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- Sagags, on 11/09/2007, -3/+39Well ill put it in perspective for you guys
1 US dollar = .93 canadian
1 US dollar = .68 euro
1 US dollar = .48 pound
yea thats right, the dollar is now weaker than the Canadian dollar. Sucks for me but I guess its good for the Canadians. - lOvOl, on 11/08/2007, -9/+38I wonder how much more money will be given for free to Wall Street banks in the near future. Billions upon billions of dollars are being given to the banks while lots of people in the United States are getting their houses foreclosed on by these very same banks or else businesses which have financial connections to these banks.
If taxing the middle-class like crazy and then redistributing taxpayer wealth to the poor through socialist welfare as well as redistributing taxpayer wealth to the rich through corporate welfare is not the dictionary definition of theft, then I don't know what is.
The question should not be how far will the dollar go, but when will it collapse and when will our glorious socialist masters in Washington masquerading as Republicans and Democrats, tell us all that the solution to our fiscal problems is to surrender our rights and let the government micromanage the lives of every American.
I don't know about 9/11 being a controlled demolition of the World Trade Center or not (well actually probably not), but it does certainly appear that there seems to be a controlled demolition of our economy going on right now and every American should ask themselves who ultimately benefits by us imploding from within. - bf01, on 11/09/2007, -2/+26Gold hit a 28 year high? Really? Those "buy gold" commercials were right?!?! Damn.
- j1337, on 11/09/2007, -3/+27As an American abroad that makes most of my money being paid in dollars for online freelance work, this totally sucks. What the hell are the idiots in Washington doing?!
- FunkyMo, on 11/11/2007, -5/+28I think that our foreign policy effects the situation.
- geekchic, on 11/08/2007, -0/+23Although I am based in the UK, the bulk of my income is in dollars - and this is really hurting now.
- steveL88, on 11/08/2007, -6/+27I wonder how long before more people realize just *how* much Bush is ***** things up.
- khail250, on 11/08/2007, -5/+19im not an advertiser, but just go to a forex web site, i just started..
if you invested 1000 last week, you would now have 3000 because the euro is only going up up up.
this isnt spam just trying to help my fellow diggers, and why you shuold invest in the euro or ANYTHING but the dollar.
1. war
2. lowered interest rates,
3. oil prices going up
4. china just said they are going to invest in foriegn currency (this is a big one)
5. the fed just said slow growth.
6. moron president that has no idea what economy means, even said so himself and proved it.
7. there is no good outlook, anyone have ideas why the economy will turn around? no..
put a grand in a forex web site (just google it) and thats a much better investment than anything these days... - inactive, on 11/09/2007, -5/+19I am already poor...so getting poorer ain't too bad.
- o0joshua0o, on 11/08/2007, -1/+15Screw this. I need to find a job that pays me in Euros.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -3/+16Keep your powder dry. Things are going to get ugly here.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+12 Remember, they are geniuses not idiots. They are buying mansions while they impoverish us.
- GMorgan, on 11/08/2007, -1/+12That has to be the worse financial position on the planet. The other way around (live in America, paid in pounds) would be brilliant.
- inactive, on 11/11/2007, -2/+13I don't think you know what poor is.
- inactive, on 11/10/2007, -4/+14They are doing what their masters tell them to do - destroy this country.
- lunxer, on 11/08/2007, -1/+11Thats the spirit! it will solve itself!
- o0joshua0o, on 11/08/2007, -1/+10I could have sworn the President had some influence over the contents of the annual "President's Budget"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/ - lnf69, on 11/08/2007, -3/+12ain't too bad? what happens when you're too poor to get online and live your life here on Digg?
- khail250, on 11/08/2007, -2/+11a few days ago it was .91 cents for the canadian!!!! thats huge if you think in terms of thousands or millions...
- kenplaysviola, on 11/11/2007, -0/+8Does anyone have a link to this video?
- RogerStrong, on 11/08/2007, -1/+9So it was the "liberal media" who ran up massive deficits every year since Bush was elected, even *before* 9/11? It was "treehuggers" who allowed Haliburton to raid the treasury? It was "unwed mothers" who get the US involved in a quagmire in Iraq?
- alpinecow, on 11/08/2007, -4/+10FYI: Ron Paul was just on CBNC speaking to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in a Congressional committee session. Paul in 5 minutes managed an impressive display of ignorance about the reality of the world economic system that Bernanke dismantled in about 30 seconds with a polite smile.
- DruSam, on 11/11/2007, -6/+12Yeah, I have to say, if you have your own internet connection, you are not poor.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -3/+9 Yep, real ugly. We need to throw this Federal Reserve monkey off our back once and for all.
- mwrl, on 11/14/2007, -6/+12Economic shift, we can't keep our heads in the sand much longer. Don't expect the world economy to stay like this. There is a major drop coming.
- williamdyer, on 11/08/2007, -2/+7Yeah, spending a trillion dollars on a war for Israel has nothing to do with us going broke.
- chrisatwork, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5I lol'd.
http://xkcd.com/326/ grammar noobs - KnightWhoSaysNi, on 11/08/2007, -1/+5Prices won't come down at the store. Domestic products will cost the same, and foreign products will cost more.
- hifiDesign, on 11/09/2007, -0/+5Riiiiiiiiiight.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+6you forgot the word "Zionist" in there. When you piss off the world by creating and supporting apartheid they ain't nice back to you.
- amnezia22, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5In the same respect it also sucks for US companies who import as the weaking dollar buys less.
- THE4IRON, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5Yeah, but if your $ is worth squat, you can have all the gold you can carry. No one will be able to buy it...then you sit with a bunch of rocks.
- Karma85, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Fortunately, this dollar depreciation is actually a good thing for me at least. I am in the export/import and distribution business within the EU and i get paid in euros and pounds which get converted back to dollars.....it will suck though when I go to Europe next month for vacation, eeeek...
- jsauter, on 11/08/2007, -1/+5We will continued to get boned even after the new margins kick in, because last time I checked, most companies want to make as much money as possible. Why drop the price of a TV by 30% when the can sell it for as much as they always have? I suppose border cities can always go to their neighbouring US State, but Calgary/Edmonton sure are a hell of a long ways from Great Falls.
- RIMberry, on 11/08/2007, -1/+5That would be true IF the Fed wasn't printing money out of thin air. Until they stop doing that it will continue to fall.
- Mentosan, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Depends what fine means to you.
- SanTe, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4"The dollar was dropping LONG before Bush took over."
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/US/M
You sure about that? - ekrabs, on 11/11/2007, -2/+6I'm not against short-term, momentum investing, but that's not always how people make money. There is also long-term outlooks and value investing, which the likes of Warren Buffet are famous for.
Yes, some people are probably aware that he's done precious metal and internationals, but he studied and positioned that years ago, well before us main streeters have caught on to it. In fact, he's already sold his silver position, and although I can't be certain, chances are good that you won't find him on the forex exchange.
On the other hand, if you're doing hide-in-the-bunker investing because you're afraid the sky is going to fall, well, maybe that's something a bit different. Frankly though, I think that's absurd. If you study some of the richest people in American history, you'll find that many of them invested INTO volatility, not run away from it. Yeah, you could say that's crazy, but it's only crazy if you don't know what you're doing.
Of course, this isn't something you won't typically hear out in the mainstream, because successful contrarians typically invest quietly and against the grain, not panic with it. Then again, it's not a huge secret either. Quite simply, investing is suppose to be a rational exercise, and yet, many tend to invest emotionally. People who need to get over that and look at it from a rational point of view.
But please feel free to do whatever. For savvy investors, volatility means opportunity. - DangerCollie, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Don't short yourself focusing on the Euro, there are a lot of currencies doing well.
- The Yen. With the Chinese pegging their currency to the US dollar the Yen is a rising star. The only caution are the carry trades based on the Yen.
- The Real. Those plucky Brazilians. A leftist, pro-union government paid off their government debt and they now run a surplus. Their commodities are worth more every day and they're not dependent on mideast oil for transportation fuel. And their women are HOT. What a great country. - BUrAph, on 11/08/2007, -3/+7"Millions upon billions of dollars are being given to the banks while lots of people in the United States are getting their houses foreclosed on by these very same banks or else businesses which have financial connections to these banks."
How about you buy a house you can afford? - KnightMareInc, on 11/08/2007, -8/+12historic low as if the euro has been around for decades or something
- 1013, on 11/11/2007, -5/+9All by design so the "AMERO" and the North American Union can be presented as the savior of our economy. Classic problem, reaction, solution!
- schoate09, on 11/11/2007, -0/+4What about the 51% of us that voted for Gore in 2000? Or the 49% of us that voted for Kerry in 2004, we shouldn't suffer for the Evangelical Christian ***** who voted only on abortion.
- 3leggedHorse, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3 ***** I live in the U.K how cheap is a macbook pro to me now bought in the U.S.
- inactive, on 11/09/2007, -3/+6Some people still don't have a clue.
- Chirp08, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3It's really sad when you look at a map of what states voted for which too. There are no surprises...
- slashbot, on 11/08/2007, -3/+6Just because he was right about gold, does not make the mountain of other crap he spouts right...
- MikeNovick, on 11/08/2007, -2/+5Yes, it was called the ECU (European Currency Unit) before the Euro was available as actual bills and coins. The ECU has been around since 1979.
- Elranzer, on 11/09/2007, -0/+3I wish I even had $1000 to invest...
- phutcherso, on 11/08/2007, -2/+5The worst part about this is... if the incoming president doesn't make changes quickly their administration will be blamed in part... and with the way that voters think... they'll forget the things that Bush did to ***** up the economy.
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