The highest paid EKG technician in the United States receives an annual salary of about $74,760 whereas the lowest paid EKG technician earns around $32,800 per year. The annual median salary for an EKG technician is about $47,010.
Meanwhile, during the current crisis, losses in currency-hedged funds like DBEM have been buffered as the dollar rallied. With over $85 billion in assets under management between EEM and VWO, I'm still surprised that the currency-hedged version of these funds, DBEM, only has $4.5 million in assets.
Active versus passive hedging. Once investors have accepted the need for hedging currency translation risk, they need to decide if they will take an active or passive approach. A passive approach or static hedge has the advantage that it is relatively straightforward to implement.