Investing for Geeks

Re:Investing for Geeks by loeg on Saturday September 17, 2016 @01:05AM (#12519213)

(Home currency) cash is essentially an ultra-short duration, zero yield (home government) bond.

Edit: Clarified that both are local.

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Re:Investing for Geeks by djcapelis on Saturday September 17, 2016 @01:50AM (#12519340)

No it's not. Currencies move against one another all the time. Your yield is only zero against the same currency, but it doesn't mean your yield is zero in terms of actual global buying power.

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Re:Investing for Geeks by loeg on Saturday September 17, 2016 @03:02AM (#12519491)

FOREX movement doesn't factor here? I'm talking about a single currency.

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