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12 month forecast for the Canadian Dollar
Is the Canadian Dollar overvalued? David Allard, writing at castanet.net has this to say about the valuation of the Canadian Dollar … “From a technical perspective, the Canadian dollar has a lot of strength and momentum supporting it. In the last year, it has risen from 85 cents to a high on Friday morning [...]
Investing
ETFs and the 2010 Big Mac Index
Seeking Alpha has once again published investment advice based on the 2010 Big Mac Index and ETFs that track the currencies in the Big Mac Index. In short, the Big Mac Index indicates that some currencies are undervalued and some are overvalued. If you invest long in the undervalued currencies and short in the overvalued [...]
Investing
Chinese RNB likely to appreciate against the dollar
Rob Annabat from SeekingAlpha predicts a rise in the value of the Chinese Renminbi against the dollar. Why? His reasoning is that China is slowly allowing its currency to appreciate against the dollar from8.15 RMB to the dollar in July 2006 to 6.83 to the dollar in July 2008. Incidentally, China claim that they have [...]
Investing
Big Mac Index Investing Timeframe
For those of you interested in using the Big Mac Index for profit by either buying ETFs that track undervalued currencies or trading in foreign exchange directly, don’t forget about the differences between the short and long run. While PPP will eventually work, it may take years for undervalued currencies to gain value and [...]
Investing
The Big Mac Index in ETFs
The following article is from Seeking Alpha. In short, they are tracking ETFs that mirror currencies represented in the Big Mac Index. The theory is that if you buy currencies that are undervalued according to the Big Mac Index, and short currencies that are overvalued, you will make money when the value of the currencies [...]
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