Why is a purchase of a futures contract or an option on a foreign asset not exposed

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Why is a purchase of a futures contract or an option on a foreign asset not exposed to much currency risk? Take the following example for a U.S. investor on the British stock market:
Why is a purchase of a futures contract or an

The FTSE 100 is an index of the top one hundred British stocks. One FTSE futures contract has a multiplier of £10. The margin deposit is £1,500 per contract. FTSE options have a contract size of £10 times the index. What is the dollar amount of currency loss per index unit if the U.S. investor had bought.
a. The index in the form of stocks (e.g., £6,000 worth of an FTSE index fund)?
b. A December futures on FTSE?
c. A December 6,050 FTSE call?

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Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
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Global Investments

ISBN: 978-0321527707

6th edition

Authors: Bruno Solnik, Dennis McLeavey

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