What is the Libra? The Libra was created in hopes of making a substantial impact in the emerging cryptocurrency market. The Libra, however, is slightly different than the traditional cryptocurrency…
2018: what was the Euro performance compared to other currencies?
During 2018, the Euro strengthened against all major currencies excluding the Japanese Yen, the US Dollar, the Mexican Peso and the Swiss Franc. The chart below shows the percentage variation…
Are the Ekuota’s forecast analysis effective?
In the first half of 2018 Ekuota has published reports on currencies and metal prices with indications on the expected future scenarios of quotations. The analysis contain indications on the…
Italian Export: positive outlook
During the presentation of the 2018 Export Report by SACE (the Italian export credit agency), what emerges from the words of the professionals who participated is a general sense of…
Exports to China: the importance of managing forex prices
Fixing prices in Yuan is an important challenge for a firm willing to offer its products in the Chinese market. Let us consider a wine producer: how to face the…
How to avoid currency losses
Currencies are prices. Prices determined by the international financial markets as is the case for other securities: shares, bonds, etc. As with any other financial decisions, before buying or selling,…
Protection against the pitfalls of financial markets
Financial markets can be dangerous, full of threats to businesses that come in the form of lower revenues in foreign currencies as well as an increased cost of commodities. Some…
Brexit, Trump & economic future scenario
World growth remains low. The latest estimate from the International Monetary Fund shows growth for 2016 of 3.1%, less than was estimated in April. The reasons for the decrease of growth…
How to fix foreign exchange prices in two steps
Why are you losing foreign customers? It is not your fault or your employees’ if financial management has become very chaotic. Why is it that the foreign exchange transactions are closed with…
