Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat, the U.S. dollar is up lately, but I think it may fall. Is there a way for me to gain from a drop in the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar? What about for other currencies against the U.S. dollar? Thank you.

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A: Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust, $73.45, symbol FXC on New York (Shares outstanding: 1.7 million; Market cap: $124.9 million; www.currencyshares.com), is one of a number of CurrencyShares ETFs offered by Invesco Specialized Products. These ETFs rise in value when the U.S. dollar falls and drop when the U.S. dollar rises. CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust is designed to track the price of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar. The fund’s MER is 0.40%. Buying one share of this fund is equal to owning $100 Canadian. It yields 0.7%. The Canadian dollar is the sixth most-traded currency in the world. The USD/Canadian dollar pair is the fourth most-traded currency pair. Here’s a list of the seven other CurrencyShares ETFs that move in relation to the U.S. dollar: Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Trust, $107.14, symbol FXE on New York (Shares outstanding: 2.1 million; Market cap: $225.0 million), is designed to track the price of the euro against the U.S. dollar, net of the trust’s expenses. Those…