John Jagerson has more than 15 years of experience in stocks, options, Forex, bonds, and portfolio analysis. He is Co-founder of Learning Markets LLC, a leading creator of financial content, analysis, ...

Transaction exposure involves risks from exchange rate changes companies face during international trade. Learn strategies to protect your business from potential losses.

Two questions about a portfolio’s currency exposure are why hedge, and how to hedge. 1. Why should I hedge currency exposure? Currency exposure is a non-trivial element of a global portfolio’s ...

Following recent gains in the greenback, the firm has argued that the rush into currency-hedged ETFs may be premature and ...

The primary objective of currency hedging is mitigating FX risk, and it’s important to note that hedged returns are not the same as local-currency returns. Currency hedging alters the risk-return ...

Investors rushing to protect their U.S. assets against dollar depreciation could test banks’ ability to meet demand for ...

Are there special hedging provisions for section 988 transactions? Yes. In addition to the business hedging rules I address in our earlier Q&A with Andie series,[1] a special hedging provision is ...

While the US dollar was continually getting stronger and sterling was continually getting weaker, British investors rarely needed to worry too much about currency movements. If you held an ...

The WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund ETF (HEDJ) offers exposure to European equities with a US Dollar-Euro currency hedge ...

The CBC’s letter to the Economist was like waiving a red flag in front of a bull, especially when the regulators are rigging ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - International firms are spending more time at the highest levels discussing how to hedge currency risk, particularly euro-denominated earnings and transactions, in ...

What is a hedged executory contract? A “hedged executory contract” is another type of transaction that is eligible for integration under Code Section 988(d). A hedged executory contract results when a ...