I study crash risk in currency markets by means of a proxy for global skewness, which measures the aggregate asymmetry of daily changes in spot exchange rates involved in a carry-trade portfolio. I find that this factor is priced in the cross-section of individual currencies. The premium for...

Financial Risk Management is a topic of primary importance in financial markets and, more generally, in life. Risk can be seen as an opportunity if related to the concept of compensative return. It is therefore important to learn how to measure and control risk, in order to get exposure to as...