Why I’ve been stockpiling my native currency

With current market volatility, it is a good idea to stockpile cash. But which are the soundest currencies? Bengt Saelensminde looks at the Norwegian krone as a safe haven for your money.

The markets have had a couple of good days off the back of news from Greece. But let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

Things still look pretty unstable to me. QE might have spurred markets for the last couple of years but it's now running out. And I don't think we'll see any more QE until we hit a panic situation.

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Bengt graduated from Reading University in 1994 and followed up with a master's degree in business economics.

 

He started stock market investing at the age of 13, and this eventually led to a job in the City of London in 1995. He started on a bond desk at Cantor Fitzgerald and ended up running a desk at stockbroker's Cazenove.

 

Bengt left the City in 2000 to start up his own import and beauty products business which he still runs today.