[Alberta's Child]

Ummmm.....if the market was saying that, the rates of return would be higher than 4.4%.

Don't you get it? The weak dollar is based on that 4.4% rate. Foreign investors are willing to accept a 4.4% rate of return, but they are demanding a steep discount on their exchange for U.S. dollars. My 2002 investment in a foreign currency has returned an average annual rate of about 5% in the last five years, but when measured in U.S. dollars my average return is 14.8%.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Don't you get it? The weak dollar is based on that 4.4% rate.

I totally get it. If 4.4% isn't a high enough rate, the rate would be higher.

[RSmithOpt]

Want to think of something weird.....that 14.8% is basically averaged real inflation from all sectors.