As over $500,000 of Steem Dollars (2.5% of Steem) is made liquid, very few people are speculating that the price may "rise". I'm here to offer a counter-perspective to Dan:
Sure Steem Dollars pay 10% interest and the supply is limited, but what do you care? You need to exit before everyone else does!
Getting less for your money is the American way, therefore you need to stay true to your nature and convert to STEEM immediately and sell the STEEM at market rate as fast as possible.
A small percentage of Steem Dollars are being earned by Steem Bears. Why? Because they know something you don't!
With all of this in mind, my conclusion is that the July 4th date matters immensely! You need to get out quickly before the bear whales hit the exchanges with their loaded whale nets. Some will be converting Steem Dollars directly to BTC, but you my friend will play this one coy and out maneuver the others by converting your Steem Dollars to STEEM and dumping it on the exchanges at market rate as fast as possible.
The effect will be, the July 4th date will be tumultuous on the markets (especially with imprudent moves).