Lastly, I don't buy the arguement that currency hedging costs around 1.0 % per annum. (canadiancapitalist.com)
Merricks Capital, which specialises in soft commodities, helped to create derivative contracts with the major US hamburger companies to allow them to hedge the cost of Australian beef while allowing them to profit from anomalies in global beef prices, such as the perceived high price of Australian cattle. (afr.com)
And international buyers, from Europe to Japan, are backing away from U.S. corporate debt as a falling dollar drives up hedging costs at the same time curtailed central - bank buying drives up global yields. (latest.13d.com)