Sentences with phrase «dollar against foreign currencies»

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The dollar was under pressure, with the index down by 0.64 percent around Europe's close, against a basket of foreign currencies.

Retailers who accept payment in foreign currencies from foreign buyers understand currency risk: the prospect ending up with fewer dollars than anticipated if the foreign currency depreciates against the dollar before the sales proceeds are converted to dollars.

Chinese companies that borrowed in foreign currency at a record pace in the past three years will buy dollars to protect against losses, he said.

Many of these investments involve buying companies in foreign currencies, like the Australian dollar or British pound, that are trading near multi-year lows against the US dollar, and far below their historic averages.

A long position in a foreign currency derivative is one that would profit from a depreciation of the Australian dollar against that foreign currency.

The effect was to depress the value of foreign currencies against the dollar, supporting its exchange rate and hence the U.S. terms of trade.

Foreign countries can prevent their currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other currencies used by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.Foreign countries can prevent their currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other currencies used by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other currencies used by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.»

The impact of the kwanza's further devaluation against the dollar would be significant because 78 % of the government debt was denominated in or linked to foreign currencies (primarily the US dollar) at the end of 2016.

Lower consumer spending means less sales by U.S. and foreign manufacturers — especially those in countries whose currency is rising against the dollar (e.g., Japan).

Accordingly, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, most notably the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the

Pre-opening trading saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average down the maximum limit of 550 points (largely on foreign selling) before bounding back to lose «only» 312 points as the dollar soared against European currencies.

It seems more likely Beijing would consider taking over foreign businesses, especially given its largest US$ 1.9 trillion foreign exchange reserve in the world, and the appreciation of its currency by 9 % y - o - y against the US dollar, or 40 % y - o - y against the Canadian dollar, or over 20 % against both currencies since July 21, 2005 when the Chinese central bank allowed its RMB to float.

The country's healthy trade surpluses and the Plaza Accord in 1985, which sought to weaken the U.S. dollar against the Yen and German Deutsche Mark, caused the Yen currency to appreciate against other currencies, which in turn made foreign capital investments relatively inexpensive for Japanese companies.

Events in global foreign exchange markets have been dominated by the depreciation of the US dollar against all the major currencies that freely float against it.

It has fallen only marginally against the Asian currencies, however, as a number of Asian central banks have continued to intervene heavily in foreign exchange markets to prevent their currencies from appreciating against the US dollar.

At the same time, Asian central banks have continued to intervene heavily in foreign exchange markets to prevent their currencies from appreciating against the US dollar.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro was the star of the major currencies in January, as it soared to a 14 - month high against the dollar and a 33 - month high against the Japanese yen.

With the weakening of the lira against the dollar, the private sector will have a harder time repaying its foreign currency - denominated debt, S&P said, adding this would negatively impact government debt — 40 percent of which is denominated in foreign currency.

In foreign exchange markets, the U.S. dollar hit its lowest level since December, 2014 against a basket of other leading currencies.

The question is whether foreign countries bite the bullet and allow their currencies to rise against the dollar or not.

The loonie rose 6.6 per cent against the U.S. dollar over the past six months, as it does not hedge foreign currencies back to the Canadian dollar.

As always, we do not have a point of view regarding where the dollar will trade going forward against foreign currencies and would caution investors about such views.

As a reminder, in the event that the dollar continues to strengthen against most major currencies, the forward currency contracts in our hedged funds, the Tweedy, Browne Global Value Fund and Tweedy, Browne Value Fund, should continue to provide significant protection against foreign currency declines.

During any period when the Canadian dollar rises in value (whether against the U.S. dollar or some other foreign currency), using ETFs with currency hedging will lead to higher returns in your foreign equity investments.

In general, a substantial portion of the ETF's foreign currency exposure is hedged against the movement of the euro, Swiss franc, pound and so on against the Canadian dollar.

They derive all their return from two sources: the cash yield of the foreign currency over the expense ratio of the fund and changes in the exchange rate against the dollar.»

In 2017, the dollar fell against most currencies, which boosted returns on many foreign bond funds (when the buck weakens, investments in foreign currencies translate into more dollars).

Short for foreign exchange, trading forex involves speculating on whether one currency will strengthen or weaken against another currency e.g. GB Pound / US Dollar.

The Canadian dollar appreciated against major currencies, including the US dollar, and dragged down returns from US and other foreign markets.

For a 25 year term, annual returns of 7 %, currency - hedging lag of 1.5 %, one - way currency conversion cost of 1.5 %, we find that (no surprises here) not hedging is advantageous if the foreign currency appreciates or remains the same against the Canadian dollar.

Given that VEA is denominated in US dollars, but actually reflects a basket of other currencies does that mean that if the US dollar went up by 10 % against the weighted basket of foreign currencies in VEA then the ETF share price should drop by 10 % (assuming no change in the underlying value of the foreign holdings)?

If my assumption is correct then the yuan must be pulling up the weighted value of the foreign currencies relative to the US dollar because when I plot VEA and VTI against each other on google finance they tend to be highly correlated at the moment and over the last month do not show a drop one might expect due to the appreciation of the US dollar due to the flight to safety phenomenon that has occurred.

If I understand your response then my response is correct that in the hypothetical scenario that all things stayed fixed (NAV of foreign holdings in native currencies) and the US dollar jumped 5 % against all of the foreign currencies then the foreign ETF should drop 5 % because it would take 5 % fewer US dollars to buy the same basket of foreign stocks.

To the extent currency exchange transactions do not fully protect a Fund against adverse changes in currency exchange rates, decreases in the value of currencies of the foreign countries in which a Fund will invest relative to the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding decrease in the U.S. dollar value of a Fund's assets denominated in those currencies (and possibly a corresponding increase in the amount of securities required to be liquidated to meet distribution requirements).

This term means the capital issues in which the par value and size of percents are expressed in US dollars, and the amount of paying off the liabilities is recounted against the exchange rate of the USD to another foreign currency.

Understanding how foreign currencies behave against the U.S. dollar can help investors manage foreign exchange risk in their portfolios.

The euro is way up against foreign currencies, especially the dollar.

He then segued to discussing the headwinds Apple faces from the volatile environment in the global economy, and the weakening of most foreign currencies against the dollar.

«Both the increase in U.S. home prices — up 6 percent in March 2016 compared to one year ago — and the depreciating value of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar made buying property a lot pricier last year,» says Yun.

The trade - weighted U.S. dollar has appreciated 15 % against foreign currencies since last summer, including a 20 % singular gain against the euro, which has made American - made goods more expensive for foreign buyers.

Both the increase in U.S. home prices, up 6 % in March 2016 compared to one year ago, and the depreciating value of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, made buying property a lot pricier last year,» Yun said.