Foreign Exchange Markets (Currency Risk Management Series)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780814406120
Subjects: Investments & Securities - General; Financial Markets; Foreign Exchange; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Investments & Securities
First sentence: International trade creates a need for buying, selling or borrowing foreign currencies.
Description: "International trade creates a need for buying, selling or borrowing foreign currencies. This book describes the buying, selling, depositing, borrowing and lending of foreign currency. It begins by explaining how the foreign exchange markets are structured and proceeds to examine spot transactions and forward exchange contracts. Finally it explains swaps transactions and short-dated forward transaction. It is full of practical guidelines on how these transactions are made."--BOOK JACKET.