Big Mac Index

Valuing The New Zealand Stock Market (NZSX) $$

Valuecruncher Jun 30

In the spirit of The Economist’s “Big Mac Index“. Here at Valuecruncher we decided to repeat an exercise we did earlier in the year - to assess the overall current valuation of the New Zealand stock exchange (NZSX) - the market as a...

THE BIG MAC INDEX

THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST May 14

The Economist founded the Big Mac Index more than a decade ago as a very interesting way to gauge currency valuations. From The Economist: Burgernomics is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity, the notion that a dollar should buy...

What the Big Mac Index Says About the Dollar

Contrarian Profits Sep 2

Andrew Gordon in Investor's Daily Edge says The Economist's Big Mac Index shows that the most overvalued currencies are currently all European. And the world's most undervalued currencies are mostly Asian. It also signals that the dollar is...

The Big Mac Index

Credit Writedowns Jul 28

"The Economist" has developed the Big Mac Index as a way to determine if currencies are overvalued or undervalued. The thought is that a McDonald's Big Mac being pretty much the same everywhere around the world, one should expect the cost to be...

The Big Mac Index

phantasmix.com Sep 2

I think it's such BS! Take McDonald's in Germany and in Canada for example. German McD prices are a lot higher, but food at the supermarkets here is at least 2.5 times cheaper than in Canada (and of really good quality, I have to add). I always...

World GDP and the Big Mac Index

The Mess That Greenspan Made Jul 9

The Big Mac Index in The Economist was updated last week. After wondering for some time now what this fun little currency valuation measure would look like when plotted alongside the GDP for the associated countries, it was finally time to take...

Big Mac Index: Why My Gold Bug Friends Are Wrong About the Dollar

Investment U Jun 1

Big Mac Index: Why My Gold Bug Friends Are Wrong About the Dollar by Mark Skousen, Chairman, Investment U Thursday, June 1, 2006: Issue #539 For several years now, I've had a big argument with my gold bug friends over the future of the...

The Big Mac Index Turns Twenty

The Mess That Greenspan Made May 28

Finally, an article from The Economist that's not behind the subscription wall. Their Big Mac Index turned twenty this week and to no one's surprise, in its latest revision, the country with the most undervalued currency relative to greenback is...

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