| Author: | Burik, P. Ennis, R. M. |
| Title: | Foreign bonds in diversified portfolios: A limited advantage. |
| Journal: | Financial Analysts' Journal
1990 : MAR/APR, VOL. 46:2, p. 31-40 |
| Index terms: | FOREIGN INVESTMENT BONDS DIVERSIFICATION PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT FINANCIAL RISK |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Review of currency risk of unhedged foreign bonds and how hedging against currency risk involves additional costs, reducing expected return. Two return/ /risk components. Quantifying currency risk. Merits of currency hedging. Expected return/risk. Portfolio construction. Investor circumstances. Eight Tables and five Figures illustrate the study. Two Tables in the Appendix cover expected returns. |
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