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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 06:37 AM
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Hey guys...

I was just listening to the half hourly business report on the radio...

The dollar is up and is close to the psychologically important $1.54 benchmark against the euro.

Oil has tanked below $100/barrel...

Can recovery be far behind? <g>
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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Dream on
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 08:02 AM
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Come on, Palenque, anímate! We have start thinking more positively and to appreciate any and all imrovements.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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Well, buy € now, if you want to save some money.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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Why is the exact figure of $1.54 a "psychologically important" benchmark? I don't get it -- why not 1.53 or 1.55? As many people think in round numbers, I would have thought $1.50 might be a psychologically important number, not 1.54.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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It's people cashing in before the holidays, nothing psychologically important.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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The psychologically important bit was meant tongue in cheek...I remember threads as the dollar was falling you know saying now $1.53..now $1.54...now $1.55...up up and away...

Actually, frankly nobody really thinks this is going to last but let's have some fun in the meanwhile.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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BTW...

More good news...at least for today..

The £ is below the psychologically important $2 benchmark...closing today at $1.9831896347...

And the looney is now back under parity with the greenback closing today at $0.9773657834

Go greenback go......
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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>Actually, frankly nobody really thinks this is going to last but let's have some fun in the meanwhile.

That's the spirit! We're all doomed, so let's party.
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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oops not clear in my reply #7...

CA$1 = US$0.9773657834
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Old Mar 20th, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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Watch out for peak number one on your way up. No, sorry, it's just a stone. .

http://c.onvista.de/h_kl.html?VOL=0&...mp;CURR_TO=USD
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