That Crazy Loonie
In the wake of the commodities boom, the Canadian currency has appreciated almost 50% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of 2002. In the last three months alone, strong economic data, inflows from mergers and acquisitions, buoyant commodity prices and above-target core inflation resulted in a rise of the Canadian dollar (CAD) of about 8%.
I’m really happy since I own a lot of Canadian Income Funds which pay out monthly dividends in Canadian dollars. So as the Loonie appreciates, my monthly dividend increases too!
Will the Loonie ever achieve parity with the US Dollar though? Some analysts are predicted it to hit $0.96 = C$1.00 which is awfully close.
What do you guys think?
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May 25th, 2007 at 1:28 am
I’ve heard some reports of $1 USD = $0.80 CAD! Personally, I have most of my funds outside CAD, so I’m crossing my fingers it doesn’t happen.. A theory of mine is that once parity occurs, there will be a drive towards unification of USD and CAD..