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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.44462155[source]
Looking at the scale of a few years, the dollar has been insanely overvalued post-COVID.

Historically, the euro has generally been a good bit more valuable than the dollar. But in 2022, the dollar was more valuable than the euro at a point. Recently it's been bouncing around at nearly 1 euro=1 dollar.

Then there's the yen. Used to bounce around between 1 dollar = 100~110 yen. Recently reached 1 dollar = 162 yen.

The dollar losing its value is a return to the pre-covid norm. Lots of countries pumped money into the US to make money off skyrocketing stocks and high interest rates, and now they're pulling it back into their countries. It's a high that can't last forever. And if it did last forever, that would not be good for the world as a whole since it would mean every country is supporting the US at the cost of devaluing themselves.

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hnlmorg ◴[] No.44462181[source]
I think the bigger problem is the reason why people are pulling back their money from US markets.
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dismalaf ◴[] No.44462962[source]
US markets have been flying high since COVID. Much more than other countries' markets. Why not take profit when US markets + dollar is at a high?
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more_corn ◴[] No.44463169[source]
Why are you ignoring the real reason?
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moi2388 ◴[] No.44463191[source]
Because emotions are terrible investment strategies
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1. const_cast ◴[] No.44469411[source]
Policy is not emotional. There is such a thing as good policy, and bad policy. And, ironically, failing to call obviously bad policy bad is emotional.