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  • EXCHANGE RATE CALCULATION

    EXCHANGE RATE CALCULATION

    Foreign exchange contracts are for “cash “ or “ready” delivery which means delivery same day , “value next day” which means delivery next business day and “”spot “ which is two business days ahead. For forward contracts, either the delivery date may be fixed in which case the tenor is computed from the spot value [...]

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  • Internal Hedging Strategies

    Internal Hedging Strategies

    At times exposures can be taken care of without resorting to any financial instrument like a forward or an option. It may also well be possible to alter the timing of foreign currency cash flows through leading and lagging, i.e. advancing or delaying receivables and payables. These transactions are mandatory to be combined with money [...]

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  • Future Piece Quotations

    Future Piece Quotations

    Future price quotations are published in many financial newspapers such as THE wall STREET Journal. It contains the future price quotations for selected currency futures. Actually, the term ‘futures price’ is misleading. When you buy a futures contract, you need not pay anything; likewise when you sell it you are not paid anything either. You [...]

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  • FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES IN USA

    FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES IN USA

    During the last few years , a forward dollar market with banks offering two- way quotes has evolved in USA. The \dollar spot forward margin is not entirely determined by interest rate differentials since due to exchange controls on capital account transactions, interest arbitrage opportunities are open only to authorized dealers and that too with [...]

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  • THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

    THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

    The balance of payments is an accounting record of all economic transactions between the residents of a country and residents of foreign countries. The word “residents of foreign countries “ is also called as “non-residents ‘, “foreigners” or “rest of the world”. Two simple rules are followed for BOP accounting 1. A transaction that leads [...]

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EXCHANGE RATE CALCULATION

EXCHANGE RATE CALCULATION

Foreign exchange contracts are for “cash “ or “ready” delivery which means delivery same day , “value next day” which means delivery next business day and “”spot “ which is two business days ahead. For forward contracts, either the delivery date may be fixed in which case the tenor is computed from the spot value [...]

June 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Internal Hedging Strategies

Internal Hedging Strategies

At times exposures can be taken care of without resorting to any financial instrument like a forward or an option. It may also well be possible to alter the timing of foreign currency cash flows through leading and lagging, i.e. advancing or delaying receivables and payables. These transactions are mandatory to be combined with money [...]

June 8, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Future Piece Quotations

Future Piece Quotations

Future price quotations are published in many financial newspapers such as THE wall STREET Journal. It contains the future price quotations for selected currency futures. Actually, the term ‘futures price’ is misleading. When you buy a futures contract, you need not pay anything; likewise when you sell it you are not paid anything either. You [...]

June 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES IN USA

FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES IN USA

During the last few years , a forward dollar market with banks offering two- way quotes has evolved in USA. The \dollar spot forward margin is not entirely determined by interest rate differentials since due to exchange controls on capital account transactions, interest arbitrage opportunities are open only to authorized dealers and that too with [...]

June 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More

Introduction To Forex Part 8

Introduction To Forex Part 8

SUMMARY Almost everybody, young and old, are looking out for a good source of supplementary or primary income potential in these economically troubled times. The Forex or Currency market offers anybody the potential to earn money from home, regardless of where he / she are physically located. The only criteria here, is that he / [...]

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Introduction To Forex Part 7

Introduction To Forex Part 7

Traders should remember shall you will have profits and losses from your trades. The key to success in the Currency market is to let profits run as long as it is safe or possible, and cut your losing trades immediately. But some traders do the opposite. They let their losses run with the hope of [...]

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Introduction To Forex Part 6

Introduction To Forex Part 6

Leverage is very common in the Forex Market. A Forex Broker or Market Maker usually extends Leveraging facility to the traders. Leveraging is a facility whereby a trader can trade excess amounts than they actually have in their Trading Account. Some brokers extend leverage to the extent of 50:1, 100:1, 200:1 and they can run [...]

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Introduction To Forex Part 5

Introduction To Forex Part 5

Lot of people believes in Financial News and Expert Opinions given on the News Wires regarding Stock Market and Currency Market Movements. It is prudent to remember that these so-called Experts are simply human beings and the opinions they give are their perception of the News only, but in reality, different Financial Markets of the [...]

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How Gold Became the Gold Standard for Trade

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