When you travel around the world, you will usually have to convert your currency to that of the locals in order to make purchases. For example, if you traveled to Mexico from the United States, you would have to change your dollars to pesos. However, if you had pesos leftover when you...
How Far Will The Strong Canadian Dollar Go in Mexico Today?Jim Scherrer
In fact, so much traveling was really a good thing because it made us close. I respect my mother so much as she never treats me as a child, but as an equal. She gives me the freedom to make mistakes and to learn from them all. Unlike friendships that can fade or break, I know ...
The U.S. dollar index is a measure of the value of the U.S. dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies. The USDX was established by the U.S. Federal Reserve in 1973 after the dissolution of the Bretton Woods Agreement. It is now maintained by ICE Data Indices, a subsidiary of...
Much better. So far, we’ve had no fees, but we are testing it out.Issues Exchanging Money in MexicoHow wrong were we? First, there’s nowhere to exchange money at all. Like, we figured over the Mexican border while crossing. No, nobody is doing it at all. They are completely ...
The verb here isestar, because we’re asking about the price of somethingtoday. ¿A cuánto está el kilo de cerezas? How much is a kilo of cherries? ¿A cuánto está el dólar en México? What’s the value of the dollar in Mexico?
For example, suppose Provider A offers an exchange rate of 1 USD (the currency code for the US dollar) to 16.71 MXN (the currency code for Mexican pesos), Provider B offers 1 USD to 16.47 MXN, and neither charges a transfer fee. If you send 4,500 USD to someone in Mexico, the re...
Silver was a more popular unit of currency than gold, right until the late 1800s. The silver standard preceded the gold standard, but the question is still the same. Why is silver typically quoted in USD? As the US dollar became the world’s reserve currency, the ripple effect carried on...
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Carlos Slim was born Jan. 28, 1940, in Mexico City, Mexico. His parents, Julián Slim Haddad and Linda Helú Atta, were both Maronite Catholics of Lebanese descent. Carlos’ father, born Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz, was sent to Mexico in 1902 to avoid being drafted into the Ottoman Army...