71. To minimize currency risk, fund managers advise investors to concentrate on companies that rely on exports, such as Anglovaal Ltd. or JCI Co. Ltd. 72. When companies sell dual-currency bonds, investors shoulder the currency risk, not the company. 73. When foreign investors buy American stocks, they subject their portfolios to currency risk in addition to the risk that the shares will decline. 74. While currency risk remains a worry, long-term exposure overseas is a must, he says. 75. While Chapman could hedge his Japanese investments to neutralize part of the currency risk, he is not doing so. 76. While they contain no currency risk, their rates are in line with Japanese rates. 77. While there is currency risk in Swiss francs, Austria also finds Swiss franc borrowing cheaper because of much lower interest rates, he said. 78. With currency risk effectively ended by EMU, it will be easier to trade such pan-European indexes as a group and trade futures and options on them. 79. With Japanese interest rates at historic lows, the Japanese appetite for foreign bonds -- and for the currency risk involved -- is slowly growing. 80. A less predictable exchange rate environment means that there is a need to guard against currency risk. |
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