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@jenniferdao Yeah my real concern is that the dollar I invest in, if it's not strong at the moment, is it better to wait until it bounces back? Just because if later it does bounce back then my investment can seriously hurt.

@dee_marie It's more about investing in index funds vs individual stocks really. But also the downsides to being an expat in terms of investing and how to avoid the investment traps expats commonly fall into. He also shares a list of investment advisors he'd recommend (if you're not comfortable...

@angusargyle12 I suppose my only concern is if I were to buy funds today and (for instance) the NZD is very weak at the moment to the USD (0.6 to 1), then if in 10 years time, that changes and NZD is more like 0.88 to 1 then it can seriously hurt my investment. Bit of a hard pill to swallow but...

Recently finished the Millionaire Expat book by Andrew Hallam. Fantastic read - I could not recommend it enough to expats. However, there is one thing that is really throwing me off. He repeatedly talks about how conversion rate fluctuations don't impact investments (at least this is the...