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May 1, 200814 min read
Hedging Currency Exposures by Multinationals: Things to Consider
For something that is so fundamental to international commerce, it is astounding how much confusion exists about managing currency risk.
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Apr 3, 20079 min read
Interest Rate Swaps: Accounting vs. Economics
Although accounting rules undergo virtually ongoing review and adjustment, the genesis of the current framework is Statement of Financial Ac
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Jun 1, 20067 min read
10 Tenets of Derivatives - Instruments to be Used to Manage Risk
For corporate managers who are astute enough to realize that derivative instruments can be used to manage risks relating to interest rates,
HedgeStar Marketing
Mar 7, 200612 min read
Incorporating Prepayment Risk Considerations When Making Hedging Decisions
This article describes the basic framework for measuring interest rate risk at financial institutions and focuses attention on problems asso
HedgeStar Marketing
Mar 15, 20057 min read
Disciplined Hedging – Controlling Interest Rate Risk in an Uncertain World
Despite the lack of certainty, it would seem that both alternatives of leaving the swap in place or liquidating the swap suffer from the sam
HedgeStar Marketing
Mar 8, 200518 min read
Comparing Eurodollar Strips to Interest Rate Swaps
While interest rate swaps and strips of eurodollar futures can serve as substitutes for each other, use of futures necessarily fosters some
HedgeStar Marketing
Dec 9, 200315 min read
Accounting and Economics: Will the Twain Meet For Mortgage Originators?
nable financial analysts to understand and assess the economic health and prospects of reporting institutions. In the U.S. the Financial Acc
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Jun 3, 20036 min read
Hedging With Swaps
A fairly common reason that shortcut treatment is denied, particularly if the swap happens to be a seasoned instrument at the time the hedge
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May 1, 200311 min read
Basic Strategies for Managing U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real Exchange Rate Risk for Dollar-Denominated I
Brazilian Real futures and options on futures at Chicago Mercantile Exchange offer a host of risk management strategies appropriate for thos
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Nov 12, 200221 min read
Calendar Spreads, Outright Futures Positions, and Risk
A futures calendar spread is constructed by simultaneously buying and selling two futures contracts with a common underlying instrument but