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Insights on Income: Magnify Your Returns With Investments in Foreign Currencies
In a recent column, I suggested that investors seeking income (which means most of us aged 55 or older) could do better in foreign stocks than in domestic shares, especially since options-obsessed corporate managers have slashed U.S. dividend payouts in order to protect their yearly bonuses.
In this column we’re going to explore income alternatives available from short-term investments in foreign currencies, a strategy that capitalizes on both the general sogginess of the dollar and the higher yields available from some markets abroad.
Investments in short-term foreign-currency assets can potentially offer much better returns than U.S. investments for income investors, for the following reasons:
-The United…
1Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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