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Describe in words the hedging strategy that the company should take in each of these cases. Remember that a possible answer is that the company should not be hedging at all. (1 paragraph maximum for each)
a). A US manufacturing firm that produces in the US and sells cars in Europe would like to reduce the effect of currency fluctuations on its profits.
b) A CFO believes that the price of oil (one of the company’s main inputs) is going to increase, and wants to generate profits from this increase.