Sentences with phrase «foreign currency exposure»

We see foreign currency exposure as a long - term plus — a valuable form of diversification.

This offers Australian investors potential diversification benefits through foreign currency exposure.

Other studies also suggest too much foreign currency exposure creates more volatility with no increase in expected returns — which is, of course, a lousy combination.

A portfolio's reference currency is the starting point for understanding how foreign currency exposure affects volatility.

This offers Australian investors potential diversification benefits through foreign currency exposure.

This ETF will seek to hedge foreign currency exposure back to the Canadian dollar.

This isn't always the case, as we find that the impact of foreign currency exposure on risk hinges on the investor's home currency.

For now, I continue to be concerned about potential credit strains, which may provide the opportunity to accumulate precious metals, TIPS, and possibly foreign currency exposure on associated price weakness.

We also hold large positions in Davis + Henderson Income Fund and CML Healthcare Income Fund, both of which offer stable businesses with no material foreign currency exposure.

Out of the company's overall growth, Johnson & Johnson saw operational revenue rise 9.4 % compared to the year - earlier quarter, with the remainder of its top - line gains coming from favorable foreign currency exposure.

In addition, if you're not getting enough foreign currency exposure (or you're getting too much) from your international stocks and bonds, you might think about investing in foreign currencies themselves.

While global equities are historically more volatile for U.S. dollar investors than in local currency terms, the Canadian dollar's procyclical nature has provided an almost natural hedge that would have faded if foreign currency exposure had been hedged (see the chart below).

Emerging markets reflect foreign currency exposure, which could explain correlations between EMs and Dollar Index.

If you think this will continue to when you retire, as I do, you may want to bias your portfolio to have more foreign currency exposure than someone that would be retiring sooner.

The ETF hedges foreign currency exposure, so the index returns are measured in Canadian dollars.

In any case, Canadian investors owning currency unhedged foreign equities will already have plenty of foreign currency exposure.

If you were to go and just invest in a balanced international portfolio like the Vanguard Total World ETF you would have too much foreign currency exposure and if the Euro was particularly strong at retirement, the local goods and services might be relatively too expensive.

New BlackRock report explains why investors should hedge nearly all of their foreign currency exposure over the long term.

One particular point I want to highlight is the need for central bankers to be aware of the risks that their banks and corporations are taking in regard to foreign currency exposures, as these can be a major source of financial vulnerability for a country.

Rather than boost returns, foreign currency exposure has tended to increase a portfolio's volatility.

That's according to a recent research report from BlackRock, which concluded that investors are better off hedging nearly all of their foreign currency exposure over the long term.

As is typical for similar ETFs, HGEU and HGJP will use currency forwards to hedge foreign currency exposure.

Currency hedging risk is the chance that currency hedging transactions may not perfectly offset a security's foreign currency exposures and may eliminate any chance for a security to benefit from favorable fluctuations in relevant currency exchange rates.

The Vanguard MSCI U.S. Broad Market (CAD - Hedged) ETF will primarily hold the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and hedge the foreign currency exposure.

The MSCI World Index (Hedged to US$) consists of the results of the MSCI World Index with its foreign currency exposure hedged 100 % back into U.S. dollars.

The Vanguard MSCI EAFE (CAD - Hedged) ETF will primarily hold the Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF (VEA) and hedge the foreign currency exposure of VEA holdings.

This suggests that dollar - based investors will want to at least partially hedge their foreign currency exposure.

The Fund generally hedges most of its foreign currency exposure to the U.S. dollar and is non-diversified.

Both the Strategic Growth Fund and the Strategic International Equity Fund are well hedged here - Strategic Growth with a fully hedged and «staggered strike» position, International Equity with most but not all of its equity exposure hedged, as well as hedging about one - quarter of its foreign currency exposure.

Management may even claim to hedge their foreign currency exposure (at great expense).

Taking on any foreign currency exposure certainly adds volatility.

XIN holds the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund (NYSE Arca: EFA) and hedges the foreign currency exposure that EFA's holdings are denominated in, so that the returns of stocks will not be impacted by changes in the exchange rates between Canadian Dollars and Yen, Pound, Euros and other currencies.

It is interesting to note that the CPPIB does not hedge the foreign currency exposure in its equity portfolio.

We also clipped some of our foreign currency exposure as investors abandoned the dollar as a safe - haven (at least temporarily).

When you hedge foreign currency exposure, you also give up any real interest rate differential over the long - term, and given the general profile of real interest rates internationally versus the U.S., fully hedging currency exposure hasn't been a good long - term policy.

I understand that the MERs are different and iShares hedges foreign currency exposure.

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.

In taxable accounts, ETFs such as XIN that hedge foreign currency exposure have a different problem: the gains due to currency hedging are taxed as capital gains on an ongoing basis.

The fund to use to capture the foreign currency exposure is a matter of personal preference.

Another is that about a third of the foreign currency exposure is hedged.

To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund will attempt to hedge its foreign currency exposure.

their foreign currency exposure.