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Possibilities and methods of FX risk managing
Houdek, Ondřej ; Brůna, Karel (advisor)
This paper focuses on businesses participating in international trade in terms of their possibilities to eliminate FX risk. There are currency derivatives analysed in the paper with en emphasis on their value drivers. I've also mentioned interest rate differentials, expacted exchange rates and anticipated asssets yields as their key value drivers. A practical part deals with a systematic application of singular derivatives to long positions. The examined period is 2008. The results indicate that derivatives don't protect businesses from loses if there is a medium or long-run domestic currency appreciation involved. It basicaly turned out that cash-flow converted to czech crown kept deteriorating as if there were no hedging instruments applied.
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Usage of financial derivatives for currency hedging in Czech Republic
Karas, Jiří ; Málek, Jiří (advisor)
Basic motive for the work comes out of the hypothesis of growing need of non-financial Czech companies to manage foreign exchange risk, which is demonstrated by foreign trade development. In the work, there are also specified basic species of entrepreneurial risks. Main attention of the writing is paid to currency hedging by finance derivatives, like futures, forwards, swaps and options. Single chapters are dedicated to their basic characteristics and to their function logic and, above all, to alternatives of their usage for currency hedging in different situations at Czech nonfinancial companies.
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Investments in selected commodities
Pecha, Martin ; Drozen, František (advisor) ; Filipová, Vladimíra (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to analyse selected commodities being as follows: Crude oil, Gold and Coffee. I tried to make a go of showing readers, potential traders how to invest in the above mentioned commodities in regard to risk. The thesis is made up of three chapters. First one introduces the readers to commodity exchange issues paying attention to trading those commodities, commodity exchanges, commodity investment tools, a typology of commodity traders and other particulars expanding on the given field. Second one is geared towards an analysis of the above stated commodities in today's globalized world and depicts how specifically to purchase or sell these commodities. At last, I shall sum up existing pieces of knowledge and state premisis to be fulfilled in order for the traders to be at least a little successful at commodity trading.
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Hedging with financial derivatives in international business
Rohrbacher, Jan ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Mergl, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with hedging with financial derivatives in international business. It is divided into two main parts. The first - theoretical part describes the general definition of the term "derivative" as well as brief history of derivatives. The next part determines derivatives from three key aspects - economic, legal and accounting. The following part deals with statistical methods and the current situation on the derivative markets. The following chapter analyzes the main types of derivatives - forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as examples of their usage. The second part of this work examines the hedging process within the company Med Povrly. Due to its involvement in the international trade with copper, the company is exposed to commodity and exchange-rate risks.
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Methods of hedging the exchange rate risk
Schichman, Roman ; Kuncl, Martin (advisor)
Work deals with the instruments that can be used to hedge exchange rate risk with accent on outright forward and currency options. The target is to not to suggest a complex solution how to deal with exchange rate risk, but to find out which instruments are more suitable to hedging opened foreign exchange.
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Currency risk management by financial derivates in Czech Republic
Davídková, Veronika ; Čermáková, Daniela (advisor)
The focus of this bachelor thesis is on the description of financial derivates and Czech derivates market situation. Financial derivates are fast developing instruments, which development we have been watching from 80's last century until now. In the first part of the bachelor thesis financial risks with its categorization is described. The main attention is focus on characterization of financial derivates and their role in the currency risk management. In the practical part Czech derivates market situation is analyzed. There area three analysis of czech derivates market - the whole Czech derivates market analysis, the bank subject analysis and the last one is futures contract in Prague stock exchange analysis. At the end of bachelor thesis the proposals of sources of discovered development are written.
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Kípeť, Ondřej ; Čermáková, Daniela (advisor)
The first part of this thesis is focused on definition of currency risk. Internal and external methods of management of currency risk are mentioned. In the second part, all types of financial derivatives - forwards, futures, swaps and options - are characterized. The final part is a concrete example of hedging of currency risk with all types of financial derivatives. The contracts are compared and their advantages and disadvantages are mentioned.
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Řízení úrokového rizika pomocí derivátů
Walos, Michal ; Korbel, Jiří (advisor)
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá převážně problematikou úrokového rizika. Teoretických situací, ve kterých by se podnikatelský subjekt mohl ocitnout a které by pro něj mohly mít negativní důsledky. Současně se věnuje řízení těchto rizik metodou užívající finančních derivátů. V práci jsou popsány obecně finanční deriváty se zaměřením na deriváty úrokové a jejich použití k zajištění otevřených úrokových pozic. Jsou popsány deriváty FRA (Forward Rate Agreement), úrokové futures, IRS (Interest-Rate Swap) a úrokové opce.
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Hedging
Procházková, Petra ; Dvořáček, Jiří (advisor) ; Smolák, Pavel (referee)
This thesis describes hedging transactions against foreign exchange rate risk which is a significant problem for a number of domestic companies trading with foreign partners. The objective of this paper is to characterize possible ways to eliminate or minimize a foreign exchange rate risk and to assess effects on economic results and liquidity of the company arising from the use of hedging instruments compared to the situation without hedging transactions. The practical analysis is shown on two Czech companies exposed to a foreign exchange rate risk. The analysis is focused on currency forwards negotiated with the bank and natural hedging in connection with an application of a hedge accounting.
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