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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Format: | Revue |
Langue: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2010.
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Collection: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2010/039 |
Accès en ligne: | Full text available on IMF |