Assume a Japanese firm invoices exports to the U. S. in U. S. dollars. Assume that the forward rate and spot rate of the Japanese yen are equal. If the Japanese firm expects the U. S. dollar to against the yen, it would likely wish to hedge. It could hedge by dollars forward.

A) depreciate; buying
B) depreciate; selling
C) appreciate; selling
D) appreciate; buying

Saks fifth avenue wants to learn about its consumers' attitudes toward on-line purchases. there are numerous studies that are available about consumers and on-line buying, but saks believes its customers might be different from the usual on-line consumer profile, so they decide to conduct their own study. if saks were to use the available data about consumer attitudes, it would be using data; however, if saks does its own study it would collect data.