Hedging down-and-out puts (and up-and-out calls), where the maximum payoff is reached just before a barrier is hit that … would render the claim worthless afterwards, is challenging. All hedging methods potentially lead to large errors when the …, we analyze this hedging situation, especially the case of overnight trading gaps. We show how a position in a short …

-à-vis the euro has had on foreign exchange hedging costs. The analysis shows that in the analyzed period domestic investors may … have incurred substantial costs as a result of hedging exposure to the euro currency and may have been overexposed to …