University of Arizona Foreign Strategies Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, watch the video Ray Dalio: How to Build a Company Where
the Best Ideas Win. In the final paper, you will formulate foreign exchange strategies for your target
market country. After you watch the video, do some brief web/library research to share insights
regarding the following:
• Why do some companies like Apple hedge foreign currency sometimes and not at other times
and companies like Walmart decide not to hedge currency at all?

Think about costs of hedging; variables needed to evaluate hedging; and the time,
effort, and staffing needs for continuous hedging management.

• Ray Dalio is a hedge fund manager. Based on his TED talk, how do you think he would advise
you to prepare foreign exchange strategies and why?

References:

Peng, M. W. (2017). Global business (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://redshelf.com/

Dalio, R. (2017, April). Ray Dalio at TED2017: How to build a company where the best ideas win [Video file].
Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/ray_dalio_how_to_build_a…