Dollar to Lose Reserve Status - PIMCO
From Bloomberg
Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world’s biggest bond fund, said the dollar will
probably fall as it loses its status as a reserve currency.
The dollar will especially drop against emerging-market counterparts, Curtis A. Mewbourne , a Pimco portfolio manager, wrote in a report on the company’s Web site. Investors should consider cutting their holdings of the U.S. currency, he said.
“While we have not yet reached the point where a new
global reserve currency will arise, we are clearly seeing a loss
of status for the U.S. dollar as a store of value even in the
absence of a single viable alternative,” Mewbourne wrote
Though I agree that the US dollar is losing status and will continue to fall against currencies of fast-growing emerging nations, it is difficult to see any alternative to the dollar as a reserve currency in the foreseeable future.
Having said that, I am long gold, and expect to see gold hit new highs as all fiat currencies lose value relative to real assets.
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