Do Currency Fundamentals Matter for Currency Speculators? /

The answer seems affirmative. We compare currency carry trades with an investment strategy based on currency fundamentals: taking a long (short) position in undervalued (overvalued) currencies. Carry trades have high risk-adjusted returns, but are subject to "crash risk." In contrast, the...

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Autor Principal: Nozaki, Masahiro
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/039
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF