[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.

[Alberta's Child]

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

Or the value of the dollar would be lower (and it just might be).

For a foreign investor, there's a huge difference between a 4.4% rate of return at a 1 Euro / $1 exchange rate and a 4.4% rate of return at a 1 Euro / $1.50 exchange rate. The latter scenario has a 33% discount built into it.