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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Great predictors

Who to turn to for investment advice?
Note that when this was published the Euro was going for between $1.45 and $1.50 ... late 2007
Today - went through $1.25 like hot knife through butter ... with fear for it's future.

Rappers join models in insisting on euros as greenbacks fall further out of fashion -
Americas, World - The Independent

Pay attention as you watch the catchy new music video from the mega-star rapster Jay-Z, "Blue Magic", and see if you can't spot the product placement. It is not a fancy car that he is endorsing – although both his rides, a Rolls- Royce and soft-top Bentley, are plenty spiffy – but rather a currency – and it is not the dollar.

Like so many in the hip-hop genre, the song is a celebration of ostentatious wealth. But capturing the attention of commentators in this clip, shot in the glimmering, neon-lit canyons of New York City, are the repeated glimpses of flickering wads of €500 notes. Jay-Z has thus performed a currency defection: the dollar is not just down, it is out. The euro is the new bling.

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