Sentences with phrase «hedges currency decline»

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 exact matches

This net foreign currency asset position before hedging has increased from 7 per cent of GDP from the end of March 2009, driven by a decline in the value of foreign currency denominated liabilities.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the intro, I go into some pertinent publishing news: Kobo has become Tolino's tech partner, which makes it a much bigger player in the growing German ebook market; Amazon is opening a bookstore in New York City; while Barnes & Noble reported a 9 % decline in sales over the holiday period, there's discussion on the impact of the All Romance Ebooks closure, and once again, I talk about the importance of multiple streams of income, as well as multi - currency / multi-country income in order to weather the changes undoubtedly ahead and hedge against potential economic changes.

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.

That said, our currency hedged Funds, Global Value Fund and Value Fund, were protected against most of the dilution to return caused by declining foreign currencies.

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.

Our hedged Funds (Value and Global Value) were of course protected for the most part from declines in foreign currencies relative to the US dollar.

Foreign securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged.

Any time a rising Canadian dollar takes a bite out of foreign stock returns investors can feel tempted to use ETFs and index funds that employ currency hedging, a strategy designed to protect you from the effects of a decline in the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies.

While Scenario II only uses prospective CAGRs which are 50 % of Record's actual FY - 2012 / 2016 growth / decline rates, except no change in dynamic hedging & currency for return fee rates is assumed — resulting in future revenue of # 29.9 million & a 4.71 p EPS.

Since Record's IPO, dynamic hedging & currency for return AUME plunged 71 %, while management fee rates declined over 40 %, on average.

The resulting collapse / convergence in global interest rates & spreads, the implacable compression & decline in volatility / momentum, the restriction / regulation of banks» proprietary risk, numerous FX scandals, the replacement of human traders by algo - trading, the near extinction of FX & macro funds, all served to disrupt and suppress currency for return & dynamic hedging strategies.

How do we know dynamic hedging & currency for return fee rates / AUME declines won't continue to offset the impact of passive hedging AUME growth, thereby implying a static revenue & earnings trajectory?

Although these techniques tend to minimize the risk of loss due to declines in the value of the hedged currency, they tend to limit any potential gain that might result from an increase in the value