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The economic climate and markets can be affected very quickly through changes in exchange rates, interest rates, and commodity prices.... Derivatives play a fundamental part an important role in the risk management of equity, bonds, or short term interest rates.... Besides market risk is the risk that the value of on and off-balance sheet positions of a financial institution will be adversely affected by movements in market rates or prices such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices, credit spreads and/or commodity prices resulting in a loss to earnings and capital....
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Thesis
The study aimed to assess the hedging strategies used by multinational organizations that have operations in diverse countries and hence are exposed to changes in exchange rates and interest rates.... The research aimed to assess the financial health of the organizations and how hedging strategies suit the organization's current position....
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Dissertation
Interest rate exposure is the risk that a firm can make financial losses when the interest rates on the firm's liabilities/assets move unfavorably (upwards and downwards respectively) against it within the financial market.... It also refers to the opportunity for gain when interest rates in the financial market drop on these very same liabilities.... The first swap was executed over thirty years ago (Corb, 2012).... In essence, the monetary gain one party makes through the swap contract is equal to the monetary loss of the counterparty to the contract....
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Essay
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Dissertation
Despite high growth in many developing countries, Internet penetration rates are still very low.... The paper presents Web services information technology, which offers promising opportunities to e-business in organizations.... Web services information technology is intended primarily for business-to-business Internet software applications, but also can be used in other areas of e-commerce.
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Essay
The paper 'Web Services Information Technology for E-Business' presents Web services information technology, which offers promising opportunities to e-business in organizations.... Web services information technology is intended primarily for business-to-business Internet software applications.... ...
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Dissertation
For example, a crude oil futures contract is a bet on which way crude oil prices will move, but what happens to the product itself is of no interest to the investor.... This work called "Derivatives: Their Economic and Financial Rationale" describes issues concerning futures and options, as well as to the other types – namely, swaps and forwards....
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Coursework
This paper "Banking Industry and Managing Funds" focuses on the fact that the forecast about an increase in the interest rates within six (6) months brought about the need to plan for the bank in response to negative effects on profitability and the Net Worth.... 'Soros assumed (correctly) that the Bank of England would not support the pound participation in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) indefinitely by jacking up interest rates in an economy already in recession....
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Research Paper