Re: Trading in €uros ?

[Steven Le Roux]

No matter how is the $, I think FIC is thinking in $, not un €, so if the $
falls, it's good for us, and nothing change for FIC regardly the $
previsions... I guess

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Kevin Dean <kevin at foreverdean.info> wrote:

> The figure in USD is as innacurate as anything else. You're not
> actually paying $399 USD, you're paying the number of New Taiwan
> Dollars that can be exchanged for $399 USD.
>
> Rebasing the price in ANY currency means absolutely nothing since
> (assuming you aren't paying exchange premiums) it's the same price. Of
> course, they could say 399 Euros, in which case it would be getting
> more expensive for EVERYONE.
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Didier Raboud <didier at raboud.com> wrote:
> > Didier Raboud wrote:
> >
> >  > Hi,
> >  >
> >  > Just wondering. With the actual fall of the U$D, why not setting the
> Neo's
> >  > prices in €uros ? (Which is actually pretty strong.) (or ¥ens, ...)
> >  >
> >  > This would imply a rising price (with time) for American customers
> instead
> >  > of a falling one for European ones.
> >  >
> >  > Actually, the actual situation is good for me if the U$D continues to
> go
> >  > down : my future Neo will cost less to me. :)
> >  >
> >  > Regards,
> >  >
> >  > OdyX, aka Didier Raboud
> >
> >  Just to precise my thoughts...
> >
> >  The idea is not to have a rise of the price for American customers, but
> to
> >  protect the value of the future Neo against a fall of the U$D. If the
> U$D
> >  continues to fall, the real income back to FIC will fall with time. FIC
> >  will then have to augment its prices which is not desirable...
> >
> >  Well... I'm not that much in Finance, so don't give my thoughts too
> much
> >  value.
> >
> >  Regards, Didier
> >
> >
> >
> >
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