On Oct 24, 2008, at 9:37 PM, ken hanly wrote:
> One of the reasons given for the strength of the US dollar is that
> it is regarded as a safe haven. I can see that people might avoid
> currencies such as the euro because of the decline in economic
> prospects there and also in other countries which have declining
> currency values but why would investors not prefer gold or
> purchasing companies which are dirt cheap in many case rather than
> buying US dollars. What makes people think that it is safe?
Boss of capitalism.