Ok try to sell dollars and see what you get. You will get many confused
looks and much ridicule. Sell to get what? You have to specify what you want
in return. Usually this means another currency. This is known as foreign
exchange. I am getting many good ideas for my strategy piece at Citi and my
blog.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:37 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Made in China
>
> The difference in between "Sell" and "Exchange" is only in legal
> terms...just like "noise" and "sound" are different in legal terms for us
> techs. Lawyers, Politicians, they all need to just go away. ;)
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net [mailto:jon@dakota-truck.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:31 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Made in China
>
>
> "Tom Byrne" <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>
>> Nope. One cannot sell dollars. One can exchange dollars. One can buy
>> gold,
>
>> but selling one's dollars does not automatically result in one getting
>> precious metals.
>
>
> My thesaurus lists "sell" and "exhange" as synonyms. Is this a
> distinction without a difference? Also, I don't know if you noticed,
> but right after saying that you cannot sell dollars, you speak about
> what might not happen when selling one's dollars. (Which cannot be
> done.) :-) Or did I miss your point somewhere along the way?
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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