#Currency
How startups and SMEs can mitigate currency risk
How to lower risk.
Everything your ecommerce business needs to know about accepting foreign currency
Thanks to the rise of powerful and affordable ecommerce tools, Australian businesses can easily go global from day one. [Note: This article is the fifth in a multi-part series by Chris Dahl, providing guidance on setting up an ecommerce business. Read Part 1: Commerce Success Begins With Laying Solid Foundations, Part 2: Commerce partners: who’s right for you?, Part […]
Value exchange: the rapid growth of the intellectual transaction and skills as currency
Competition is no longer linear. The ‘unknown unknowns’ are waiting around every corner. Every industry, every sector, is suffering from the competitor they didn’t realize they had.
Over $800 million in foreign currency left by Aussie travellers
Australian travellers are sitting on over $800 million in foreign currency, according to the MasterCard Money Management Index.
5 steps to start currency hedging
Well, 2012 is done and dusted. We survived the fiscal cliff, the end of the world, and currency volatility continued to be the norm. During the Christmas and New Year period alone, currency markets rode a roller coaster up and down a 200 point range.
Aussie dollar slips below parity against US Greenback
The Australian dollar has slipped below parity with the US dollar overnight, trading as low as US 99.961c overnight, remaining below parity in morning trade.
How exporters can soften the blow of a high Aussie dollar
There has been much talk and speculation recently with the Australian dollar hitting parity twice with the US dollar in the last month alone (the last time parity occurred was in July 1982).
Aussie dollar surges past parity as the US Federal Reserve ‘prints money’
The Aussie dollar has surged past parity with the US dollar, reaching as high as US1.0062 after the US Federal Reserve announced that it would buy $600 billion in treasury bonds in an additional round of ‘quantitative easing’ to prevent deflation.
Aussie dollar hits US99.37c as US Fed prepares to reflate currency
The Australian dollar has hit US99.37c this morning as concerns the United States Federal Reserve will reflate the currency as soon as November continue to weaken the US dollar.
Aussie dollar to be worth US$1.20 within 12 months
Everyone is talking up whether our dollar will reach parity with the US. In my opinion, the Australian dollar will not only reach parity but move to between $1.10 and $1.20 over the next 6 to 12 months.
Aussie dollar continues to surge – hits US97.3c
The Aussie dollar continues to surge towards parity with the US dollar, reaching US97.3c overnight and hitting parity with the Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the ‘loonie’.