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Kraft Annual Accounts - Hedging

price, or having paid for an option contract that they will not use. Kraft notes that they do not hedge against all commodity pric...

Sources for a Research Project Assessing Any Correlation between Firm Value and Hedging in the Airline Industry

Clark E; Lukas E, (2008, Nov), Hedging mean-reverting commodities, retrieved http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=12...

Airline Profability and Fuel Hedging: An Analytical Look

to the airlines: they have to buy the fuel at the agreed upon rate regardless of what happens to the actual market value of fuel. ...

The Effect of Fuel Hedging on Airline Profits

in a good position, because it will have hedged for a lower price than the fuel is now actually worth. On the contrary, if the pri...

The Benefits and Problems of Fair Value Accounting

against concepts such as the historic accounting concept and the matching. In many cases the assets are not there to be sold. The ...

Should Airlines Hedge their Fuel Purchases?

the firm to the relevant stakeholders (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). When looking at the way airlines in particular operate prote...

International Financial Tools

in one market, such as political instability, economic problems, changes in interest rates or concerns regarding inflation as well...

Managing Risk at Southwest Airlines

fuel surcharges and look for ways increasing income, such as charging for checked luggage. Southwest are managing this financial r...

Aspen Technology Inc Case Study

fees over the period of the license which complies with the matching concept in accounting. It may be argued that there was an imp...

Profitability and Hedging

years (if any) has fuel hedging taken place (classified by the maturely date of the hedge tool), and what percentage of fuel was h...

Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Method Proposal for Financial Research

the hedging category for the years in which undertook hedging. The results may be correlated to see if there is a snippet differen...

Research Design for a Financial Project

The writer looks at potential research designs to assess which would be most appropriate for research into financial performance o...

Profit and Hedging in the Airline Industry

industry (Hashim and Shunmugan, 2009), Morrell and Swan (2006) argue that up to 15% of costs are accounted for by fuel, five years...

The Value of Power Analysis for Qualitative Research

simply stopped hedging, as seen with US Air, others changed the way in which they undertook hedging, shifting from hedging for fu...

Research Considerations for an Assessment of the Impact of Hedging on the Profit of Airlines

numerical, it is suitable to be used as a method of determining cause and effect relationships (Curwin and Slater, 2007). The meth...

Measurements and Variables Relevant for Assessing the Link Between Hedging Practices and Profit

were gathered and analyzed statistically using Tobins Q ratio approach. The research did not only look at the difference between t...

Primary Research on Hedging

approach to research. The suitability of any research design may be assessed in terms of the viability, robustness and validity of...

The Dollar and Sterling - Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Management

The writer looks at the value of the British Pound against the US dollar at three different dates. The patters are assessed and ad...

How will Yum! Brands and WalMart Be Impacted by a Change in the Yuan Exchange Rate

a further 20% this will have a financial impact on US firms, the impact will depend on the type of transactions undertaken by the ...

Theory of Constraints (ToC)and Use to Assess the Value of Hedging

The theory of constraints is examined as a suitable theory to be used in an assessment of the value of airline fuel hedging and t...

Designing a Questionnaire to Asses the Value of Hedging in the Aviation Industry

This 3 page paper designs a questionnaire which may be used as the basis for a structured interview or self competing survey looki...

Is There a Relationship between the Profitability Levels of Airlines and the Practice of Fuel Hedging?

vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...

Different Types of International Finance Questions Answered

as in the larger markets it may be necessary to tailor operation or products to the national requirements of each market (Yip, 19...

IAS 39 Problems

2004). IAS 39 is an international Accounting standard which is set to become compulsory for EU listed companies in 2005 (Deloitt...

Twenty Three Questions on International Finance Answered

The equation is Ks = Krf + B ( Km - Krf). Here Ks is the rate of return required, Krf is the risk free rate, usually measured...

Capital Risk Management

it will save more than it will cost, adding value to the company and be cost efficient. The main risks that are felt ion interna...

A Proposal for a Hotel Project

the YTL Corporation Berhad conglomerate. The parent company has a range of interests, from power generating companies and construc...

Companies and Hedging Currency Risks

it is we mean by hedging. This is a tool that is made use of by traders or companies that want to protect an open position. An ope...

Spain, United States, and Currency Risk Factors

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Euro membership of Spain, hedging, and risk factors as they apply to U.S. and Spain's cur...

Case Study on International Exchange Rates and Interest Rates

In five pages a student submitted case study examines borrowing on different global markets that have different rates of interest ...