What is the easiest way to get out of the USD?
I want to convert some of my money (American dollar) to the Austrailian dollar. The goal is to keep it in a savings account after it is converted, and not touch it for a few years. I just want to diversify in case the USD goes down. Now what is the easiest/best way to go about this. I looked at Forex accounts, but they dont give any mention of this strategy. They just push trading. I wouldnt mind going to a bank, but I know nothing about if they would allow me to keep a foreign currency in a savings account. Not sure what I should do. Thanks for any help.
how do I go about opening up a foreign bank account? If thats what this is going to take…
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There are much easier ways than opening a foreign bank account. Easiest way would be to buy the Australian dollar ETF with ticker symbol FXA. I am assuming you have an online brokerage account.
You’d probabily have to open up a foreign bank account.
Keeping your money in a bank or investing in a currency ETF exposes you to the credit risk of the bank or the financial company where you hold your money. If the company goes bankrupt. Then you might loose some or all of your money.
In USA only US dollar accounts are FDIC insured. Which means that you have no government insurance for your money when you hold it in a foreign currency account in USA.
Also, the Australian dollar might decline further against the US dollar. Because USA can’t lower its interest rate anymore. The interest rate is virtually at zero now. But Australia can and probably will lower it’s interest rate further.
You are probably better off putting your money into gold than into some foreign currency. And keeping your money in US dollars isn’t that bad either. In the present deflationary environment, the US dollar probably will maintain its value well.