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 ringgit Malaysia drop , how to I change my RM to USD

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Hansel
post Jul 13 2015, 03:19 PM

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QUOTE(supersound @ Jul 13 2015, 11:21 AM)
Yup, sure will stay below rm3.80 as other currencies like SGD will stay above rm2.80 whistling.gif
So, BNM are kakikong, kakisong only doh.gif
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SGD wil have its own 'right' to appreciate as high as it can against the RM becos the RM is NOT pegged to the SGD. The RM is pegged to the USD. Look back dring the 'USD-pegged years'. The SGD kept strnegthenng against the RM even though the RM stayed at 3.80 (interbank rate) against the USD.
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post Jul 14 2015, 02:05 PM

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QUOTE(BboyDora @ Jul 14 2015, 12:02 PM)
beside buying US stock market, any others way to convert our money in different currency and put it in other banks overseas?

Public bank have Foreign currency FD but still under Bank Negara.

What I mean is,....if really....touch wood.... touch wood.... our country go bankrupt...at least we had money overseas.  tongue.gif  tongue.gif
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YES - fully-agreed. Look at Greece, some of their residents have accounts in other EU countrues, therefore can always withdraw more Euros from those countries.
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post Jul 14 2015, 04:51 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jul 14 2015, 05:34 PM)
well, int rates are not that high at this time.
we can expect bnm to intervene and hold at circa 3.80 for as long as possible - 3.80 is an impt pyschological level, should not be broken so easily.
meanwhile we wait for next couple of months data to see how much forex reserves spent on it - this will give a clue about future direction.
non-residents, not working there - difficult to open foreign curr accounts.
u can search the forum, a dozen threads or so on this already.
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Two possibilities :-

1) Chek with HSBC, if you have an account there. can thy help to open one in Sgp for you ?

2) If you have enuff dough, call a private banking instituin based in Sgp.

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post Jul 14 2015, 06:56 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jul 14 2015, 06:32 PM)
for both, i think it will take "millions" to get it done.

not for those thinking rm10k, 50k, 100k.
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I don't know abt my no 1), but for no 2),... call UBS otr Credit Suisse,.. but must have USD1M in the form of investable assets to park inside the account. Not cash only, stocks also can, funds also can,...
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post Jul 15 2015, 11:10 AM

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If USD strengthens because of its own quality, thn the RM will weaken vs the USD - which is what we are seeing across the board. But why should the RM weaken across the other currencies besides the USD?

The painful part comes in whn the RM weakens across everybody,.. thn regardless of whether we transact in the USD or not, we are at a huge disadvantage.
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post Jul 15 2015, 11:35 AM

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QUOTE(cherroy @ Jul 15 2015, 12:20 PM)
A simple glance through.

RM vs USD from Rm3.20 to 3.80 (Down near 20%)
RM vs SGD from RM2.60 to 2.80 (Down about 10%)
RM vs AUD from RM3.05 to 2.85 (up about 6%)
RM vs NZD from RM2.75 to 2.60 (up about 5%)
RM vs 100 Bath from Rm10 to about RM11.+ (Down about 10%)

RM is weak but situation is not as same as 1997.

USD is indeed very strong.

Many years ago, many bashed USD fundamental and so bearish about USD, now USD is the strongest currency in the world.
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Tq Cherroy,... very good analysis there. From the first two lines (n bold), if BNM tries to peg against the USD, we can always profit with the SGD. This has always been my plan, and my predction of the SGD.

Secndly, one can always accumulate the AUD at these times,... it will come back again later.
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post Jul 16 2015, 09:23 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jul 16 2015, 08:54 PM)
yo! good stuff.

i m in agreement with u in general, esp about diversification.

better be safe than sorry! sweat.gif
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Why wiuld you want to diversify into the emerging mkts like Vetnam and India now ?
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post Jul 16 2015, 09:45 PM

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QUOTE(yok70 @ Jul 16 2015, 08:42 PM)
we have no idea what the fundamental of RM should be.
do we know?
Zeti said it's undervalued, but Zeti may not be faithful because of her position and responsibility for RM's stability.
Well, fundamental of Malaysia is the key factor to judge RM's fundamental.
Major concern for all of us today is political unstable and our inability to mature the level of corruption by government. 

so conclusion for myself is: i don't know. i've no idea.
therefore, what best for me is to diversified my assets under different currencies, now at USD and HKD, which is not very good because these two is kind of linked together actually. But in long term, I still see HKD moving towards RMB. In past 2-3 years, I have gradually moving my RM assets (stocks) into USD and HKD assets (stocks), now already reached 50:50. My target is continue moving out from RM, probably reaching 30:70 stage. Probably should start looking at emerging markets such as Vietnam and India.

Funny how, I am actually looking at Iskandar to be major beneficiary of Singapore. If Iskandar works out well, I should buy Singapore assets (stocks) instead of Iskandar assets. The best is that SGD is a great currency.  laugh.gif
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Sorry AVFAN,... I was actually tryng to ask yok. But tks for your reply anyway,... you wouldn't want to. Why would yok want to diversify into Vietnam and India in these times ?
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post Jul 16 2015, 09:49 PM

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QUOTE(dwin95 @ Jul 16 2015, 01:36 PM)
or NZD even? theyre pretty low for us to jump ship too
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Please don't ! You have incoming expenses, important ones,... and you are already having problems with those needs. Please don't dabble anymore in currencies. IF IT'S ME, I would CHANGE ALL MY READY RM FOR MY EDUCATION INTO THE USD NOW. The RM will not appreciate anytime soon. Depreciate further, higher possibility. And you WILL NEED TO USE the money soon.

Please be careful, bro,... don't add to your problems...
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post Jul 20 2015, 05:02 PM

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DIVERSIFY currency holdings,.. that's the only way,..too hard to guestimate which is really strong and which is not, and which will be killed by sentiments and rumours alone,....
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post Jul 20 2015, 11:44 PM

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QUOTE(cherroy @ Jul 20 2015, 06:29 PM)
Holding other currency, yield zero interest generally, as most are near zero interest across.

So, diversify the asset allocation is preferred.

Eg.
If RM is depreciating, those export in USD will gain from the RM depreciation, so by holding those company shares, indirectly hedging against RM.

Same with holding foreign ETF, bonds etc.
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Yes, that's right,.. do not hold foreign cash, especially from developed countries. But buy and hold foreign assets that provide income.
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post Jul 24 2015, 07:06 PM

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With all this news flying aroud, the currency-raidrs ard the world wil wake-up to our problms, and start to raid us. I wil worry more abt this then the fundamntals, reserves, and other geopolitical issues.
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post Jul 25 2015, 09:58 AM

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Good show,.. tks for all the compliments earlier,... Yeah, I should not worry,...
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post Jul 27 2015, 01:03 PM

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-hmm, gonna be hard for Zeti,...-
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post Jul 27 2015, 03:42 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jul 27 2015, 02:45 PM)
20:80
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How can it be 20:80 ? We hav continuous funds (from our active income) pouring in frm our business in Msia everyday,,... unless we keep changing everything into foreign currencies every day,.... And active income is normally more than passive incme.

So, how to achieve 20:80 ?
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post Jul 27 2015, 05:39 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Jul 27 2015, 04:48 PM)
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it's not over! biggrin.gif
i would hv thought u being the "lord of what ifs" will know how? tongue.gif

don't get too serious la...

already wounded by so many thigns, hv some fun sometimes!  thumbup.gif  thumbup.gif  thumbup.gif
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post Jul 28 2015, 12:30 PM

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So many uncertainties today...
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post Jul 30 2015, 03:15 PM

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QUOTE(supersound @ Jul 30 2015, 10:00 AM)
Earn USD and you will be happy whistling.gif
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How can one do that without actually working in The USA, or without working in a job that pays in USD, and without exporting goods to The USA and having the revenue banked into a bank account in The USA ?
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post Jul 31 2015, 10:47 AM

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QUOTE(supersound @ Jul 30 2015, 04:16 PM)
Look for jobs that paying USD lor, simple as that thumbup.gif
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Other ways are also possible - investing in USD-denominated instruments that pay coupons and dividends in USD. Earn in USD, spend in cheaper Msia. Good arrangement, right ?
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QUOTE(orangbulu @ Jul 30 2015, 04:38 PM)
How does the sg gov hike the sgd though? I understand that it's easy to weaken your currency. You just have to print money /buy foreign currency etc. But how do you do it when it's the other way round?  Probably one way is increasing interest rates but their rates are at near 0 and it's still strengthening.
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In Sgp's case, the SGD strengthening has very little to do with MAS. People everywhere are buying up the SGD, because the SGD is considered as a safe-haven currency in this turmoil. Hence, the demand is is pushing the currency stronger. All the MAS does is just to 'move the SGD higher' in the band of undisclosed currencies, simple as that... Then the demand out there will push it up since the SGD is at a higher postion in the band. The SGD will not be limited by the movement within its band.

It's simple to intervene in a currency, to make it stronger, the country just needs to use its foreign reserves (USD) to buy more of its own currency,... hence creating the demand there.

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