Investors with significant international holdings often hedge their currency exposure to protect their portfolios against movements in the exchange rate. This strategy is intended to provide an investor with returns that approximate the return of the local market by removing the impact of any appreciation or depreciation of the local currency vis-à-vis their home currency.
Currency a top concern for Canadian financial executives.
With this comes the challenge of managing currency volatility in an uncertain environment of global macro risks. So what is the best approach to managing currency risk?
Investors taking a longer-term approach should look for signs that political trends may take a helpful direction.
The Canadian dollar is breaking through parity again and has been described by currency traders as the “master of the universe.” So is this a good time to revisit currency-hedging programs?
With all this skepticism about traditional alternative investments, what choices are left for a pension fund manager?
As the volatile and stressful year of 2011 draws to a close, it is time to take stock of our portfolios and consider some of the risks embedded in them.
Reader Alert: Read Part One of this series. Gold will hit $2,500 within six months and its detractors risk getting wiped out, according to fans of the precious metal. The bullion bugs making these predictions see no ready solution to the economic ills plaguing the world, and there is little standing between gold and a […]
FX markets sending clear signals.
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