Capitalist institutions include risk management schemes that provide insurance, hedging, and diversification.

Whereas guarding against uncertainty had traditionally been a moral issue, hedging against risk is a purely technical question.

But currency values are driven by macroeconomic developments, and therefore FX does offer natural hedging opportunities in liquid and transparent markets.

Back in the early 1980 s, financial engineers invented portfolio insurance, a fancy active hedging strategy for controlling downside risk.

so we're hedging our bets here.

Their currency may depreciate, but the risk of default is absent.

Investors, of course, are hedging their bets.

The resulting perception that currency risk was declining bolstered capital inflows further.

Here the risk involves currency wars and other beggar thy neighbor disruptions.

Accompanied by a strong, broad eurozone, risk of a future currency crisis remains.

This would reduce the severity and risk of financial crises by limiting currency mismatches.

Right, so anyway ... so we're hedging our bets here.

The fund could also be used to transfer risk abroad, by taking advantage of the world hedging market which, for a fee, provides insurance against unexpected revenue fluctuations.

Low inflation, no currency risk, decreased transaction costs, and greater transparency have made the euro a success.

It took a long time, but the contagion of a sound financial idea has been unmistakable. GDP linked bonds would also allow hedging the risk of inflation, plus respond to GDP growth.

The situation has become quite tense, with talk of currency wars and a real risk of financial protectionism.

They thus provide an important instrument for hedging price risks in commodity markets.

TOKYO The risk of global currency and trade wars is rising, with most economies now engaged in competitive devaluations.

And they can be disastrous to exporting economies, which risk rapid currency appreciation and thus a loss of competitiveness.

Bitcoin is a crypto currency, a virtual currency, synthetic currency.

25. Where organizations enter into forward exchange contracts or other financial instruments for hedging against currency fluctuations, they should disclose in their financial statements the value of outstanding contracts, together with the basis used for measuring and reporting the transactions.

Nevertheless, the West appears to be hedging its bets by sustaining contacts with the opposition.

But, while such hedging is natural in world politics, modesty is important for both sides.

Conscious of the volatility of the currency exchange markets and the significant risk that unanticipated exchange rate changes have on operations, management will continue to assess and manage the risks posed by volatile currency fluctuations.

Conscious of the volatility of the currency exchange markets and the significant risk that unanticipated exchange rate changes have on operations, management will continue to assess and manage the risks posed by volatile currency fluctuations.

Or it can let its currency appreciate, at the risk of inducing a growth slowdown and political and social unrest at home.

These investors can, in turn, be encouraged when financial hedging devices and financial diversification protect them.

But it would be a mistake to focus only on the hedging part of American strategy.

As a result, investors and depositors have learned that the erection of financial barriers within the currency area is indeed a genuine risk.

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In the event of an increase in a commodity s price, a finance minister who has done a perfect job of hedging export price risk on the futures market will suddenly find himself accused of having gambled away the national patrimony.

No risk factor is more dangerous for a currency than policymakers refusal to face fiscal realities until European officials do, the euro remains vulnerable.

In short, there are better ways than gold to hedge inflation risk and exchange rate risk. TIPS, or their equivalent from other governments, provide safe inflation hedges, and explicit currency futures can offset exchange rate risks.

The second historical rule of thumb is that currencies on the decline tend to overshoot near the bottom, international currency speculators require a substantial risk premium out of the fear that the currency crash might trigger something even worse.

Leaving the common currency would, of course, threaten collateral damage for the exiting country and raise the risk of contagion for other weak eurozone members.

China can maintain its currency practices, but at the risk of large global macroeconomic imbalances and a major political backlash in the US and elsewhere.

These markets can become a strong source of financing for longer term domestic investment, including in infrastructure, thereby reducing currency risk for borrowers and investors.

For example, a German investor would consider United States bonds to have more currency risk than German bonds (since the dollar may go down relative to the euro) similarly, a United States investor would consider German bonds to have more currency risk than United States bonds (since the euro may go down relative to the dollar).

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