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FX Series With Hathersage Capital – II

Monday, August 20, 2007

Our experience, as early FX option market makers has taught us to be long as opposed to being short gamma, since extreme events or markets can wipe out option sellers..

A SQUARE :: 20Aug07 FX Series With Hathersage Capital – II
Category	Foreign Exchange
Faculty	Bill Strack
Expertise	Foreign Exchange
Author	Sona Blessing
A common mistake is to confuse objectives - managing risk or volatility versus seeking absolute return. Managing FX risk is formulaic and inexpensive. It is important to distinguish skilled absolute return FX managers from those hedging FX risk in non-base currency (international) assets.
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