Friday, 26 July 2013

Is it Worth Investing in Iraqi Dinars?

Believed to be a lucrative investment opportunity, there has been a lot of speculation about the Iraqi Dinar. While some feel the whole thing is a scam, others believe that the revaluation of the Dinar can bring about a spurt in the country's economy. The investment opportunity is seen as a way to profit from an almost devalued Iraqi Dinar that is believed to appreciate in the future. The scammers hold that one might profit millions of dollars if one buys the Iraqi Dinars at their current value and then exchanges them back for dollars later when the Dinar exchange rate has gone up.

However, though it is easy to get swayed by the lucre, there are some factors that potential buyers need to be aware of before they invest in one of the most undervalued currencies of the world.

The first and foremost problem is the lack of registration. It is illegal in the United States and in several other major economies to market an investment minus a proper securities registration. The scammers usually evade this legislation in two ways. First, it is officially legal to sell hard currency for its numerical value, perhaps as a collector's item. Secondly, some dealers register themselves with the U.S. Treasury as a Money Service Business or MSB, which gives them the show of some kind of registration. But it should be known that real MSBs do not market an investment. Hence you need to ask yourself, whether these Dinar dealers are actually legitimate.

Another issue is that Iraqi Dinars are sold on hype that is misleading. The potential value of an Iraqi Dinar is often compared with the effect on the Kuwaiti Dinar after the Gulf War. But it needs to be kept in mind that the Kuwaiti Dinar was not a free-floating currency during that period, hence its increased value was an outcome of policy making as well as an efficient management of the currency by the state.

Now, the question that arises is that will the Iraq government follow a policy of currency escalation in the future? Since an appreciating currency renders paying for a brand new government as well as paying off past debts more costly, a rise in the value of the Dinar seems improbable. An economy like that of Iraq is more prone to a currency crash.

Several Dinar dealers refer to the value of the Iraqi Dinar prior to the Kuwaiti invasion in 1990 when one Dinar was equal to a little more than $3 US Dollars, as proof of the potential for the rise in the Dinar's value. However, they conveniently evade the fact that prior to 1990, the Dinar was rendered worthless and its value was set at random by the autocrat Saddam Hussein. After the UN embargo, the Iraqi government was unable to manage its currency and the value of the Dinar collapsed to 2,000 - 3, 500 against the U.S. Dollar.

Hence, an investment in Iraqi Dinars is rather a risky proposition, one where the facts are not placed on the table, and where past trends are only displayed to hint at a possibility of a profitable investment. For more information please visit : dinarexchange

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