Screen LibraryA currency options primer
In recent years, currencies of major industrial nations have fluctuated widely in response to trade imbalances, interest rates, commodity prices, and political uncertainty. The pressure to maintain currency parity has led to the breakdown of many exchange rate mechanisms, and has forced the need for...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley finance series
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118673287 |
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In recent years, currencies of major industrial nations have fluctuated widely in response to trade imbalances, interest rates, commodity prices, and political uncertainty. The pressure to maintain currency parity has led to the breakdown of many exchange rate mechanisms, and has forced the need for active foreign exchange hedging decisions to prevent the erosion of profit margins. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: |
0470870370 9780470870372 9781118673287 111867328X |
| Index Number: | HG6024 |
| CLC: | F830.9 |
| Contents: | A Currency Options Primer; Contents; Disclaimer; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The forward foreign exchange market; 1.2 The currency options market; 1.3 The alternatives to currency options; 1.4 The users; 1.5 Whose domain?; PART I MARKET OVERVIEW; 2 The Foreign Exchange Market; 3 A Brief History of the Market; 4 Market Overview; 5 Major Participants; 6 Roles Played; 7 Purposes; 8 Applications of Currency Options; 9 Users of Currency Options; Glossary of foreign exchange terms; PART II CURRENCY OPTIONS -- THE ESSENTIALS; 10 Definitions and Terminology; 11 The Currency Option Concept. |