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To: NOW who wrote (39526)	10/12/2003 5:39:04 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

depending what you want to do almost every commercial bank has a FX department, no to mention WS

To: NOW who wrote (39526)	10/12/2003 7:14:54 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 74559

This fund shorts the dollar via a basket of other currencies, short term trading fees can be high, so check it out first. finance.yahoo.com I have never bought it but I watch it as a simple way to see what the dollar is doing.

To: NOW who wrote (39526)	10/12/2003 9:26:10 PM
From: gumnam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

I have found currency trading through Chicago exchange futures to be quite convenient and very cheap. For most majors, bid-ask spreads are very tight and commissions are quite low. The trading costs and slippages of currencies is much less than stock trading. However you are restricted to pretty much the big currencies i.e Euro , JPY, AUD, CAD, GBP and Mexican Peso. Most full service brokers should be able to provide this service. There are certain futures only brokers also. But I am not very familiar with them. Cheers