Investors would not be to blame for detesting the international sleeve of their portfolios over the past decade. Coming out of the global financial crisis in 2009, the U.S. equity market has easily ...

Many countries go to great lengths to manage their exchange rates. Probably the most prominent recent example is the European Monetary Union, where all the members abandoned their national currencies ...

There are many matters to consider when setting up an offshore outsourcing deal-scope, location, roles and responsibilities, service levels, governance plans and price, just to name a few. The effect ...

Currency-hedged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) aim to eliminate or reduce the exposure of a portfolio to currency fluctuations. These ETFs invest in international stocks, bonds or other assets ...

Investment risk refers to the potential for an investment to experience a loss or deviation from its expected return and can come from a variety of places. All investments carry some level of risk ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...