to borrow in a country such as Brazil, where interest rates are high, rather than in a country like Switzerland, where interest rates are low. Provide support for your rationale.

• Select two potential international markets in which TFC (Trevose Fitness Center) may wish to do business. Compare the currency markets of the two countries you have chosen with that of the U.S. dollar. Based on currency considerations only, recommend whether or not TFC should expand to the international markets that you have chosen.