The Venezuelan bolivar, the Zimbabwe dollar, he believes, are already «falling away into bitcoin,» something he's convinced will happen to the world's
weaker currencies over time.
Not exact matches
However, the negative implications of a
weaker currency are unlikely to remain
over the medium to longer term, according to economists.
NEW YORK, Jan 2 - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite notched record closing highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2018, while European equities finished lower and the U.S. dollar fell to its
weakest level in
over three months against key
currencies.
Capital outflows lead to a
weaker currency, which concerns the hordes of Chinese companies that borrowed debt in foreign
currencies over the past few years and now have to pay it back with a
weaker yuan.
NEW YORK, Jan 2 - European stocks closed lower on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2018, while Wall Street advanced and the U.S. dollar fell to its
weakest in
over three months against key
currencies.
The
currency has been under pressure following comments from the U.S. administration last week that a
weak dollar could be beneficial for exports, casting doubts
over a commitment towards a strong dollar.
The stimulus from a
weaker currency is
over; if companies didn't respond to a 20 % drop
over two years, they likely aren't going to respond to a decline of a few more percentage points.
The European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's concerns
over the impact of a strong euro on a
weak euro zone economy raise the prospect of monetary easing to dent the
currency's appeal, an analyst told CNBC.
Emerging market
currencies have been hit by a sell - off in the first week of trading this year after
weak economic data in China rekindled worries
over global growth and halted trading on Chinese equity markets on two days.
While a rising dollar hurts the near - term performance of non-U.S. investments (when translated back into dollar terms),
over longer timeframes
weaker foreign
currencies can improve the competitiveness of businesses outside of the U.S..
Weak commodity prices have depressed the
currencies of commodity - producers Canada and Australia
over the past year.
Pick a fund that invests in Europe and / or Asia (which invests in basket of
currencies), and factor in the
weak dollar situation (which is unlikely to change
over the next 5 years).
With
over 80 % of the bitcoin trading volume expressed in the Chinese
currency, CryptoNinjas feels that a
weak yuan regime provides a tailwind for the
currency.
If bitcoin prices enjoy an uptrend, but the
currency's upward movements take place amid
weak volume, this could mean that the trend is running out of gas and could soon be
over.
«
Weaker economic growth throughout the world, devalued foreign
currencies and financial market turbulence combined to present significant challenges for foreign buyers
over the past year,» he says.
«
Weaker economic growth throughout the world, devalued foreign
currencies and financial market turbulence combined to present significant challenges for foreign buyers
over the past year,» NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said.