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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Foreign Exchange Risk Analysis Assignment submitted by: CURRENCY EXPOSURE A currency exposure is any business operation whose profitability can be impacted by a currency exchange rate fluctuation. Currency exposures assume many forms: they can be assets or liabilities; current or committed; contracted or merely forecast; they can be for trade‚ investment or balance sheet purposes. Cases of currency exposure can emerge at any point along the value chain‚ with various
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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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regions. In 2006‚ the NAFTA region accounted for some 9% of BMW’s global purchasing. BMW Group set to tap new business fields The BMW Group will continue to grow by introducing new models going forward. In addition‚ the company will develop new fields of business and operate along the vehicle lifecycle as well as along the value-added chain. This includes the planned development of new sales channels in the accessories business. In the pre-owned vehicle business‚ the company operates in the premium
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could also hurt American customers whom Wal-Mart claims it saves the average household roughly $2‚500 dollars every year. 2.If you were the CEO of Wal-Mart and were preparing for a meeting with the most vocal members of the US Congress on China’s currency “manipulation”‚ what would you say to them? I would point out that while it may be politically easy to blame China especially when it comes to an uniformed electorate‚ the rise in costs associated with policies aimed at encouraging China to lets
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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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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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4a The currency regime adopted by China is neither fixed nor flexible exchange rate system. China has announced in 2005 the “end of its firm peg against the dollar‚ instead allowing it to trade within a narrow band against a basket of currencies.” China regime is managed floating system where the currency increases very slowly year by year and the China government prevent the currency from changing quickly in the short term. The reason why Chinese government intervene in the currency market is
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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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about SAARC currency‚ From my point I would like to request you to acknowledge some of my points why we need and how we may disclose to WORLD BANK and IMF and UN and others to get assistance with some working frame work under which we may proceed with generating SAARC MONETARY council and SAARC FINANCIAL AUTONOMY body to get going towards the actual SAARC currency‚ same for the nation estates SAARC countries. Yet these nations has its own money‚ currency own formative working CURRENCY‚ we should take
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