Given NAV = (Plan assets - Expenses) / Shares outstanding, an increase in expenses will decrease NAV.

Accrued interest = (2/6) x (1/2) x (8-5/8%) x $2,000,000 = $28,750

A: This is an important signal to look for when locking in your profits from long positions as a bearish divergence may occur soon. B: It is a bearish sign.

Note that the base currency, not the price currency, is said to be trading at a forward discount.

Both of these statements are true. The law of comparative advantage implies that trading partners can be made better off if each specializes in the production of goods for which it is a low opportunity cost producer and trades for those goods for which it is a high opportunity cost producer. This situation will lead to a minimization of costs and a maximization of output. There must be differences in the relative prices of products across countries in order for this comparative advantage to be realized.
This is because the price of a good reflects the production costs. If all production costs were equal across countries then there would be no incentive to trade since each country can produce with equal efficiency.