Currency war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Currency war involves states competing against each other on the foreign exchange markets to achieve a relatively low exchange rate‚ in order to boost their exports. Currency war‚ also known as Competitive devaluation‚ is a condition in international affairs where countries compete against each other to achieve a relatively low exchange rate for their home currency‚ so as to help their domestic industry. Competitive devaluation has been rare
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Risk Pooling in Health Care Finance Peter C. Smith and Sophie N. Witter Centre for Health Economics University of York York YO10 5DD United Kingdom Report prepared for the World Bank Workshop Resource Allocation and Purchasing in Health: Value for Money‚ Reaching the Poor World Bank‚ Washington DC‚ May 14-15 2001 Revised November 2001 Phone Fax E-mail + 44 1904 433779 + 44 1904 433759 pcs1@york.ac.uk Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Jack Langenbrunner‚ Maureen
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1 Hedging Strategies Using Futures Chapter 3 2 Long & Short Hedges • A long futures hedge is appropriate when you know you will purchase an asset in the future and want to lock in the price • A short futures hedge is appropriate when you know you will sell an asset in the future & want to lock in the price • A short hedge is also appropriate if you currently own the asset and want to be protected against price fluctuations 3 Arguments in Favor of Hedging • Companies should
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Fourth AIMS International Conference on Management December 28-31‚ 2006 1 Practical Considerations in the Application of Delta Neutral Hedging Paper Reference No: A553 T.V.Venkatarathna‚ Senior Consultant‚ Polaris Software Lab Limited‚ Survey No.203/Part‚ Manikonda IT Park‚ Hyderabad 500 019 venkat.tv@polaris.co.in Many financial institutions hold derivative instruments in their portfolio whose value changes in response to a change in the value of the underlying security. The option-pricing
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Basket Of currencies: It’s a selective group of currencies ( Dollar‚ Yen‚ …) in which the average is used as a measure of the value‚ and its commonly used to avoid the risk of any currency fluctuating. An Example of pegging to a basket of currencies is Kuwait: In May of 2007 Kuwait dropped the peg to U.S dollar and pegged to a basket of currencies in the beginning Kuwait inflation rate rose from 0.69% in the second quarter of 2007 to 4.2% in the first quarter of 2008. Overall‚ the increase in
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payment. John Gunn indicated that there would be no difficulty for Southeastern to arrange the pound loan for Dozier through its correspondent bank in London. He believed that such a loan would be at 1.5% above the U.K. prime rate. Dozier Hedging Alternatives Forward Market Hedge: Dozier would purchase U.S. dollars under a forward contract. The contract would obligate Dozier to pay £1‚057‚500 in exchange for £1‚057‚500 x 1.4198 $/£ = $1‚501‚438.50 assuming the transaction was at the
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Abstract: How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? The case examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors’ corporate hedging policies‚ its risk management structure‚ and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions. The company is considering deviations from prescribed policies because of two significant exposures: an exposure to
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speculation. 2.) By not considering the financial risk he was putting the company in by purchasing a plane from their biggest competitor he potentially cut into the company’s profits. 3.) Since he did purchase the planes‚ regardless of any feelings he had about dropping exchange rates‚ it was only speculation so he should have put options on the money in order to save the company from higher losses. Alternative Outcomes: There were five possible Hedging Alternatives‚ including the Partial Forward
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future to be able to lock in the price of diesel fuel for future purchases. 2. What problems could the use of heating oil futures for hedging create for J&L? Note: I assume this question is asking about heating oil specifically not futures in general. As heating oil is not the same product as diesel fuel‚ therefore there could still be some exposure (risk) for J&L. There has been a historical correlation between heating oil prices and diesel fuel prices‚ but this might not be true for the
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Question 1 ( 5 points) In a world with no frictions (taxes‚ etc.)‚ value is created by how you finance a project. True. False. Question 2 (5) The return of equity is equal to the return on debt of a project/firm Always true. Never true. Sometimes true. Question 3 (10 points) Moogle‚ Inc. is in the same business as Google‚ Inc.‚ but has recently retired all its debt to become an all-equity firm. Its return on equity has dropped from 12.25% to 10.60% as a result of this. Google‚ Inc. continues
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