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Hannah McBeth

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2025 Economic Outlook Survey: Surfing the waves of market turbulence | Corpay

Through our work with businesses of all sizes, we’ve seen firsthand how unpredictable market shifts can impact cash flow and profitability. The following analysis of our 2024-2025 Economic Outlook Survey provides a closer look at challenges companies are facing, offering key takeaways that can help businesses refine their FX approach and make more informed decisions in a year increasingly expected to present challenges.

FX Hedging for Fund Managers: From Policy to Strategy and Implementation

In this post by Andrew Shortreid, SVP Global Institutional Sales at Corpay Cross-Border Solutions, he details important steps portfolio managers, members of investment committees, and fund managers can take to create effective hedging policy and optimize FX risk mitigation over time. In this piece, you’ll hear from a seasoned expert, who has worked in challenging roles in the fund and institutional space across European markets.

Decoupling: Currency and Financial Instrument Correlation in FX Markets, Pt. 2

In GPS’ last article, we examined the role of correlation analysis in understanding currency movements, from Bitcoin’s evolving relationships to traditional currency pairings like EUR/USD and GBP/USD, among others. This discussion provided insights into how traders align strategies with interconnected markets. We’re now going to turn our focus to decoupling—when historically correlated currencies or financial instruments begin to diverge—a significant trend in 2024.

Currency and Financial Instrument Correlation in FX Markets

Correlation—a statistical measure of how two variables move in relation to each other—plays a key role in shaping trading strategies, managing risk, and identifying market opportunities in FX. Correlation coefficients, which range from -1.0 to +1.0, help quantify the strength and direction of relationships between currency pairs. A value of +1.0 indicates perfect positive correlation, meaning the two variables move in the same direction 100% of the time. A coefficient of -1.0 reflects perfect negative correlation, where the variables move in opposite directions. For traders, understanding these nuances is crucial for crafting effective strategies.

Market Reactions Following Trump’s Election: Global Shifts and Emerging Opportunities

Donald Trump’s victory piqued optimism across financial markets, with investors responding positively to the anticipated pro-business policies set to be introduced. Markets are already factoring in the potential for reduced regulations, tax incentives, and stronger US-centered trade policies, boosting confidence in sectors tied to domestic growth. The dollar has strengthened on this momentum, affecting currencies worldwide, including the euro, Australian dollar, and Mexican peso.
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Spooky Markets Ahead of the US Elections - GPS Capital Markets

As we enjoy the beauty of changing leaves and the crisp air signaling the arrival of colder days, it’s a time of reflection and anticipation. With the US elections approaching, global markets are watching to see what shifts may occur as we move through this spooky season. While this time of year can feel a bit unsettling, with GPS Capital Markets’ tools and information, your financial strategy can remain strong and well prepared.

Mastering FX Budget Rate Calculation for Treasury Success

Treasury Departments, of companies in all sorts of industries, face decision points when calculating budgets amid inflows and outflows of currencies. When a client operates in numerous markets with revenues and expenses in multiple currencies, finance professionals rely on spot rates to calculate FX budget rates. Just like a farmer needs to forecast supplies and expenses for a successful harvest, getting budget allocations right means a good yield.
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Polling Insights: The US Election's Impact on APAC as FX Markets Brace for Uncertainty

As the 2024 US Presidential Election draws closer, global markets are preparing for potential shifts in foreign exchange markets. Recent remarks by former President Trump regarding trade policies, particularly his stance on tariffs for Chinese imports, have influenced the US Dollar Index (DXY). The question of APAC-connected trade is moving markets today, with FX traders on both sides monitoring the Harris and Trump campaign platforms for signals that could indicate market direction. GPS Capital...

Charlotte’s Response to Hurricane Helene: GPS Capital Markets Steps Up to Help

Hurricane Helene, one of the most catastrophic storms in recent history, struck the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26, 2024. As a powerful Category 4 hurricane, Helene unleashed its fury from the Gulf Coast to the mountains of North Carolina. It left a devastating path of destruction. In the days that followed, recovery efforts across the impacted regions began, with local communities and organizations coming together to offer critical aid. Among those responding to the call was GPS Capital Markets’ Charlotte office and Tyler Thurgood, Corporate FX Trading, Automation, Strategy & Advisory at GPS, who took on a hands-on role in helping residents recover from the devastation.
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Rethinking Rural/Urban Dichotomies at the Epicenter Spring Summit - SLUG Magazine

Utah is home to an art scene that stretches across the state, with subversive art pockets in unlikely places, but sometimes, Salt Lake City’s presence eclipses work and communities in smaller towns. Just outside of Moab is one such unassuming town, sandwiched between the prismatic Book Cliffs and the dusty railroad tracks—Green River. With a population of just under 1,000, Green River hosts the arts organization Epicenter, whose founders worked in Green River as AmeriCorps volunteers.
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Review: David Rios Ferreira and Denae Shanidiin: Transcending Time and Space at UMFA

Like colorful ensos or organic ouroboros unfurling around black centers, David Rios Ferreira’s collages are circular and dynamic forms, what he calls “imagined gateways, objects through which we may connect with those we cannot reach on this plane.” Accompanied by writing, photographs, and video by Denae Shanidiin. a Diné and Korean artist and the director of MMIWhoismissing, the exhibition Transcending Time and Space at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City is the pair’s multimedia collaboration inspired by missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Four great winter activities for the non–skier/snowboarder

Bradley began mountaineering guiding on Denali and has been with UMA since 1994. He supervises a host of world-class ice climbing guides. These friendly guides provide beginners with a solid foundation and plenty of fun. “In a UMA class, a ‘rookie’ ice climber can follow a guide up or top-rope an ice formation and have fun becoming a novice ice climber,” says Bradley. You don’t need to be seasoned in mountaineering to have a good time. Ice climbing requires an average level of strength and fitn
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