Currencies Archive

Goldman Calls a Bottom In The Dollar

August 14, 2008  ·  Category: Commodities, Market Commentary, Foreign Exchange, Currencies
Dollar strength will not be a straight line..... nevertheless, dollar lows are almost certainly behind us. - "Calling A Bottom In The Dollar", Goldman Sachs ... the euro 'rubber band' is stretched as far as it's ever ...
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$1000 Gold? 100 Yen Per $? - This Is A Dollar Crisis

March 13, 2008  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Federal Reserve, Gold, Currencies
Gold briefly touched $1000 an ounce this morning - an all time high (Gold 5 Year Chart). The Yen/$ briefly dipped below 100 this morning - just below very long term support at lows from early ...
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Kohn And Bernanke Torch The Dollar; So Much For My Euro Top Call

February 27, 2008  ·  Category: Federal Reserve, Currencies
"The Fed is triaging the whole economic problem that we have, and right now it seems like economic growth is a priority." - Carl Forcheski (subscription required), VP Foreign Exchange, Societe Generale  Yesterday, Fed Vice Chairman Donald ...
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Excellent BusinessWeek Article On Currency ETFs

February 12, 2008  ·  Category: Currencies
BusinessWeek put up an excellent article giving an overview of some of the most popular currency ETFs yesterday: "Smarter Ways To Make Currency Plays". It covers the popular CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY), CurrencyShares Euro Trust ...
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Looks Like A Top In The Euro

February 7, 2008  ·  Category: Technical Analysis, Currencies
The $/Euro seems to have formed a triple to top around $1.50 with the most recent peak occuring in just the last few days ($/Euro 6 Month Chart). Today, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to ...
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Buffett Said Dollar Will Be “Worthless” Or “Worth Less”?

February 7, 2008  ·  Category: Currencies, Humor
Dow Jones and CNBC yesterday were reporting that in a speech in Toronto Warren Buffett said that if the current deficit didn't improve, the dollar would would be "worthless" in 5-10 years.  In a hilarious episode on ...
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