There's the potential for arbitrage, especially if you believe Steem is going to go up in value. Buy SBD on external markets, convert to Steem, wait a week, and sell! Maybe not a guaranteed profit, but I think long-run SBD will be fairly stable.
Alternatively, you could buy SBD, convert to Steem, sell Steem on exchange for more SBD and continue.
RE: SBD @ 85 cents Why?