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Currency optionAn option to buy or sell a foreign currency.Currency option Similar MatchesCurrency in circulationCurrency in circulationThe amount of a country's currency that is in the hands of the public (households, firms, banks, etc), as opposed to sitting in the vaults of the central bank. Currency diversificationCurrency diversificationUsing more than one currency as an investing or financing strategy. Exposure to a diversified currency portfolio typically entails less exchange rate risk than if all the portfolio exposure were in a single foreign currency. Optimal currency areaOptimal currency areaThe optimal grouping of regions or countries within which exchange rates should be held fixed. First defined (as "optimum currency areas") by Mundell (1961). Base currencyBase currencyApplies mainly to international equities. Currency in which gains or losses from operating an international portfolio are measured. Blocked currencyBlocked currencyA currency that is not freely convertible to other currencies due to exchange controls. Further SuggestionsCurrency futures contractCurrency Board Currency risk sharing Currency area Currency put option currency loan Currency depreciation Currency swings Eurocurrency deposit Convertible currency Reporting currency Foreign currency mortgage Currency appreciation Currency bloc Currency arbitrage Soft currency Currency swap Reserve currency Currency Exchange Risk Multicurrency loans Currency speculation Eurocurrency Intervention currency Currency future European Currency Unit (ECU) |
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