No, not a prediction. It happened:
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2768150The Canadian dollar reached parity with its U.S. counterpart Tuesday morning, as investors looked to park their cash in the fundamentally-sound loonie amid troubles in Europe.
Also, another rate hike from Australia's central bank appeared to heighten expectations that the Bank of Canada will soon follow suit.
Parity was first achieved briefly at roughly 7 a.m. ET in London markets, hitting US$1.0001, achieving a level last hit in July 2008, before dipping down to the 99.70 US cents range. Yet, it catapulted toward parity again, reaching the US$1.0004 level as of roughly 9:45 ET.
Read more: http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2768150#ixzz0kKkkCMZJ
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter#from=USD;to=CAD;amt=1Pocket Guide for 6 April 2010
United States Dollar (USD)
USD $ 1 $ 5 $ 10 $ 50 $ 100 $ 250 $ 500
CAD C$ 1 C$ 5 C$ 10 C$ 50 C$ 100 C$ 250 C$ 500
Canadian Dollar (CAD)
CAD C$ 1 C$ 5 C$ 10 C$ 50 C$ 100 C$ 250 C$ 500
USD $ 1 $ 5 $ 10 $ 50 $ 100 $ 250 $ 500
You know, I never really wanted to find out what life was like at the time I was born (Carter's Presidency.)
Looks like I'm going to be experiencing it as an adult... Hey! Maybe we'll learn and my children will end up having a childhood like mine!
I wish I knew who our Reagan will be, though.