(Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds are ramping up bearish positions against currencies from the yuan to the Mexican peso to speculate that Donald Trump will win the US presidential election next month. Dollar ...

The case for strategic currency hedging is based on an objective of reducing portfolio volatility, but at current low levels of sterling, UK investors have every incentive to implement the hedge now.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporations are turning to foreign exchange options again to protect their cash flow as they fear the U.S. presidential election and diverging central bank interest-rate ...

Hedge funds are backpedaling on yen option trades with a sudden spate of bullish bets on the currency, according to market participants. Just last month leveraged funds piled into option bets that the ...

As a trader, I am always on the lookout for opportunities in the market, and lately, the Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) has caught my attention. The Yen has been particularly volatile recently, with a massive ...

Using tools like forwards and options, currency-neutral funds hedge foreign-exchange risks. Investing in currency-neutral funds can protect against losses from unfavorable exchange-rate shifts.

Investing in international stocks exposes investors to currency risk, which arises from fluctuations in the exchange rate between two currencies. When an investor from one country buys stocks in a ...

This analysis is by Carter Johnson. It appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal. Global companies battered by last year’s currency swings are taking the profit hits to heart and revamping their ...

Investing in foreign assets can strengthen diversification, but it also exposes portfolios to currency risk; the chance that exchange-rate movements will affect returns. Unless foreign securities are ...

With time, businesses have largely become more sophisticated in using hedging as a strategy. Individual businesses can take different approaches to hedging depending on a number of factors. The Fast ...