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Xe.com ( Xe) is a Canada-based online foreign exchange tools and services company headquartered in Newmarket, Ontario. It is best known for its online currency converter application that offers exchange rate information, international money transfers, and other currency-related services via its website, mobile apps, and other online channels.
v. t. e. In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency. [ 1] Currencies are most commonly national currencies, but may be sub-national as in the case of Hong Kong or supra-national as in the case of the euro. [ 2]
In 2022, it was the fourth-most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar, the euro, and the Japanese yen. [7] Together with those three currencies and Renminbi, it forms the basket of currencies that calculate the value of IMF special drawing rights.
Currency. A currency[ a] is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. [ 1][ 2] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use within a specific environment over time, especially for people in a nation state. [ 3]
The U.S. Dollar Index ( USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [ 1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [ 2] The Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value) when compared to other ...
The forward exchange rate is a type of forward price. It is the exchange rate negotiated today between a bank and a client upon entering into a forward contract agreeing to buy or sell some amount of foreign currency in the future. [ 2][ 3] Multinational corporations and financial institutions often use the forward market to hedge future ...
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
Foreign exchange option – the right to sell money in one currency and buy money in another currency at a fixed date and rate. Strike price – the asset price at which the investor can exercise an option. Spot price – the price of the asset at the time of the trade. Forward price – the price of the asset for delivery at a future time.