PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Larry Steinberg TI - Currency: <em>What Is Its Role in a Portfolio?</em> AID - 10.3905/jii.2011.2.1.102 DP - 2011 May 31 TA - The Journal of Index Investing PG - 102--103 VI - 2 IP - 1 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/2/1/102.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/2/1/102.full AB - Currency ETFs are a new investing trend that has gained traction, but should investors be allocating a portion of a portfolio to currencies? With currency risk already in the portfolio, currency is a risk to be managed, not an asset class to allocate to.TOPICS: Exchange-traded funds and applications, currency, portfolio construction