Sentences with phrase «as currency hedged»

Finally, the long - term strength in the dollar boosts the case for considering strategies that can help insulate an international equity portfolio from the impact of weak foreign currencies, such as currency hedged exchanged traded funds (ETFs).

Although decreases in adjusted fares stabilized towards the end of the year, the association says competitive pressures within the industry will likely translate intro further fare declines in the first half of the year as currency hedges unwind.

While management fees are the biggest culprit, a low - fee ETF may still lag its index significantly because of other costs, such as currency hedging (more on this later).

But Canadian ETFs that track the US and international indexes are dragged down by factors such as currency hedging, withholding taxes and poor sampling.

Commodities, real estate, as well as currency hedges can be a significant component of an investment plan.

Not exact matches

Investors should have some of the portfolio hedged — a hedge on half could make sense, as that would essentially be a neutral call on currency, he says — but whether an entire basket of bonds is hedged is up to the manager.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

However, about 10 banks have improved their hedging products, adding more derivative products, such as forex call spread options, interest rate swaps and cross currency swaps, he said.

Tosi was apparently a financial wiz internally, creating a hedge - fund style investment fund for Airbnb with stocks, currencies, and other investments that contributed as much as 30 % of the company's cash flow, Bloomberg reports.

That helps take care of a long - standing problem, and the only way it could be managed was if we hedged the currency as a global company.

While dozens of hedge funds have sprung up this year to invest in the white - hot digital currency market, this one, known as Arrington XRP Capital, is the first to be denominated in a crypto - currency rather than dollars or euros.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

For simplicity's sake, and so the company doesn't have to deal with currency hedging, they decided to sell the scanner through the website at a single retail price of US$ 579, even though, as Cox observes, they're over-pricing in some markets and underpricing in others.

The uptrend in US interest rates, wide swings in global currency markets and greater price dispersion across individual securities and asset classes could serve as powerful tailwinds for hedge - fund strategy managers looking to capture alpha.

A number of factors — such as rising US interest rates, the recurrence of big fluctuations in global currencies, and the widening dispersion of equity returns across sectors and regions — may have helped to create an increasingly conducive environment for hedge - fund strategies, which have seen a positive turnaround in performance in recent quarters.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

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[10] The survey separately identifies OTC derivatives that can be used to hedge FX risk (such as forwards, swaps and options) and OTC derivatives that can be used to hedge interest rate risk (such as single - currency fixed for floating rate swaps).

As at the end of March 2013, international investment position (IIP) data indicated that Australian entities overall had a net foreign currency asset position equivalent to 27 per cent of GDP before taking into account the use of derivatives for hedging purposes (ABS 2013a).

To some extent, these concerns are allayed by the existence of natural hedges, such as foreign currency export income, although rising US dollar - denominated debt servicing costs at a time of falling US dollar - denominated commodity revenues would obviously be problematic.

And as they do, U.S. investors should preferably gain that exposure via instruments that seek to hedge the foreign currency impact, as dollar strength means equity gains in local currency terms will be muted when translated back into U.S. dollars.

The general government sector — which consists of national, state and local governments — had a net foreign currency asset position equivalent to around 3 per cent of GDP as at the end of March 2013, before taking into account the use of derivatives for hedging purposes (Table 2).

Prior to joining the GEBS team, Mr. Schneider worked as a portfolio manager in SSGA's Currency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay porCurrency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay porcurrency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay portfolios.

Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share excluding, when they occur, the impacts of integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, nonmonetary currency devaluation and timing impacts of preferred stock dividends.

But since bitcoin has become a store of value as a hedge against a falling yuan, the «digital gold» currency could continue on its upwards trajectory.

We do, however, anticipate entering into foreign currency exchange contracts for purposes of hedging foreign exchange rate fluctuations on our business operations in future operating periods as our exposures are deemed to be material.

As we enter another year of volatility and a strong dollar, we explore a new way to hedge for currency risk in your international investments.

We see a strong case for Japanese stocks on a currency - hedged basis, as this week's chart helps explain.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income / (loss) from continuing operations before interest expense, other expense / (income), net, provision for / (benefit from) income taxes; in addition to these adjustments, the Company excludes, when they occur, the impacts of depreciation and amortization (excluding integration and restructuring expenses)(including amortization of postretirement benefit plans prior service credits), integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, nonmonetary currency devaluation (e.g., remeasurement gains and losses), and equity award compensation expense (excluding integration and restructuring expenses).

Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share excluding, when they occur, the impacts of integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, and nonmonetary currency devaluation (e.g., remeasurement gains and losses), and including when they occur, adjustments to reflect preferred stock dividend payments on an accrual basis.

You might consider a global bond fund that hedges currency risk and decreases volatility, such as the PIMCO Global Bond USD - Hedged (PAIIX) and the $ 5 billion Vanguard Total International Bond (VTIBX).

Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share excluding, when they occur, the impacts of integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, nonmonetary currency devaluation (e.g., remeasurement gains and losses), and U.S. Tax Reform, and including when they occur, adjustments to reflect preferred stock dividend payments on an accrual basis.

Currently, we're invested in currency - hedged ETFs as a way to hedge some of our emerging market exposure, and we've used them in the past as a way to hedge our European equity exposure from a falling euro.

As a result, we defensively hedge a portion of the Fund's currency exposure.

They consider a range of arguments for owning gold, such as: (1) gold hedges inflation; (2) gold hedges currency decline; (3) gold is attractive when other assets are not; (4) gold is a safe haven in times of crisis; (5) gold is a de facto world currency; and, (6) central banks and investors in aggregate are still underweighting gold.

Not to oversimplify as these are complex subjects, but I say yes to international stock ETFs, such as the Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS A-97) and the iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS A-97), and no to currency hedging those stock

I believe in currency hedging, but only as an insurance policy against the underlying exposure.

He has previously worked for Overlay Asset Management, ABN Amro Asset Management and Fortis Investments as a senior currency manager for a broad range of absolute return, hedge fund and currency overlay mandates.

Dave Nadig, CEO of ETF.com and a well - known ETF expert, recently suggested as much, noting that «Duration hedging hasn't yet had its «hedge the yen» moment when investors discovered the power of currency hedging en masse, but like currency - hedged ETFs, duration - hedged ETFs may start finding a place not necessarily as core holdings, but as finely honed tools for tweaking duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context.»

As usual, most offshore issuance was denominated in foreign currencies, with companies typically using swap markets to hedge the proceeds back to Australian dollars.

Presumably with the way in which the Abra smart contracts work mean that in future you might be able to transfer to other stores of value (thinking specifically of precious metals such as gold or silver) in order to hedge both crypto and fiat currency risk?

These include currency risks — in the form of company - level mismatches as EM issuers generally do not fully hedge hard currency borrowings — and insolvency risks such as more uncertainty in financial restructuring because of inconsistent priorities and a lack of focus across jurisdictions.

We continue to believe these currencies are overvalued and as a result defensively hedge a portion of the Fund's currency exposure.

U.S. Treasuries are becoming less attractive to non-U.S. investors, as the increased cost of currency hedging is wiping out the extra yield Treasuries offer.

As a result, while we decreased our exposures as these currencies weakened, the currencies for which the Fund has hedged were the same as the previous quarteAs a result, while we decreased our exposures as these currencies weakened, the currencies for which the Fund has hedged were the same as the previous quarteas these currencies weakened, the currencies for which the Fund has hedged were the same as the previous quarteas the previous quarter.

You'll remember that hedge fund «rockstar» John Paulson has designed a fund to bet against the US dollar as he clearly feels the currency is in trouble.

In theory the performance of the hedge class NAV will track the currency of the base class NAV, in practice they will differ slightly due to factors such as the timing (the FX currency contracts used to provide the hedge will generally be executed using the NAV of the on the previous day) and costs of the hedging.

As of the recent quarter end, the Fund's Australian dollar and Norwegian krone hedges decreased to 23 % and 10 %, respectively, and with the currency movement due to the unpegging of the Swiss franc to the euro in January 2015, our Swiss franc exposure increased slightly to 29 %.

Exchange traded funds, such as the iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EMU ETF (HEZU) and the iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF (HEWG), can provide access to the eurozone market and Germany, respectively, while potentially mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the euro and the U.S. dollar.

Such a devastating experience has led both old and young traders to seek out crypto as hedges against another failed currency episode,» the statement read.