NUST Business School: Sir Nabeel Safdar Mahrukh Chohan

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NUST Business School

FIN-329 Behavioral Finance


Assignment# 1

Submitted to:
Sir Nabeel Safdar
Submitted by:
Mahrukh Chohan

Bs. AcF 2K16-A

Date: March 3rd, 2019.


NUST Business School

FIN-329 Behavioral Finance


Assignment# 1

Submitted to:
Sir Nabeel Safdar
Submitted by:
Dure Sameen Fatima

Bs. AcF 2K16-A

Date: March 3rd, 2019.


Expected Valuation of Euro-Dollar Exchange rate

When the year started, analysts anticipated new lows for Dollar-Euro, fearing things to get
worse before they got any better. And they were proved right, for better part of the first
quarter of 2019 but the dollar-euro exchange rate ultimately climbed in the mid of February,
as the hopes that the eurozone economy could revive increased, combined with some weak
dollar statistics.

We have numerous reasons to believe that euro will strengthen against dollar in the coming
month. Some of them are mentioned below.

Firstly, US-China trade tiff is forcing many investors to sell the dollar as there is a sense of
uncertainty prevailing in the market. Also, the newly published Federal Reserve report didn’t
provide much hope to them and so does the failed US-North Korea summit. It has made
investors more hesitant to buy the Dollar.

Since Euro is Dollar’s biggest currency rival, it is benefitting from the weak position of
Dollar.

Secondly, the affect of tax-cuts that boosted the dollar in 2018 has started to fade away and
the growth has started to return from an inflated “above-potential” rate to “potential”. Hence
it is expected to decline from an overvalued level back towards equilibrium.

Thirdly, the unemployment of Eurozone came in at 7.8% in February, which is same as


January. This suggests that, despite all the international pressure, GDP growth remains strong
enough to drive a continued improvement. This will positively influence the Euro.

Lastly, according to a report a “short-limited extension” may be in works for Brexit in case of
no deal being agreed by the UK Parliament. This may strengthen the Euro against Dollar as it
will recede the reservations in the investors.

Hence, we can positively expect that in the coming month Euro will strengthen against
Dollar.
Dollar to Euro exchange rate over two decades

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