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Old February 8th 04, 04:09 PM
Tarver Engineering
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"Ali Hopkins" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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The Euro tanked, while the pound held above $1.60. If BA made their
purchase at the two euro to the Pound rate, they did very well on the

deal.
AI exists under a complicated interleaved set of money hedges.



What on earth are you talking about. The pound started at, what, 1.70

Euros
equivalence - I bought a stack at that level. Even given good forward

Forex
buying, there is no way that BA could have hedged at two, especially given
the timing. And it's now at 1.43-ish or thereabouts.


If BA and AI don't have a hedge in place, there will be much less interest
in the airplane deliveries.