NOW IF WE CAN JUST GET THE PESO TO PARITY:

Par in sight for dollar (STEVEN THEOBALD, 5/02/06, Toronto Star)

Donald Coxe moved to what some thought the lunatic fringe of forecasters in 2003 when he predicted publicly that the Canadian dollar would reach par with the greenback within five years.

"Not all the disdain was polite," said Coxe, Chicago-based global portfolio strategist for BMO Financial Group.

But he's getting the last laugh.

The hard-charging Canadian dollar is prompting an increasing number of mainstream thinkers to predict parity with the United States.

Making monetary union a natural step.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2006 8:29 AM