In the News: MarketWatch

MarketWatch outlines currency investing and highlights Merk Investments as a specialist in the asset class

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One specialist is Merk Investments, whose founder, Axel Merk, runs the Merk Hard Currency Fund (MERKX), Merk Absolute Return Currency Fund (MABFX), and Merk Asian Currency Fund (MEAFX).

The Hard Currency fund aims to profit from a decline in the U.S. dollar through a basket of money-market instruments tied to [among others] the euro, Swiss franc, Norwegian krone, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Canadian dollar, and gold.

The Absolute Return, instead of basing its strategy on the direction of the dollar, can go long or short on various world currencies, including the dollar. ..."