The silver lining behind the plunging dollar
Don’t panic about the dollar’s dive to a record low against the euro, said Ben Steverman in BusinessWeek.com. “The hit” to U.S. prestige and to “Americans’ buying power abroad is substantial.” But large-cap, international companies—a “key part” of the stock market—“get much of their profits from abroad.” When they bring those earnings home, the boost they’re already getting from global growth will be multiplied when they convert to haul into dollars.
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