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Multinational Finance
Test 2 Vocab.
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Finance
Undergraduate 4
03/21/2007

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Term
Basic types of exposure
Definition
1. transaction
2. translation
3. operating
Term
Transaction exposure
Definition
__________ exposure results from transactions that are known, contractually binding future foreign currency denominated cash inflows and outflows
Term
operating
Definition
Even purely domestic firms have ________ exposure.
Term
transaction; operating
Definition
Both ____________ exposure and ________ exposure are cash-flow exposures that combined equal the company's transaction exposure
Term
unexpected currency fluctuations
Definition
Hedging only protects the firm from ______
Term
selective
Definition
_____________ hedging involves hedging to protect against anticipated currency movements
Term
exposure netting
Definition
__________ involves offsetting exposures in one currency with exposures in the same or another currency that is highly correlated
Term
centralized currency exposure
Definition
ability to take advantage of exposure netting is one of the benefits of __________ management
Term
speculating
Definition
attempting to profit from foreign exchange forecasting is ________ rather than hedging
Term
hedging
Definition
_________ is not a long-term solution to permanent changes in exchange rates
Term
opportunity cost
Definition
real cost of hedging with a forward contract is a(n) _______________
Term
forward contract
Definition
the difference between the forward rate and the actual future spot rate
Term
money-market hedge
Definition
involves simultaneous borrowing/lending activities to lock in the dollar value of a future foreign currency cash flow
Term
hedging a receivable
Definition
borrow in the foreign currency
Term
hedging a payable
Definition
deposit/lend/invest in the foreign currency
Term
homemade forward contract
Definition
a money-market hedge effectively create a __________
Term
forward rate NOT the spot rate
Definition
pricing decisions should be made using the _______ rate
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