CHAPTER 15
Conclusion
Although foreign exchange may be confusing, in today’s global marketplace, there is a critical need for almost everyone to understand foreign exchange like never before. As the world shrinks, there is an ever-increasing likelihood that we will be required to address the risks associated with the fact that there are different currencies used all around the world and that these currencies will have an immediate impact on our world. We must be able to evaluate the effects of, and actively respond to, changes in exchange rates with respect to our consumption decisions, investment portfolios, business plans, government policies, and other life choices (both financial and otherwise). Moreover, there is an ever-increasing probability that we will have to transact in these foreign exchange markets—in our personal or professional life. This book has been intended to assist with this potentially new and doubtlessly confusing milieu.
The words that were written by Claude Tygier some 20 years ago are as true today as they were then:
To most people, the arena where the world’s major currencies fluctuate against each other remains very much of a mystery.1
Perhaps that is why I enjoy teaching foreign exchange. It is gratifying to empower people with a new language and to assist them in entering and actively participating in a world that I believe is truly fascinating.
At this closing stage, let me summarize what we’ve attempted to accomplish in this book by stating why ...