What a declining dollar means for investors
The recent devaluation of the dollar is recalibrating the market. Watch to learn what it means for your portfolio.
AS THE DOLLAR FELL 10% throughout the first half of the year,1 talk of the end of America’s leadership of the global economy rose. Will the dollar remain the global reserve currency? And why does that matter for investors? While growing deficits and continued uncertainty around tariffs continue to make it more difficult to see the investment landscape clearly, the dollar’s position as the linchpin of the global economic order seems unlikely to change.
In the video above, Lauren Sanfilippo, senior investment strategist for the Chief Investment Office, offers context behind the dollar’s fall and why the United States’ position as global economic leader is unlikely to change. “The U.S. remains the world’s largest, wealthiest and most competitive economy,” says Sanfilippo. That combination, she adds, should continue “to drive investment in dollar-denominated U.S. assets.”
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1 The New York Times, “The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973,” June 30, 2025. CIO Viewpoint, November 2024
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