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Exchange Rate Mechanisms - Currency Hedging

Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper - Currency Hedging
University of Phoenix
Global Business Strategies
MGT 448
Oct 05, 2005


Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper - Currency Hedging
Currency hedging involves deliberately taking on a new risk that offsets an existing one, thereby reducing a businesses' exposure to negative change in exchange rates, interest rates, or commodity pricing (Economists.com, n.d.). "Currency hedging allows a business owner to greatly reduce or eliminate the uncertainties attached to any foreign-currency transaction" (Fraser, 2001). It is impossible to predict the how much a currency will be worth on the exact day that a company will be converting it. With hedging, the uncertainly is gone. Many companies that have international operations are constantly juggling multiple transactions, with payments that are staggered and tied to the swing of a number of currencies.
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