Hedge of currency risks

[Tom]

Dear valued POORSWISS community

I would like to buy some Berkshire Hathaway stocks.

Most of the assets are US companies.

How can I hedge with an ease approach the currency risks?

Has anyone in the community ever done this?

I live in the Switzerland.

Please share the thoughts with us.

Many thanks.

Best regards
Tom

 

[Baptiste Wicht]

Hi Tom

lf you want to hedge against currency risk yourself, you will need forward FX contracts or FX options. These are advanced instruments. I would not recommend it unless you really know what you are doing.

I am not aware of any hedged-BRK instrument.

Another way to hedge is to keep a bias towards CHF. You could keep some CHF cash or some CHF investments next to the BKR shares.