Essays Tagged: "Hedge"

Finance-Risk Management

heir fair value regardless of the purpose or intent for holding them.For derivatives designated as "hedges of the exposure to changes in the fair value of recognized asset or liability or a firm commi ... is recognized in earnings in the period of change together with the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged." (Boeing Annual Report, 2002) Interest rate swaps ...

(3 pages) 339 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

"The Other Side of the Hedge" by E.M. Forster - Analysis

In the first-person narrative, "The Other side of the Hedge", E.M. Forster depicts a man jogging through his neighbourhood. On the way home, he passes a h ... leave behind are sometimes the ones that will not hesitate to help you in the end. Forster uses the hedge and water to illustrate the start of a new beginning. The story has a deep meaning which clear ... , the road of life, people have to learn, develop or even struggle whereas on the other side of the hedge, it is a world without competing. By contrasting these two worlds, it indicates that people ac ...

(2 pages) 11 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tiffany

dition, as long as the retail sales in Japan are expected to increase, it is necessary that Tiffany hedge the risk of exchange rates between dollar and yen. Basically two kinds of derivatives which ar ... ll be able to obtain $4,406.3 profit only from the forward contract itself.Which way is the best to hedge the exchange rate risk Depending on the expiration of options and forward contracts we have an ...

(7 pages) 241 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

foreign exchange hedging is worthwhile or not

commendation is to avoid external hedging approaches, which embracing forward, future, money market hedges and so forth, because it does cost such as premium, tax etc. The internal counterparts are ma ... it does cost such as premium, tax etc. The internal counterparts are matching, netting and leadlag hedge.In term s of translation exposure, there are arguments about whether it needs to be hedged. Su ...

(4 pages) 79 2 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Studies Conducted in estimating hedge ratios

e offset by a favourable price movement in the other. This is known as hedging. To reduce risk, the hedger determines a hedge ratio, i.e. the number of futures contracts to buy or sell for each unit o ... contracts can be used as an insurance against unfavourable price fluctuations (Johnson, 1960). The hedge ratio which minimizes the variance of the returns of a portfolio containing the spot and the f ...

(7 pages) 28 0 4.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Translation Risk Exposure

ange risk. The best way to understand hedging is to think of it as insurance. When people decide to hedge, they are insuring themselves against a negative event. This doesn't prevent a negative event ... nt. This doesn't prevent a negative event from happening, but if it does happen and you're properly hedged, the impact of the event is reduced. So, hedging occurs almost everywhere, and we see it ever ...

(8 pages) 43 0 3.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making