OK, let me start by telling you I am being a little sarcastic in the subject of this email.
I just see so much fear-mongering going through the financial world. Podcasters, analysts, and other respected figures speculating on a dollar collapse.
Look, will the dollar collapse one day. Yeah, probably, one day…
But it’s going to be today. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to be for a long time.
I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can look at the numbers.
Look at this chart of the dollar index:
You can see the dollar has been under some pressure recently, be we are nowhere near the historic lows.
We spent more than a year in the ’70s in 2007/08 and again in 2010/11. And a significant amount of time in the ’70s in 2009.
We even broke into the ’70s in 1992.
And guess what, the dollar always bounced back. It never went to zero….it never got anywhere near zero.
And keep in mind, that while a weaker dollar isn’t necessarily ideal for main street, it is very good for public companies and the stock market…
Which can be very good for traders like us!
I know we have dropped a few points since April. But there’s been no collapse in the value of the dollar. There’s been a 9-point drop after trillions in financial easing and interest rate cuts.
That’s not unexpected. It’s natural.
So basically I am saying that for now and in relation to the dollar, “move along there’s nothing to see here…yet.”
As I said, I don’t have a crystal ball, but the US isn’t turning into Venezuela anytime soon.
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To Your Success,
Steve