When do you think the Euro will = the USD?

[bob4432]

has been getting close on a daily basis, so how long before the USD is = to the Euro or overtakes it?

 

[StageLeft]

Not sure, but this makes sense to me and the guy seems to have some credentials

http://www.cnbc.com/id/37144724

When you have a strong country like Germany sharing a currency with a nation that is poorly disciplined such as Greece you have problems. Imagine if the US and Mexico started to share a currency and it was not dictated by the US (with Mexico merely using it, like in many countries) but actually a board independent of each one decided on it.

 

[rockyct]

I think it's more scary that the Euro is worth only $1.30 CAD. That's mind blowing right there.

 

[bob4432]

i just started paying attention again and the dollar has gained in just a couple of days. i need to pull out some old invoices i had from a few years ago and see what the usd to euro was when i was ordering some stuff from germany and see how we are doing now.

just switching over to win7 and that gadget is pretty interesting....anybody know of a better "gadget" that will show more than 2 currencies other than the ms one? of course, keeping it small?

 

[StageLeft]

i just started paying attention again and the dollar has gained in just a couple of days. i need to pull out some old invoices i had from a few years ago and see what the usd to euro was when i was ordering some stuff from germany and see how we are doing now.

just switching over to win7 and that gadget is pretty interesting....anybody know of a better "gadget" that will show more than 2 currencies other than the ms one? of course, keeping it small?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=EURUSD=X+Basic+Chart&t=2y

 

[GTaudiophile]

i just started paying attention again and the dollar has gained in just a couple of days. i need to pull out some old invoices i had from a few years ago and see what the usd to euro was when i was ordering some stuff from germany and see how we are doing now.

just switching over to win7 and that gadget is pretty interesting....anybody know of a better "gadget" that will show more than 2 currencies other than the ms one? of course, keeping it small?

You can add more than one of the same gadget on your desktop.

 

[GTaudiophile]

My organization is funded in Euros and spends in a 50:50, USD:EUR ratio, so we work with the exchange rate every day. Suffice it to say, we have called a few emergency budgeting sessions to re-budget the rest of the year at revised exchanges rates.

This time last year, we were working with a 1.36 exchange rate. Makes a big difference!

 

[StageLeft]

My organization is funded in Euros and spends in a 50:50, USD:EUR ratio, so we work with the exchange rate every day. Suffice it to say, we have called a few emergency budgeting sessions to re-budget the rest of the year at revised exchanges rates.

This time last year, we were working with a 1.36 exchange rate. Makes a big difference!

What range are your budgets based on since there's no way the current exchange won't change?

 

[thegimp03]

When I first went to Europe almost 10 years ago, the Euro was ~$0.89 to $1.00. It was a nice discount.

 

[StageLeft]

It's getting corn-holed today, and how. Geeze louise, now down to near a four year low.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Growt...9.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode=

 

[freegeeks]

well, at least this whole Greece imploding mess will be good for our export. I was planning to buy an ipad in the US, I guess if it continues like this it will be cheaper to buy it righ here

 

[halik]

I was on a conf call with BNP Paribas, they see parity by next year

 

[freegeeks]

I was on a conf call with BNP Paribas, they see parity by next year

if we have to believe what financial analysts have to say.........

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

when the rest of the PIIGS require bailouts.

 

[Balt]

When do you think the Euro will = the USD?

I'd say never. There's actually a backlash over there when a country like Greece screws up their budget. Over here, not so much.

 

[Martin]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B7bSes0Oq...deZz1owzMh0/s1600-h/EUR+USD+10+Year+Chart.png

It was at parity in '03.

The notable thing this time around, is that EUR/CAD is quite low - in '03 both the CAD and the EUR were weak. Good news for canadians thinking of going to europe this summer.

 

[bob4432]

You can add more than one of the same gadget on your desktop.

thx, wasn't aware of that