The Foreign Exchange Market What is the Foreign Exchange Market? The Foreign Exchange Market is the financial market in which currencies are bought and sold that is a transaction is entered into where a given amount of currency is exchanged for another amount of currency. The need for the Foreign Exchange Market (commonly referred to as the Forex Market) developed to facilitate International trade where currencies were required to be settled from the country of both the importer and the exporter
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Case Questions and Answers 1. How significant an impact do foreign exchange gains and losses have on corporate performance at XJP? What is your opinion of how they structure and manage their currency exposures? During 2003‚ the dramatic raise in the value of Euro against the dollar resulted in foreign exchange losses of Rmb 75 billion‚ out of which Rmb 60 billion were charged as 2003 cost of hedging. The year of 2003 proved to be fortunate for the XJP Company‚ housing fund adjustment and
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’Foreign Exchange Market’ The markets in which participants are able to buy‚ sell‚ exchange and speculate on currencies. Foreign exchange markets are made up of banks‚ commercial companies‚ central banks‚ investment management firms‚ hedge funds‚ and retail forex brokers and investors. The forex market is considered to be the largest financial market in the world. It is important to realize that the foreign exchange market is not a single exchange‚ but is constructed of a global network of computers
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The foreign exchange market (forex‚ FX‚ or currency market) is a global decentralized market for the trading of currencies. The main participants in this market are the larger international banks. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock‚ with the exception of weekends. EBS and Reuters’ dealing 3000 are two main interbank FX trading platforms. The foreign exchange market determines the relative
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Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Problem Statement In September of 2001 General Motors (GM) was faced with a billion dollar exposure to the Canadian dollar. At the time‚ North America represented approximately three-quarters of GM’s total sales and this large exposure to the CAD could significantly affect GM’s financial results. GM had a passive strategy of hedging 50% of its exposure; this paper explores the impact of
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How is foreign exchange risk managed? An empirical study applied to two Swiss companies. Abstract This paper investigates how two Swiss companies manage their foreign exchange risk and compares the results to theoretical findings and to previous empirical research. We find significant differences in the foreign exchange risk management policies‚ notably in the choice of the type of exposure to cover and in the hedging instruments used. Consistent with previous research‚ forwards
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decide between two options on how to proceed; was it worth the costs to increase the size of GM’s hedge position beyond the standard policy or should GM Argentina rely on other approaches to cope with the expected devaluation? Appraisal of GM’s Passive Hedging Strategy GM’s passive hedging strategy is reflective of its policy to focus on its underlying business rather than speculate on the movements of foreign currency. There are two main types of currency exposure. The first being economic risk
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET BEHAVIUOR AND ITS MANAGEMNT IN THE POST-REFORM PERIOD: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCES ABSTRACT * Dr. Arabi.U The Indian foreign exchange market has operated in a liberlised environment for more than a decade. A cautious and well-caliberated approach was followed while liberlising the foreign exchange market and the focus was on gradually dismantling controls and providing an enabling environment to all entities engaged in external transactions. Hence‚ in view of the high volumes
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Teenagers do not know how to manage money According to a recent investigation and study‚ 87% of American teenagers do not know how to manage money. In Shanghai‚ China‚ 92.8% of middle schooler also have poor financial management skills; they rarely consider saving money in the bank or do any investment. So‚ what caused this phenomenon? In my opinion‚ it should be: teenagers was never taught how to manage their money. It’s also because they do not know how difficult it is to earn money
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Introduction 1 1.1 How do we identify exposure 2 1.2 Company’s activities that causes exposure 3 2.0 The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on 8 Operational Cash Flow 3.0 Guidelines for corporate forecasting of foreign exchange rates 10 - Fundamental forecasting 11 - Technically forecasting 14 4.0 Tools and instrument for managing foreign exchange risk 17 5.0 Non-derivative hedge of foreign exchange risk management 20 6.0
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