In order to eliminate all risk on its exports to Japan, a company decides to hedge both its actual and anticipated sales there. To what risk is the company exposing itself?
Questions 1. What is translation exposure? Transaction exposure? 2. What are the basic translation methods? How do they differ? 3. What factors affect a company’s translation exposure? What can the company do to affect its degree of translation exposure? 4. What alternative hedging transactions are available to a company seeking to hedge the translation exposure […]