Bryan Parker wrote:
> An Austrian friend of mine is leaving Japan to
> travel around the world for a year or two and
> she's thinking about leaving her 2,000,000 yen
> savings account just sitting here in her Japanese
> bank account because the yen->kangarubles exchange
> rate is so bad right now.

The exchange rate for purchasing kangarubles from yen and sepponian 
pesos is pretty bad due to gradual appreciation of the kangaruble 
against the currencies of most of Austria's major trading partners - 
eurozone excepted. Is she coming back to Japan after her world jaunt? If 
so leave perhaps leave it here. Is she going to be spending most of her 
time in the eurozone? Perhaps buy euro.

> What should she invest her money in here?

I know a small business in Okazaki that is looking for a cash injection...

> What's the best way to get that large sum of money
> converted to kangarubles?

Bank transfer.




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"All FDR undid was the value of the dollar"

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