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Isn't 80% of world wide used currency all speculation and only 20% used in services and products ? I'm talking about the trillions of derivatives market ..
by sodastream 13y ago
Isn't 80% of world wide used currency all speculation and only 20% used in services and products ?
I'm talking about the trillions of derivatives market ..
- pjc50 13y agoThat depends on whether you mean "M0" or "M3". Retail payments are now a little over 50% electronic: http://www.paymentscouncil.org.uk/media_centre/press_releases/-/page/1219/ http://www.paymentscouncil.org.uk/media_centre/press_release... , so that's bank money rather than paper/metal currency. Forex trading is huge: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/forex-market-size-traders-advantage-044400707.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/forex-market-size-traders-adva... : again, held on account rather than actual notes and coins changing hands. That's not even counting derivatives, but derivatives usually net out (for every put option there is a call option) and don't necessarily require settlement. However, there's enough of a real market and taxation demand denominated in the US dollar that it's not going anywhere any time soon. The ECD made enough of a commitment to Euro liquidity that it's not going away any time soon. Bitcoin's market cap is still tiny enough that it could be demolished by a single bored FX trader in an afternoon; but there's no real way to profit from that, as doing so would also demolish the fragile exchanges by which you might cash out.
- sodastream 13y agoInteresting. Thanks.