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Global Currencies Rally Against the US Dollar
Well… I’ve spent a lot of time this week talking about the rise in Treasury yields… Apparently the rise in yields wasn’t confined to Treasuries, as municipal... Read »
Sorting Out the Tax Cut and Unemployment Benefits Extensions
When I turned on the currency screens this morning, I saw that the euphoria of a currency rally, which we had talked about yesterday, had dissipated. I said to... Read »
Will There Be More Stimulus from the FOMC Meeting?
Yesterday, I got all caught up with what Chris had to say last week, and let me stop here to say a BIG “Thank You” to Chris for taking the conn on the Pfennig... Read »
Eurozone Confidence Rises
Front and center this morning, I have to tell you that we’ve had a HUGE currency rally overnight, and the rally still has legs through the European session,... Read »
Aussie Job Creation Soars. Is a Rate Hike Imminent?
Yesterday I wrote… “Today, we’ll see the latest labor report from Australia. In recent months, the jobs data has consistently surprised to the upside each... Read »
Gold Dips Below $1200; A Buying Opportunity?
Front and center this morning, gold is retreating again today and has fallen well below $1,200… Here’s the skinny… Yesterday, it was announced that China’s... Read »
Is Jim Rogers Right About the Euro?
I arrived in the parking garage across the street from our building – not exactly the best situation for someone that’s partially crippled and has a blood... Read »
U.S. Deficit to Reach 100 Percent of GDP?
The Japanese have a new Prime Minister (Kan), and the currency markets don’t like it! The once so-called “safe haven” of yen (JPY), is getting sand kicked... Read »
The Pressure is Back on the Euro
Yesterday, while we were honoring the fallen soldiers of today and yesteryear, the Europeans were knocking the stuffing out of the euro (EUR) once again… This... Read »
The Euro Collapse that Won’t Happen
What a strange pattern we seem to be in the past few days of trading… It used to be the overnight markets would run the currencies up versus the dollar, and the... Read »







