Posts Tagged ‘ Currencies ’

One Golden Decade and 13 Decayed Currencies

Jan 6th, 2010 | By | Category: Currencies, Featured, Gold
Gold up, Dollar down...? Not entirely... So the last decade of rising gold prices simply mirrored the US Dollar’s steady decline. Right…? Well, no actually as I have repeatedly noted...and never less than when clutching a whisky and ginger this past Yuletide...typically to a fast-emptying room. Gold's tripling-and-more since Tues 4th Jan. 2000 ...read more

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Dollar Strength Then the Decline Resumes

Oct 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Currencies, Featured
The dollar’s days are numbered…but there’s going to be a lot of movement both up and down before its ultimate demise. Pound up... Euro down… Aussie pulling back… Canadian giving way… Yen losing ground… October is coming to an end, and we haven’t really seen hide nor hair of any terrifying market moves or monstrous returns ...read more

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The Real Price of Gold

Sep 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Gold
Two charts and three measures of gold's "real" price today... GOLD'S CURRENT price-tag of $1,000 an ounce suggests big doubts over the US Dollar, its domestic economy, and its status as the world's No.1 reserve currency. Or so we guess after 10 years of watching it quadruple from two-decade lows. But gold ...read more

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BRIC Nations Getting Bolder

Jun 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Currencies, Featured
The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) had a much-ballyhooed meeting to discuss global economics and shake their fists at the U.S. powers that be for crushing their U.S. investments. We have commented on their plans and purposes on numerous occasions. Now that the meeting has come and gone, let's take ...read more

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Focus on Currencies, Part II

Feb 13th, 2007 | By | Category: Currencies
 Let's kick this section off with the question: What is the carry trade? The answer comes from the San Francisco Fed in an article entitled, "Interest Rates, Carry Trades, and Exchange Rate Movements": "What is the carry trade? "In the most common version of this strategy, an investor borrows a given amount in ...read more

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