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Questions, strong dollar or weak dollar ?

08-08-2007, 02:33 PM	#1
frayne Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 513	I understand that having a weak dollar encourages foriegn investment and cheaper exports and a strong dollar allows us to buy foreign goods at cheaper prices. What is the ideal situation, and why. Also what is the foreign exposure on a percentage basis of the S&P 500 companies ?

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