How Weak Currencies Can Create Big Opportunities For Brave Investors

How Weak Currencies Can Create Big Opportunities For Brave Investors by Andrew Hunt, Better Value Investing: A Simple Guide to Improving Your Results as a Value Investor

Stories of collapsing currencies have been making the headlines recently as emerging markets struggle with high debts and tumbling commodity prices. The Turkish Lira, Brazilian Real and Russian Ruble have been hit particularly hard, with those currencies depreciating by 50 to 60% since 2010.

Anyone invested in these countries will have taken some very painful hits. However, history suggests that weak currencies often present incredible opportunities for long-term equity investors.

This very issue was explored by economists...