Last week, crude oil prices traded above $81 per barrel; an almost 10% higher bid than the summertime average of $75 per barrel. According to the Energy Information Administration’s Petroleum Navigator, ...
Friday, October 30, 2009
... are plenty of reasons to be bullish on crude these days. For one, the value of the U.S. dollar has plummeted this year and many are forecasting additional weakness for the currency . If trading in the dollar ...
Monday, October 26, 2009
... problem, because it would trigger a collapse of the U.S. dollar, and end its status as the world’s reserve currency .
But the U.S. Treasury and the Fed are ready to take that risk, figuring the only way ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
... currency , to imagine it will happen tomorrow makes no sense. “
Justice adds, “When global equity markets hit a serious air pocket – as could happen in the next four to twelve weeks ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
...
The U.S. currency advanced against all but 3 of its 16 most-traded counterparts tracked by Bloomberg, rising for a second day versus the euro. The difference in yield between 10- year Treasuries and ...
Monday, September 21, 2009
6.
Gold Break Out!
(Matching tags: Euro Currency,Debt Problems,Crisis Trader,Christian DeHaemer,Gold Investments,Economic Growth,U.S. Dollar,Currency Investments)
... currency gained 0.5 percent to 132.87 per euro, from 133.47. The yen appreciated by the same amount to 90.57 per dollar, from 91.05. The last time the yen was stronger than 90 was Feb. 12.
The good ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
... do not see a rising home currency as an unalloyed good. If anything they are keenly aware of the export sector dangers.
What this means is that a further falling dollar could act as a brake on global ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
According to the European Union, Europe’s economy may expand in the third quarter after billions of Euros were spent by the government to help get out of the recession.
From Simone Meier, Bloomberg: ...
Monday, September 14, 2009
... coming next. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. dollar took a big stumble. Some investors think that down move was overdone.
Bloomberg’s Ye Xie and Matt Townsend report, “The U.S. currency ...
Thursday, September 10, 2009
... lower on
Monday, dragged down by a 6.7 percent tumble in China which sent
nervous investors into the yen, while an historic opposition
victory in Japanese elections also gave the currency a boost.
...
Monday, August 31, 2009
... quotes Warren Buffett:
Unchecked carbon emissions will likely cause icebergs to melt. Unchecked greenback emissions will certainly cause the purchasing power of currency to melt. The dollar’s destiny ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Will the euro survive? It’s not an idle question. As an experimental “Frankenstein currency ,” there is ample reason to believe the euro’s greatest test is still ahead – with no guarantee it will pass. ...
Monday, August 24, 2009
13.
Canadian Dollar Rattled
(Matching tags: Gary Dorsch,Brazil Investments,China Investments,Canada Investments,Currency Investments,Emerging Markets)
... profits into cash, the corrections on the downside can be violent. Total returns are also impacted by currency fluctuations, often moving in the same direction, due to simultaneous unwinding of leveraged ...
Friday, August 21, 2009
... this summer as liquidity concerns continue to affect the currency markets.
As expected, the Federal Reserve didn’t change the overnight lending rate, leaving the Fed target at .25 basis points. The FOMC ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Last week the Bank of England shocked investors with a surprise “Quantitative Easing” move... a move that threatens to set off a currency avalanche.
If corporations were people, a good many of them would ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Late last week, the U.S. dollar surged higher on a jobs report, and is still holding ground today.
CNNMoney and Reuters reported at 6:41 a.m., “The dollar held gains against the euro and a currency basket ...
Monday, August 10, 2009
17.
Six Reasons to Own Brazil
(Matching tags: Currency Investments,Crude Oil,South America Investments,Christian DeHaemer,Crisis Trader)
... the all-time high.
2. The Real Is Rising
Not only does Brazil have the best name of any currency (real), but its currency has been gaining on the U.S. dollar for more than six months. Six months ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
18.
Invest In Currencies
(Matching tags: Taipan Insider,Sara Nunnally,Currency Profits Trader,U.S. Dollar,Currency Investments)
... Major commodities are priced in dollars. Most of global trade is done in U.S. dollars. The dollar is the biggest foreign reserve currency in the world.
That’s why currency investors need to know what ...
Friday, July 24, 2009
... Fu and Sapna Maheshwari report, “The dollar will weaken as ‘considerable skepticism’ about U.S. monetary policy leads foreign investors to view it as a risky asset, said Steven Englander, chief currency ...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The story of the global economy over the past 10 years is that China used an artificially low currency , the yuan, to sell goods to the U.S., which used artificially high liquidity to buy them. The Chinese ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
21.
U.S. Exports Rise
(Matching tags: Currency Investments,Economic Growth,Foreign Automakers,Export Industry)
U.S. exports rose so much in May that the trade deficit dropped to its lowest level since 1999.
From Bob Willis, Bloomberg:
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in ...
Friday, July 10, 2009
22.
Russia In Distress
(Matching tags: G-8,Russia Investment,Taipan Insider,Sara Nunnally,Banks,Currency Investments)
... many have begun to claim that it’s time for the dollar to be replaced as the global currency of choice.
Russia and China have been among those leading the discussion to replace the dollar.
Down ...
Friday, July 10, 2009
... is the U.S. dollar, but you can bet that issue will be thoroughly discussed.
China has led the call for a new international reserve currency that would knock the greenback down a few pegs and perhaps ...
Thursday, July 09, 2009
... the stimulus money pumped into these economies and the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s currency reserve.
MarketWatch’s William Watts reported, “Questions about the dollar's ...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
... time for the dollar to be replaced as the global currency of choice.
Russia and China have been among those leading the discussion to replace the dollar.
President Medvedev said, “The dollar ...
Monday, July 06, 2009
... of the yuan to settle cross-border trade Monday, and three Shanghai-based firms completed transactions using the currency .
While Hong Kong residents have been allowed to move yuan between their local ...
Monday, July 06, 2009
... months.”
There are also signs that Australia may be heading into recovery. Earlier this week, “the Australian dollar rose after China repeated its call for a new reserve currency , weakening the greenback ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
It isn’t the Russians or Chinese who Dollar Holders should worry about…
China wants a new world reserve currency . It is sick and tired of being forced to peg its currency to the perilous U.S. dollar. ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Consumer confidence dropped to 49.3 this month. It had been forecast to hit 55.0.
From Emily Kaiser, Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in June after two straight ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
... be heading into recovery. Earlier this week, “the Australian dollar rose after China repeated its call for a new reserve currency , weakening the greenback against major rivals. Australia’s dollar also ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
... to another company. Jeanne M. Smith, E-Commerce & Customer Satisfaction Director
True, currency plays can also go the other way, but most economists are of the opinion that the U.S. dollar ...
Friday, June 26, 2009
... financial practice.
It also foreshadowed the inevitable end of reliable currency .
At one point in this struggle, Spain and France had a stranglehold on the source of all “wealth” as ...
Monday, June 22, 2009
... what he would think about the open aggression China and Russia have shown against the U.S. dollar. He would no doubt agree with the ultimate aim of doing something big. But in the great game of currency ...
Friday, June 19, 2009
The dollar is not the only currency with crash and burn potential. The euro, too, is looking like an eventual candidate for oblivion.
Among its many other sins, the greenback is a press hog. The world’s ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Canadians Angered Over "Buy American" Rule
Canada is ruffled by the “Buy America” campaign that has begun in the U.S. Canadian mayors and other officials are saying that the campaign would hurt the ...
Monday, June 08, 2009
... Chinese auto company functioning in the U.S.
Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternatives
Nations are considering the possibility of a new global currency as the dollar continues ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Euro-Zone Inflation Rate Falls to Zero
Inflation in the Euro-Zone is down to zero in contrast with expectations of 0.3 percent. One economist told The New York Times, "There remains a real risk that ...
Monday, June 01, 2009
How to make hyper gains when Washington hyper-inflates the dollar.
Back in the bad old days of the previous century -- around 1984 -- a visionary gentleman by the name of Ed Yardeni coined an interesting ...
Monday, June 01, 2009
China Warns Federal Reserve Over 'Printing Money'
China says that it is disturbed by the Federal Reserves buying US Treasury bonds, UK Telegraph reported. “I was asked at every single meeting about ...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I've been saying that this bear market rally won’t last for about a month now. That’s not to say I didn’t profit from it. I’ve been making my Crisis Trader readers money hand over fist with a score of ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Reuters reported that China had increased its gold reserves 75% over the last six years, bumping it up to fifth place among gold-holding nations. But China – the world’s top gold producer – is not done ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
... that government attempts to massage the boom-bust cycle always end in one of two ways. The powers that be wind up with a Hobson’s choice – sacrifice the currency or risk debt-laden economic collapse. ...
Friday, May 22, 2009
... government deficits, and persistent fiat currency erosion as far as the eye can see,” says Justice.
Originally published May 19, 2009.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
44.
Loan Growth in China
(Matching tags: Currency Investments,Sandy Franks,China Investments,Taipan Insider)
Chinese banks are pumping enormous amounts of liquidity into the economy, extending 5.17 trillion yuan ($757.9 million) of new loans in the first four months of 2009, more than in all of last year. ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
... in recent weeks that the dollar should be replaced as the world’s reserve currency . On the other hand, when pressed on the matter, China waved off concerns of fiat currency regime change, calling ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Invest in Russian Currency
Bernanke Is Making It Rain: How you can profit from Russia’s cash and reserves surplus
A Taipan Publishing Group Investment Research Report By Christian DeHaemer, Editor, ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
China wants to get shed of its excess dollar reserves – and to eventually see the dollar replaced as the world’s reserve currency – but in its deep ambition China must tread carefully. The great game ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
... system, increase the representation and voice of emerging markets and developing countries, strengthen surveillance of the macro-economic policies of major reserve currency issuing economies, and develop ...
Monday, April 20, 2009
49.
Faces of Fraud
(Matching tags: Currency Investments,Editor Adam Lass,WaveStrength Options Weekly)
Be the first on your block to get the latest collectible: editor Adam Lass’ “Faces of Fraud.”
We live in odd times, folks.
Peculiar. Strange. Perhaps even a tad funny. But not necessarily humorous. ...
Thursday, April 02, 2009
The U.S. dollar has been on a bit of a volatile tear lately. First, China suggests that the world should have a global reserve currency independent of a specific country-based currency .
In other words, ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
