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Country, Sector & Company Factors in Global Equity Portfolios by Peter J.B.Hopkins
Country, Sector & Company Factors in Global Equity Portfolios by Peter J.B.Hopkins
Forex Trading – Foreign Exchange Course
You want to learn about Forex?
Foreign exchange, or forex, is the conversion of one country’s currency into another.
In a free economy, a country’s currency is valued according to the laws of supply and demand.
In other words, a currency’s value can be pegged to another country’s currency, such as the U.S. dollar, or even to a basket of currencies.
A country’s currency value may also be set by the country’s government.
However, most countries float their currencies freely against those of other countries, which keeps them in constant fluctuation.
Indispensible to anyone who is charged with the responsibility of forecasting returns, estimating risk, or structuring efficient portfolios in the global arena, this book is an invaluable reference. Hopkins and Miller combine clear and thorough descriptions of a variety of statistical methods while analysizing four dimensions of global equity portfolios: countries, sectors, industries and companies.
From the Back Cover
This book enables managers of equity portfolios to surpass simple country returns in a time when differences in country returns are shrinking while differences in global sectors returns grow. As efficient portfolio diversification depends critically on how the investment universe is divided, Hopkins and Miller analyze four dimensions of global equity portfolios: countries, sectors, industries and companies.
Combining clear and thorough descriptions of a variety of statistical methods with an abundance of statistical results, their analysis explores the underlying causes of changes in global and country sectors. Indispensible to anyone charged with the responsibility of forecasting returns, estimating risk, or structuring efficient portfolios in the global arena, this book will prove an invaluable reference.
About the Author
Peter J.B. Hopkins is a director of the Investment Management Group and head of the Quantitative Research Team (QRT) at Baring Asset Management. He is responsible for the quantitative stage of BAM’s investment processes, including stock selection and market allocation modeling. He holds an M.A. and D.Phil. in theoretical nuclear physics from Oxford University, where he was also a lecturer in physics and a research assistant in robotics.
- Hayes Miller, CFAis head of Baring Asset Management’s Investment Management Team for Nort
What is forex?
Quite simply, it’s the global market that allows one to trade two currencies against each other.
If you think one currency will be stronger versus the other, and you end up correct, then you can make a profit.
If you’ve ever traveled to another country, you usually had to find a currency exchange booth at the airport, and then exchange the money you have in your wallet into the currency of the country you are visiting.
Foreign Exchange
You go up to the counter and notice a screen displaying different exchange rates for different currencies.
An exchange rate is the relative price of two currencies from two different countries.
You find “Japanese yen” and think to yourself, “WOW! My one dollar is worth 100 yen?! And I have ten dollars! I’m going to be rich!!!”
When you do this, you’ve essentially participated in the forex market!
You’ve exchanged one currency for another.
Or in forex trading terms, assuming you’re an American visiting Japan, you’ve sold dollars and bought yen.
Currency Exchange
Before you fly back home, you stop by the currency exchange booth to exchange the yen that you miraculously have left over (Tokyo is expensive!) and notice the exchange rates have changed.
It’s these changes in the exchange rates that allow you to make money in the foreign exchange market.
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