Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
U.S. Dollar Long-term Chart / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Jesse
The weakness with this US Dollar DX index is that it is highly weighted to the developed economies of Europe and Japan. As such it may not reflect erosion of dollar purchasing power vis a vis the BRICs, and external measures such as gold, oil, and silver. It may be masked by the mutual weakness of central banks all inflating their currencies in unison.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Currency Risk in South America – Brazil and Argentina Inflation / Currencies / Inflation
By: David_Urban
Inflation is beginning to rear its head globally. Demand for commodities worldwide is on the rise causing shortages and riots as countries attempt to deal with the problems associated with population growth and a rising, educated middle class. Regime changes across the MENA region are adding additional risk factors to the equation.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Crude Oil and Gold Prices Surge as Speculators Bet Billions Shorting the U.S. Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes: Oil reached a 29-month high (yesterday) Monday morning in London and gold hit an intraday record as investors sought to hedge against inflation and traders bet billions shorting the dollar.
Brent crude futures contracts in London gained 0.1% yesterday to close at $116.11 a barrel, pushed higher by the Middle East crisis disrupting the oil supply. Crude for April delivery was up 0.9% to $105.36 in Monday afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
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Monday, March 07, 2011
U.S. Dollar Index at High Risk of Unraveling / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Guy_Lerner
I am sure that you are aware that the Dollar Index can't get a bid. This isn't news but a fact. The Dollar Index is in a down trend, and the question to ponder is: how low can it go? Looking at the price patterns, I believe the Dollar is at significant risk of unraveling.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Euro Nears $1.40 as Global Tensions Soften / Currencies / Euro
By: LiveCharts
Major financial markets are reacting early Thursday (March 3) morning to word from the Arab League that it is seeking ways to end the crisis in Libya.
Heightened revolution and political tension in the Middle East has dominated global news during the last few months. It has also impacted speculation in many investment markets.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Taps for the Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Michael_Pento
It now appears that the United States has finally succeeded in its efforts to destroy confidence in the U.S. dollar. Given the currency's reserve status, its ubiquity in financial markets, and the economic power and political position of the United States, this was no easy task. However, to get the job done Washington chose the right man: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Thanks to Bernanke's herculean efforts, investors across the globe have now been fully weaned from their infantile belief that the U.S. dollar will remain the ultimate safe haven currency.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Disasters Rocking U.S. Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Axel_Merk
From earthquakes in New Zealand to revolutions in the Middle East, natural and man-made disasters are rocking the world. We are all too often made to believe that in times of crisis there’s a flight to the U.S. dollar. However, the U.S. dollar has instead had a rocky ride of its own thus allowing the crisis-ridden Eurozone to shine. What’s going on? Is there no crisis, or has the U.S. dollar lost its appeal as a safe haven?
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Did You Notice This Change in the U.S. Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Did you notice the U.S. dollar changed in the last few weeks?
I don't mean that it changed colors, has new security features, or has different words.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Is the U.S. Dollar on the Brink? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Just take a look at the chart of the U.S. dollar Index and you see a frightening sight. If it sinks any further its support will have evaporated. We have watched all this week the gold price rise and look good in the dollar. But in the euro it has barely moved. Against the Swiss Franc the dollar looks so weak. With the Technical picture looking so poor, one turns to the fundamentals to see if they conflict or support a downturn for the dollar.
Friday, February 25, 2011
NZD/USD Forex Bears Begin to Stir / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
After a good recovery last year, which still fell short of the major 2008 peak, the chart turned indecisive. One or two clues are appearing that suggest a period of weakness could now be seen.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
What's Behind the Currency War? / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: MISES
Antony P. Mueller writes: In September 2010, a short time before the international financial summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) took place in South Korea, Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega declared that the world is experiencing a "currency war" where "devaluing currencies artificially is a global strategy."
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Chinese Renminbi Announced As New World Reserve Currency After Emergency G20 Meeting / Currencies / China Currency Yuan
By: D_Sherman_Okst
Dated [xx/xx/201x]: Fill in the future date of this article/press release by using your own common sense or Ouija board.
China’s President Hu Jintao and China Central Bank Advisor Xia Bin called an emergency meeting of the G-20 Member Countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and the European Union) this weekend.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Japanese Yen Bear Run Begins? / Currencies / Japanese Yen
By: Justin_John
John Thomas, Mad Hedge Fund Trader, loathes YEN. He has been negative for over 6 months. I do not disagree with him. I think YEN is putting in a major top in place for maybe years and we can see a near 30-40% correction in YEN over the next 24 months. The return could be higher against the EURO which is probably going to be the best performing currency in the next 24 months with constant rate hikes to fight a surging commodity inflation.
Friday, February 18, 2011
AUD/USD Uptrend Looking Tired / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The upmove in AUD/USD from the May-10 low exceeded the major 2008 peak, but started to lose momentum in November. Bulls are now cautious and we here look at what the danger signs could be.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
British Pound is Poised / Currencies / British Pound
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The Bank of England quarterly inflation report released yesterday had been anticipated by market players as the starting signal for the Bank to begin hiking interest rates sometime in the next few months.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
U.S. Dollar on the Edge of the Abyss / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Toby_Connor
The dollar is now poised on the edge of the abyss.
The current intermediate cycle has rolled over and is making lower lows and lower highs. The current daily cycle has formed a swing high and is in jeopardy of rolling over into a left translated cycle. If the dollar breaks below the November intermediate bottom of 75.63 it will be an incredibly bearish sign as not only will the current intermediate cycle have topped in only 4 weeks but the larger yearly cycle will also have topped in only 4 weeks.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fed's Gold Bullish Script, Destroying the Dollar and Demolishing the United States / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Jeff_Berwick
What If We Had a Bubble and Nobody Came?
You could not have written a better script for gold. It is almost as if the US Government and the Federal Reserve are trying to destroy the dollar and demolish the country – and taking most of the western world with it.
At the beginning of this gold bull market, in 2000, no one had ever heard of Barack Obama or Ben Bernanke. But, 11 years later, and an outright socialist profligate spender is President of the US and a College professor who believes in crackpot Keynesian theories about how money printing can save economies is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Currency Trading Update, Yen is the Pick to Short / Currencies / Japanese Yen
By: Justin_John
YEN and Nikkei Trade: Where is YEN going?
Yen is at 120 levels which represent a multi decade high. There are very few things out there which are hitting a multi decade tops. Yen was 120 levels in 1995 after which it took a wild swing down to hit a bottom at 1998. After nearly 9 years of consolidation, YEN broke out and ran away to 120 levels in the last 4 years. It has been an extraordinary run, one which has confused many. Bill Gross has been on record saying that Japan is worthless piece of crap. Yen needs to be shorted against every high yielding currency.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
China Takes Tentative Steps Towards Global Currency / Currencies / China Currency Yuan
By: Trader_Mark
The move of the yuan as a global currency is a very important one in the long run, as it will have potentially dramatic effects on the U.S. dollar as the sole reserve currency but for now things are going along at a snail pace. In the interim, the Chinese currency is essentially pegged to the U.S. dollar (for better or worse). Until the % of growth in China from exports is reduced, and they are far more reliant on internal consumption I don't see this loose peg changing anytime soon. Longer term, with 3 ugly ducklings (euro, dollar, yen) dominating the world's FX markets, the cart will eventually be turned over when a country (or region) coming from a position of fiscal strength rather than weakness enters the fray. Via NYT:
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Major Currency Trends For Potential For Major Gains, Yen and Dollar / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Over the past few years Forex traders have really had to step up their game in order to continue making money in the currency market. Back in the day before currency trading was main stream, currencies used to trend in a direction for a long period of time with a low level of volatility. But with so many individuals now involved speculating on price action coupled with international concerns in most countries, the once slow and steady currency market now moves like the stock market with large price swings on a weekly and even daily basis.