However, inherent risks such as contingent liability (where your liability may be greater than the initial purchase price of the investment), margining requirements (where you are required to make a series of payments against the purchase price, depending on whether the underlying investment or index is moving in your favour) and international exchanges (which can mean a reduced level of investor protection, as well as
currency fluctuation if the investment is not traded in sterling) meant these were out of reach.
I'd be concerned with
currency fluctuation if I only had US stocks (I'm not optimistic for that currency over the short term), but with a basket of global stocks (and hence global currencies) I'm not very worried.
Not exact matches
Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and those other
currencies could result in the dollar equivalent of such expenses being higher and / or the dollar equivalent of such foreign - denominated revenue being lower than would be the case
if exchange rates were stable.
If you're a Canadian that invests in funds that hold U.S. companies,
currency fluctuations can make a big impact on your returns.
If you've traveled in a foreign country, you understand how
currency values fluctuate — forex traders attempt to benefit from those
fluctuations.
These risks and uncertainties include:
fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and
currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems
if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.
If you are a long term investor just set your portfolio and don't lose sleep over the potential for wild
currency exchange rate
fluctuations on the one hand and tracking errors on the other.
If a fund uses
currency hedging, however, you can expect the same return as the underlying stocks, regardless of the
currency fluctuations.
CC: Do you make any attempt to account for
currency fluctuations (ie:
If $ US appears to be on upward or downward trajectory - some still think the day of reckoning has not come for the US and its dollar) or is F / X risk just part and parcel of your foreign holdings and your global diversification accounts for portfolio allocation and exchange risk?
If that is is the case, the cost of hedging (by bearing the cost of interest rate differential) is neutralized by the
currency fluctuations for the long - term investor.
If you're a Canadian that invests in funds that hold U.S. companies,
currency fluctuations can make a big impact on your returns.
Even
if the U.S. dollars falls you should be protected
if the foreign
currency moves upward with the Canadian dollar as you mention in this post: «You can essentially ignore the CAD - USD
fluctuation for broad international ETFs like Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF (VEA), iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) etc., country - specific ETFs like iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ), iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA) etc. and even ADRs that trade in US exchanges but are denominated in local
currencies like Nokia (NOK)».
If you own an investment in a country other than Canada you are exposed to both the
fluctuations of the price of the asset in its home
currency, and the
fluctuations in the
currency that the asset is priced in.
If this 2.0 % tracking error is an implicit cost of insurance for hedging away
currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, the additional drag may make it highly unlikely that a
currency - hedged U.S. ETF will outperform an unhedged U.S. ETF over the long term.
«
If you purchased securities in a foreign
currency, don't forget that capital gains are calculated in Canadian dollars — so
currency fluctuations can be a key factor in determining whether you're in a loss position.»
Perfect
if you want the flexibility to make your transactions in U.S. funds and avoid the hassles of daily
currency fluctuations.
If this argument is not strong enough for some reason, consider another one - assuming you are getting FC card for long - term then constant x-rate
fluctuations would make it almost impossible to predict which
currency would have more purchasing power in the future.
Additionally,
if you want to protect your capital from
currency fluctuation, you can have multiple trading accounts in different
currencies at the same time.
One exception would be
if there were not a taxable gain from a US perspective but a gain from a Canadian perspective (likely because of foreign
currency fluctuation).
Unanticipated
fluctuations in
currency prices may result in a poorer overall performance for the fund than
if it had not engaged in any such transactions.
Unanticipated
fluctuations in
currency prices may result in a poorer overall performance for a fund than
if it had not engaged in any such transactions.
However,
if you decide to leave a big gap between the time you collect the premium from the customer and the time that a premium payment is made to the insurance company, then it would be between you and your customer to deal with
currency exchange
fluctuation related issues.
«The soar in the price of bitcoin isn't surprising, and I expect that while price
fluctuations will continue, in the long - term bitcoin will continue to rise in price far beyond $ 6,000, especially
if you buy into the thesis that bitcoin could become the prominent digital reserve
currency,» Sela said.