Callum Henderson

Currency Strategy 2e

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Currency Strategy develops new techniques and explains classic tools available for predicting, managing, and optimizing fluctuations in the currency markets. Author Callum Henderson shows readers ho to use mathematical models to assist in the prediction of crises and gives practical advice on how to use these and other tools successfully.

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Following the success of the first edition, this second edition includes important new material: a Preface to the Second Edition, additional sections for Chapters 7, 8 and 9 on the Real World of the Currency Market Practitioner, and a new Chapter 11 - Emerging World: New Growth Markets for Global FX.

The global foreign exchange market continues to go from strength to strength, defying those who predicted its demise after the launch of the Euro. However, within this, new Emerging Markets show the greatest potential for growth. This second edition examines in detail the very latest trends in this field, providing important insights for currency market practitioners on regions such as Asia, which may hold the key to the market's development in years to come.

John Maynard Keynes' reference to the 'animal spirits', that elemental force which drives financial markets in herd-like fashion, was applied to the stock market. However, he might as well have been referring to the currency market, for the term sums up no other more perfectly. A market that is volatile and unpredictable, a market that epitomizes such a concept as the 'animal spirits', surely requires a very specific discipline by which to study it.

This is precisely what Callum Henderson does in this eminently practical and readable book. He provides an analytical framework for currency analysis and forecasting, combining long-term economic valuation models with market-based valuation techniques to produce a more accurate and use-friendly analytical tool for the currency market practitioners themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780470027592
• ISBN-10: 0470027592
• Artikelnr.: 20883097

Autorenporträt

CALLUM HENDERSON is Head of FX Strategy for a leading international bank, based in Singapore. A wide-quoted authority of both emerging and currency markets, Mr Henderson has spent the past 16 years in the financial markets in various capacities and has written articles for many leading financial journals and given seminars around the world on global currency markets. Mr Henderson is the author of three previous books covering the Asian economic story: the bestseller Asia Falling, China on the Brink (awarded Best Business Book of 1999 by the Library Journal of the US) and Asian Dawn .

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition xi
Acknowledgements xvii
About the Author xix
Introduction 1
Part One Theory and Practice 15
1 Fundamental Analysis: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Traditional
Exchange Rate Models 17
1.1 Purchasing Power Parity 17
1.1.1 Reasons for "Misalignments" 19
1.1.2 Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods 20
1.1.3 PPP and Corporate Pricing Strategy 20
Example 1 20
Example 2 22
1.1.4 PPP and the Real Exchange Rate 24
1.2 The Monetary Approach 25
1.2.1 Mundell-Fleming 27
1.2.2 Theory vs. Practice 29
1.2.3 A Multi-Polar rather than a Bi-Polar Investment World 30
1.2.4 Two Legs but not Three 30
1.2.5 Implications for New EU Member States 31
1.3 The Interest Rate Approach 32
1.3.1 Real Interest Rate Differentials and Exchange Rates 34
1.4 The Balance of Payments Approach 34
1.4.1 A Fixed Exchange Rate Regime 35
1.4.2 A Floating Exchange Rate Regime 36
1.4.3 The External Balance and the Real Exchange Rate 37
1.4.4 REER and FEER 38
1.4.5 Terms of Trade 39
1.4.6 Productivity 40
1.5 The Portfolio Balance Approach 42
Example 42
1.6 Summary 44
2 Currency Economics: A More Focused Framework 47
2.1 Currencies are Different 48
2.1.1 (In)Efficient Markets 48
2.1.2 Speculation and Exchange Rates: Cause, Effect and the Cycle 49
Example 50
2.1.3 Risk Appetite Indicators and Exchange Rates 53
2.2 Currency Economics 58
2.2.1 The Standard Accounting Identity for Economic Adjustment 58
Example 1 59
Example 2 60
2.2.2 The J-Curve 62
Example 63
2.2.3 The Real Effective Exchange Rate 63
2.3 Summary 64
3 Flow: Tracking the Animal Spirits 65
3.1 Some Examples of Flow Models 69
3.1.1 Short-Term Flow Models 70
3.1.2 Medium-Term Flow Models 77
3.1.3 Option Flow/Sentiment Models 81
3.2 Speculative and Non-Speculative Flows 82
3.3 Summary 84
4 Technical Analysis: The Art of Charting 85
4.1 Origins and Basic Concepts 85
4.2 The Challenge of Technical Analysis 86
4.3 The Art of Charting 87
4.3.1 Currency Order Dynamics and Technical Levels 87
4.3.2 The Study of Trends 90
4.3.3 Psychological Levels 90
4.4 Schools of (Technical) Thought 100
4.5 Technical Analysis and Currency Market Practitioners 102
Part Two Regimes and Crises 105
5 Exchange Rate Regimes: Fixed or Floating? 107
5.1 An Emerging World 108
5.2 A Brief History of Emerging Market Exchange Rates 109
5.2.1 The Rise of Capital Flows 110
5.2.2 Openness to Trade 111
5.3 Fixed and Pegged Exchange Rate Regimes 111
5.3.1 The Currency Board 112
5.3.2 Fear and Floating 112
5.3.3 The Monetary Anchor of Credibility 113
5.4 Exchange Rate Regime Sustainability - A Bi-Polar World? 114
5.5 The Realworld Relevance of the Exchange Rate Regime 116
5.6 Summary 118
6 Model Analysis: Can Currency Crises be Predicted? 119
6.1 A Model for Pegged Exchange Rates 120
6.1.1 Phase I: Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation 120
6.1.2 Phase II: The Irresistible Force and the Moveable Object 121
6.1.3 Phase III: The Liquidity Rally 123
6.1.4 Phase IV: The Economy Hits Bottom 124
6.1.5 Phase V: The Fundamental Rally 125
6.2 A Model for Freely Floating Exchange Rates 128
6.2.1 Phase I: Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation 128
6.2.2 Phase II: Speculators Join the Crowd - The Local Currency Continues
to Rally 128
6.2.3 Phase III: Fundamental Deterioration - The Local Currency Becomes
Volatile 129
6.2.4 Phase IV: Speculative Flow Reverses - The Local Currency Collapses
130
6.3 Summary 133
Part Three The Real World of the Currency Market Practitioner 135
7 Managing Currency Risk I - The Corporation: Advanced Approaches to
Corporate Treasury FX Strategy 137
7.1 Currency Risk 138
7.2 Types of Currency Risk 140
7.2.1 Transaction Risk 140
7.2.2 Translation Risk 140
Example 141
7.2.3 Economic Risk 142
7.3 Managing Currency Risk 143
7.4 Measuring Currency Risk - VaR and Beyond 143
7.5 Core Principles for Managing Currency Risk 144
7.6 Hedging - Management Reluctance and Internal Methods 145
7.7 Key Operational Controls for Treasury 147
7.8 Tools for Managing Currency Risk 147
7.9 Hedging Strategies 148
7.9.1 Hedging Transaction Risk 148
7.9.2 Hedging the Balance Sheet 150
Example 150
7.9.3 Hedging Economic Exposure 151
7.10 Optimization 152
7.11 Hedging Emerging Market Currency Risk 153
7.12 Benchmarks for Currency Risk Management 153
7.13 Budget Rates 154
7.14 The Corporation and Predicting Exchange Rates 155
7.15 Summary 155
Additional Section for the Second Edition 156
8 Managing Currency Risk II - The Investor: Currency Exposure within the
Investment Decision 163
8.1 Investors and Currency Risk 163
8.2 Currency Markets are Different 164
8.3 To Hedge or not to Hedge - That is the Question! 165
8.4 Absolute Returns - Risk Reduction 165
8.4.1 Passive Currency Management 166
8.4.2 Risk Reduction 166
Example 167
8.5 Selecting the Currency Hedging Benchmark 167
Example 168
8.6 Relative Returns - Adding Alpha 169
8.6.1 Active Currency Management 169
8.6.2 Adding "Alpha" 169
8.6.3 Tracking Error 171
8.7 Examples of Active Currency Management Strategies 172
8.7.1 Differential Forward Strategy 172
8.7.2 Trend-Following Strategy 173
Example 173
8.7.3 Optimization of the Carry Trade 175
8.8 Emerging Markets and Currency Hedging 176
8.9 Summary 178
References 178
Additional Section for the Second Edition 179
9 Managing Currency Risk III - The Speculator: Myths, Realities and How to
be a Better Currency Speculator 187
9.1 The Speculator - From Benign to Malign 187
9.2 Size Matters 191
9.3 Myths and Realities 191
9.4 The Speculators - Who they are 192
9.4.1 Interbank Dealers 192
9.4.2 Proprietary Dealers 193
9.4.3 "Hedge" Funds 194
9.4.4 Corporate Treasurers 195
9.4.5 Currency Overlay 196
9.5 The Speculators - Why They Do It 197
9.6 The Speculators - What They Do 197
9.6.1 Macro 198
9.6.2 Momentum (and Fellow Travellers) 198
9.6.3 Flow 199
9.6.4 Technical 199
9.7 Currency Speculation - A Guide 199
9.8 Summary 202
Additional Section for the Second Edition 203
10 Applying the Framework 209
10.1 Currency Economics 209
10.2 Flow Analysis 209
10.3 Technical Analysis 210
10.4 Long-Term Valuation 211
10.5 The Signal Grid 211
10.6 Risk Appetite Indicators 211
10.7 Exchange Rate Regimes 212
10.8 Currency Crises and Models 212
10.8.1 CEMC 212
10.8.2 The Speculative Cycle 213
10.9 Managing Currency Risk I - The Corporation 213
10.9.1 Types of Currency Risk 213
10.9.2 Internal Hedging 214
10.9.3 Key Operational Controls for Treasury 214
10.9.4 Optimization 214
10.9.5 Budget Rates 214
10.10 Managing Currency Risk II - The Investor 215
10.10.1 Absolute Returns: Risk Reduction 215
10.10.2 Selecting the Currency Hedging Benchmark 216
10.10.3 Relative Returns: Adding Alpha 216
10.10.4 Tracking Error 217
10.10.5 Differential Forward Strategy 217
10.10.6 Trend-Following Strategy 217
10.10.7 Optimization of the Carry Trade 217
10.11 Managing Currency Risk III - The Speculator 218
10.12 Currency Strategy for Currency Market Practitioners 218
10.12.1 Currency Trading 218
Example 219
10.12.2 Currency Hedging 220
Example 222
10.13 Summary 224
11 Emerging World: New Growth Markets for Global FX 225
11.1 The Growth of Emerging Markets as an Asset Class 225
11.2 Increasing Importance of EM Currencies 227
11.3 Explosive Growth in Asian Currencies 228
11.4 Asian NDF Markets: Growth and Liberalization 230
11.5 Emerging European Currencies 231
11.6 Latin American Currencies 232
11.7 Summary 232
Conclusion 235
Index 239