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The Group of 31 Report: Core Principles for Managing Multinational FX Risk
A study by Greenwich Treasury Advisors of major corporations' methods of managing foreign exchange risk.

 
Currency Swaps Primer
An introductory note to cross-currency swaps, including a discussion of arbitrage boundaries. Presented by Alex Puaca of Intercapital Group.

 
Interest Rate and Currency Swaps
Primer on interest rate and currency swaps from University of Michigan's professor Perry.

 
Crosswater Web Guide
Portal for information related to European currencies.

 
Cross-Currency Interest-Rate Swaps for Borrowers
By way of a concrete example, Allied Irish Bank's Derivatives Group explains how to apply a cross-currency interest rate swap.

 
Forex Directory
Foreign exchange directory.

 
Modeling the Currency Forward Risk Premium
Research paper that examines the theory and evidence of currency forward risk premia.

 
Oanda - The Currency Site
Offers a currency converter with exchange rates for all 164 world currencies, charts, advanced foreign exchange forecast, trader advisories, currency cheat sheets for travelers, historical currency tables, interactive daily tables, and more.

 
Cross Currency Swap
Description of the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of this type of swap, similar to an interest rate swap, but where each leg of the swap is denominated in a different currency.

 
Global-View
Global-View is a hub for foreign exchange on the internet. Its Forex Forum attracts forex traders, interbank forex dealers, futures traders, fund managers, and provides an opportunity to exchange ideas in real-time.

 
Floating Rate Par Forward
Description of this type of cross currency par forward, where one of the legs is dependent upon the floating interest rate of the currency rather than the fixed rate.

 
Point-and-Click FX
Article in businessfinancemag.com that describes the influence of the Internet on foreign exchange trading.

 
Pacific Commerce
Provides access to current and historic daily exchange rates through an on-line database retrieval and plotting system.

 
Global Forex Trading: Foreign Exchange Market Resources
Offers forex market resources, including streaming live data, fundamental and technical analysis and forex articles and commentary.

 
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.

 
International Financial Management: Foreign Exchange
Overview of the foreign exchange markets, instruments, theories of currency rate determination and corporate hedging.

 
Welcome to the Euro
European Commission's internet site dedicated exclusively to the Euro - one currency for Europe; information's presented in all official languages of the European Union.

 
Global Cash Management: Strategies For Netting and Reinvoicing
Article in businessfinancemag.com that argues that an understanding of netting and reinvoicing can reduce business' cost of payments and foreign exchange, and help achieve substantial tax savings.

 
Rolling Par Forward
Description of the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of this type of forward where one party has the right to extend the maturity of the transaction.

 
Numerical Valuation of Cross-Currency Swaps and Swaptions
A working paper that tests continuous time models of swaps and swaptions via discrete numerical examples; presented by Dempster and Hutton of the University of Essex.

 
The Foreign Exchange Market in the United States
A book by the Federal Reserve bank of New York in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format.

 
Factors Affecting Currency Trading
Discussion of factors affecting currency trading by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

 
Bridge - FOREX, Database
Overview pages to view real-time forex rates and other important market rates. Instrumentized rates for easy access to real-time spreadsheets, charts and other analytics; 20-year daily history.

 
Participating Forwards for Currency Sellers
Allied Irish Bank's description of an option-like currency forward contract.

 
The Corporate Hedging Process
Lecture note by Ian Giddy of the Stern School of Business.

 
Linear Forex-Linked Swap
Description of this type of interest rate swap where the fixed interest rate leg is linked to the performance of a defined FX rate.

 
Federal Reserve Board - Statistics
Releases historical data on commercial paper, foreign exchange rates, US Fed assets, selected interest rates, consumer credit and finance companies.

 
International Economics & Business
Links to information on international finance.

 
Nondeliverable Forwards
A paper on the basics of structuring and pricing nondeliverable currency forwards. Also, includes hedging examples.

 
Par Forward
Description of this type of agreement to exchange a series of cashflows over time in one currency for a series of cashflows in another currency with all exchanges occurring at the same exchange rate.

 
Break Forward
Description of the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of this type of foreign exchange forward contract where one party has the right, but not the obligation to terminate the contract at one or more pre-determined times during the li.

 
Xetra- Wien
Portal providing news, information and other features on companies quoted on the Vienna stock exchange.

 
Daily FX: Forex Research
Provides forex research reports, economic and market data, and valuation models.

 
GCI Financial: Foreign Exchange Reference Source
Supplies an online foreign exchange trading system integrated with real-time market quotes and technical analysis on all major currencies.

 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Statistics
Key statistics and rates from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 
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