Purchase Solution

Managing risk and enhancing returns

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Choose an existing company and discuss the use of derivatives as a means to manage risk and enhance returns.
In your answer discuss how options, forwards and futures can be used to manage the risk of the selected company.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This solution discusses the use of derivatives as a means to manage risk and enhance returns.

Solution Preview

Derivative instruments used by Costco Wholesale Corporation to minimize the risk aroused due to exchange rate fluctuations and the fluctuation in the price of electricity and natural gases.

Costco Wholesale is the biggest wholesale club operator in the United States. It operates about 565 membership warehouse stores that serve some 56 million cardholders in almost 40 US states and Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, and the UK, primarily under its brand name of Costco Wholesale.

As the company has operations outside US, it is exposed to foreign currency exchange-rate fluctuations in the normal course of its business operations. There are three types of exchange rate risks and these risks are transaction, translation and economic. In order to minimize the risk aroused due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation companies used various derivative instruments, if we look at reported US data among these instruments OTC traded currency forward is the most usable derivative instrument (almost 50% of all foreign exchange derivative used), then ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • MBA, Indian Institute of Finance
  • Bsc, Madras University
Recent Feedback
  • "I've posted a similar question for another course. It's post 657940, and it's a practice problem that I'd like to use for the final exam. Your help will be greatly appreciated. "
  • "thank you!"
  • "Thank you again Jayant. You are super fast. "
  • "Thank you Jayant. You are appreciated. "
  • "Again, thank you Jayant. You are wonderful. "
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Marketing Research and Forecasting

The following quiz will assess your ability to identify steps in the marketing research process. Understanding this information will provide fundamental knowledge related to marketing research.

Six Sigma for Process Improvement

A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.

Balance Sheet

The Fundamental Classified Balance Sheet. What to know to make it easy.

Paradigms and Frameworks of Management Research

This quiz evaluates your understanding of the paradigm-based and epistimological frameworks of research. It is intended for advanced students.

Basics of corporate finance

These questions will test you on your knowledge of finance.