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    Carry Trades and Currency Crashes Markus K. Brunnermeier‚ Princeton University‚ NBER‚ and CEPR Stefan Nagel‚ Stanford University and NBER Lasse H. Pedersen‚ New York University‚ NBER‚ and CEPR I. Introduction This paper studies crash risk of currencies for funding‐constrained speculators in an attempt to shed new light on the major currency puzzles. Our starting point is the currency carry trade‚ which consists of selling low interest rate currencies—“funding currencies”—and investing in

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    Foreign Currency Management Exchange Rate This is the rate at which the currency of one country would change hands with currency of another country. E.g. $1 = SLR 130 Types of Exchange Rate 1. Floating Rate This rate depends on a levels of the international trade of a country and it does not interfere with the government of that country. 2. Fixed Rate This is the rate that the government of the country would set its own currency rate and it is not depending on the market rate. 3. Dirty

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    ISSN 0825-5822 The texts published in the series "Cahiers du CETAI" are solely the responsibility of their authors. Cahier de recherche THE NONORTHODOX CURRENCY BOARDS: THE CASE OF BULGARIA Nikolay NENOVSKY* and Kalin HRISTOV* 2001-01 January 2001 * Bulgarian National Bank‚ Research Department; University of National and World Economy‚ Department of Finance‚ Sofia‚ Bulgaria. Copyright © 2001. Centre d’études en administration internationale (CETAI)‚ École des Hautes Études commerciales

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    Case Study Analysis Case 11-4 Functional Currency Determination — IFRS 2009: Sparkle Company is a Nigerian diamond mining company. (Nigerian currency is the Naira (NGN).) Sparkle is a joint venture‚ 50 percent owned by Shine and 50 percent owned by Brighten. Both Shine and Brighten are U.S.-based companies with US$ functional currency. This year‚ Sparkle had several transactions with its joint venture owners and outside parties. The details of Sparkle’s transactions are as follows: Loans   

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    contrast foreign currency futures and options. Identify situations where you may choose one or the other. When Barings Bank‚ the oldest merchant bank in London‚ collapsed in 1995 after one of the bank’s employees lost £827 million due to speculative investing‚ primarily in futures contracts‚ it illustrated the extreme danger and volatility of derivatives. Options and futures can be used to eliminate‚ reduce‚ hedge and manage risk‚ but can also be highly speculative. Foreign currency futures are

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    for the alternative of currency. As early as the Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians‚ currency had been created from golden rings and bars in order to accumulate wealth and trading power. Similar concepts and ideas of currency developed independently around the globe in order for society to overcome economic needs. The economic values of European settlers in North America had a profound impact on the ways that the indigenous peoples of the area lived by created a currency from what was once a traditional

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    CHAPTER 7: CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTION MARKETS 7.1 FUTURE CONTRACTS 7.1.1 Definition of future contract–> contracts written requiring a standard quantity of an available currency at a fixed exchange rate and at a set delivery date. A future contract is defined as a contractual agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-determined price in the future. The contracts detail the quality and quantity of the underlying asset. Background of currency futures in 1972: Chicago Mercantile Exchange

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    Multinational consolidation and currency translation • Consolidated financial statement Consolidated financial statements are financial statements that factor the holding company’s subsidiaries into its aggregated accounting figure. It is a representation of how the holding company is doing as a group. The consolidated accounts should provide a true and fair view of the financial and operating conditions of the group. Doing so typically requires a complex set of eliminating and consolidating

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    Write an essay on the forward Currency Exchange Market explaining in detail why such a market exists and how it operates; its dealers its buyers‚ the purposes for which the foreign currency is used. In your answer refer to the forward and futures market instruments explaining how the current exchange rates are affected by movements in these market prices. Use a website to collect information on the forward rate between the US $ and the Euro. Explain what factors have influenced their movement over

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    CHAPTER 14 INTEREST RATE AND CURRENCY SWAPS SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Describe the difference between a swap broker and a swap dealer. Answer: A swap broker arranges a swap between two counterparties for a fee without taking a risk position in the swap. A swap dealer is a market maker of swaps and assumes a risk position in matching opposite sides of a swap and in assuring that each counterparty fulfills its contractual obligation

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