Understanding foreign exchange risk is a necessary skill for anyone involved in international finance or trade. It involves recognizing how currency values can change due to economic indicators, ...

Currency investing is a well-established corner of institutional investing that has the potential to provide stable returns while simultaneously diversifying traditional equities and fixed income.

When managing your investment portfolio, there are different types of risk that need to be factored in. Currency risk, which is risk associated with fluctuations in currency values, is one of them. It ...

Many countries go to great lengths to manage their exchange rates. Probably the most prominent recent example is the European Monetary Union, where all the members abandoned their national currencies ...

Today’s economic reality includes a world of free-floating fiat currencies, where the value of a nation’s currency is determined by supply and demand in the global foreign exchange or forex market.

Currency arbitrage refers to the practice of taking advantage of exchange rate differences in various foreign exchange market venues to make a net profit. Currency arbitrage plays a significant role ...

BMO Capital Markets predicts higher prices for gold and silver as a hedge against the instability of fiat currencies. Inflation in the US dollar can have significant implications for dollarized ...

The U.S. dollar has seen some remarkable swings against major currencies recently. For example, over most of 2005, it gained nearly 18% against the yen and 13% against the euro, while between March ...

We recently published a leader and briefing in which we argued that Taiwan’s weak-currency policy is punishing consumers and storing up financial risk. The central bank, known as the CBC, has written ...