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Commodity and Currency Hedging (Coursera)

Offered by Rutgers University,
Commodity and Currency Hedging (Coursera)

After a brief introduction, this course will first explain hedging, and how one might use hedging as a risk management tool. Then the course will look at both Commodity Hedging and Currency Risk Management and Currency Hedging. Actual examples will be provided and recommendations how to move forward using these risk management techniques.

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This course is part of the Advanced Global Procurement and Sourcing Specialization.

Syllabus

Introduction for Course 5 Commodity and Currency Hedging
What is Hedging
Commodity Hedging
Currency Risk Management and Hedging
.pdf file for the Student for Course 5 Lectures
Quiz for Course 5 Commodity and Currency Hedging

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