Foreign Exchange Archive

Helicopter Money Causes Gold Explosion, Dollar Crash

September 20, 2007  ·  Category: Foreign Exchange, Gold
The gold market "is telling us that the Federal Reserve has no inflation fighting credibility." - Ralph Preston, Account Executive, Heritage West Financial "Foreign investors would be foolish to buy US investments knowing that the value of the ...
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Looks Like Another Good Week; Dow Continues to Lead - Mostly; Carry Trade Back In Full Force

May 17, 2007  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Japan, Foreign Exchange, Inflation
It's looking like another good week for the stock market.  Here's how the action looks through 4 days: Dow: +151, to 13,477 S&P: +7, to 1513 Nasdaq: -23, to 2539 Russell 2000: -14, to 816 Again, we are seeing the ...
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Bank of Japan Holds Target Interest Rate Steady

April 27, 2007  ·  Category: Japan, Foreign Exchange
At 2:07pm in Japan, 10:07pm out here in California, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held its interest rate target steady at .5%.  This is good news for stocks as it doesn't put any pressure on ...
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Graham Summers Says The Carry Trade Doesn’t Matter - I Think He’s Wrong

March 26, 2007  ·  Category: Foreign Exchange
S&P 500 (black line) and $/Yen (orange line), December 27 2006 - March 26 2007
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