Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Obsessive Euro Watching

We need to change our dollars into Euros. We've been waiting since February when the exchange rate was a mere $1.35. We thought that was too high! Now, with the Euro peaking at $1.60, the February exchange looks great.

Maybe the US economy has bottomed out. Oil prices are going down. So goes the Euro. Today, I'm looking at $1.54. Am I being greedy to hope for $1.53 before I run to the bank?

I've been watching the Euro prices on a website called OANDA. They post the exchange rate with updates like the stock market, delayed by a few minutes. I go to this website every few minutes when I'm at my computer. The hundredths of a cent difference up or down punctuate my day, positive or negative.

Today, it's a good day.

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