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Episode 29: The Loonie (The Textbook Relationship Decays)
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Episode Summary Why did the Canadian dollar stop behaving like oil's sidekick? In this episode, John and Jane break down the forces that drive a floating currency and explain why the traditional "petrodollar" textbook explanation has broken down in recent years. They reveal how holding a foreign asset exposes you to two completely separate returns—which can easily wipe each other out—and expose the single largest invisible fee in retail investing that your brokerage likely never highlights…
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