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FX Market Participants and Currency Quote Conventions
Learn how to read exchange rate quotes, understand base and quote currency conventions, interpret bid-ask spreads, and calculate currency appreciation…
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Interest Rate Parity: Covered and Uncovered IRP Explained
Interest rate parity (IRP) is the no-arbitrage relationship linking interest rate differentials between two countries to their forward exchange rate.
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Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Explained: Formula, Examples & Big Mac Index
Purchasing power parity (PPP) explains why exchange rates adjust to equalize the cost of goods across countries.
Currency Markets & Exchange Rates
5 parts · 49 min
Cross Exchange Rate: Formula, Quote Inversion & Bid-Ask Construction
Learn how to calculate cross exchange rates using quote inversion and the three orientation cases. Includes bid-ask cross-rate construction with the worst-of…
Triangular Arbitrage: Cross-Rate Formula, Example, and How It Works
Triangular arbitrage exploits mispricing between three currency pairs to lock in riskless profit. Learn the cross-rate formula, see a worked EUR/USD/GBP…
Forward Exchange Rates: Forward Points, Outright Rates, and Premiums
Learn how to read FX forward quotes, convert forward points to outright rates, and calculate annualized premiums.
The Carry Trade Explained: How It Works, Returns & Risk Factors
Learn how carry trades work, why they profit from UIP violations, and the crash risks that make this popular FX strategy a double-edged sword.
Forex Fundamental Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide to Currency Valuation
Learn how to analyze currency pairs using fundamental analysis. This step-by-step guide covers interest rate differentials, purchasing power parity, balance…
International Corporate Finance
12 parts · 3 hours
Multinational Financial Management: MNC Structure, Valuation & International Strategy
A comprehensive guide to multinational financial management covering MNC structure, agency problems, and MNC valuation.
Balance of Payments for MNCs: How BOP Data Affects International Business Decisions
Learn how multinational corporations use balance of payments data for currency forecasting, DFI strategy, and country risk assessment.
International Financial Markets: Eurobonds, Credit Markets & Global Capital
A comprehensive guide to international financial markets — the foreign exchange market, Eurocurrency market, international credit and bond markets…
Exchange Rate Forecasting: Technical, Fundamental & Market-Based Methods
Learn the four main exchange rate forecasting methods — technical, fundamental, market-based, and mixed — plus how to measure forecast accuracy with MAE, RMSE…
Transaction Exposure: Measuring & Hedging Foreign Currency Payables & Receivables
Learn how to measure and hedge transaction exposure using forward contracts, money market hedges, and currency options.
Economic & Translation Exposure: Measuring & Managing Long-Term FX Risk
Learn how economic exposure affects firm value through exchange rate changes and how translation exposure impacts financial statements.
Direct Foreign Investment: Motives, Host Government Impact & DFI Assessment
Learn about direct foreign investment (DFI) motives — revenue and cost factors — how host governments encourage or discourage FDI, and the screening process…
Multinational Capital Budgeting: NPV Analysis for Foreign Projects
Learn how MNCs evaluate foreign investment projects using NPV analysis from both subsidiary and parent perspectives, incorporating exchange rate forecasts, tax…
International Corporate Governance: Board Structures, Shareholder Activism & Governance Models
How corporate governance varies across countries — board structures (one-tier vs two-tier), institutional investor activism, shareholder engagement…
Country Risk Analysis: Political Risk, Financial Risk & Risk Premiums
Learn how to assess country risk for foreign investments. Covers political risk, financial risk, measurement methods, weighted composite ratings…
Multinational Capital Structure & Cost of Capital for MNCs
A complete guide to MNC capital structure decisions, cost of capital calculation with country risk premiums, debt denomination strategies, and subsidiary vs.…
International Trade Finance & Cash Management: Letters of Credit, Short-Term Financing & Netting
Comprehensive guide to international trade finance covering payment methods, trade finance instruments, government support, multinational short-term financing…
Advanced Derivatives Pricing
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Currency Options & the Garman-Kohlhagen Model From Options & Derivatives
How to price currency options using the Garman-Kohlhagen model — a Black-Scholes extension for FX with domestic and foreign interest rates.
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Why Did the Gold Standard End? From Money & Banking
Why did the gold standard end? Learn what Nixon changed in 1971, why Bretton Woods broke down, and what restoring dollar-gold convertibility would require.
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