Analysis Topic: Currency Market Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Why is the Austrailian Dollar Still Surging? / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: EWI
Picture this. It's late May. You're in Australia. You have an interest in the currency markets: Maybe you speculate in forex; maybe your business depends on the exchange rates.
Every morning, you scan the headlines. This is what you see regarding the Australian dollar during the last week of May:
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Germany Leaving the Euro as Germans Are Already Using Deutschemarks Again! / Currencies / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Graham_Summers
Since November 2011, I’ve been saying that Germany will leave the Euro, but NOT necessarily the EU. The reason? Well, for one thing Germany laid out legislation that would allow this happen. Then of course you have the following comments from Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schauble:
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Today's Top 5 Forex Trading Opportunities / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: EWI
Dear Trader,
On July 6, the EUR/USD fell to a new 2-year low.
The reason for the drop?
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Gold to Outshine U.S. Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Axel_Merk
As the price of gold has gone up fivefold over the past 10 years, why would one buy it at today's prices? For the same reason an investor would buy any other asset: if one believed it would be a good investment now, that is if one believed it may appreciate in value and add portfolio diversification benefits. A key reason to hold gold today might be to prepare for the crisis tomorrow.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
A Rare Forex Trading Opportunity in the Australian Dollar / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Right now, the Australian dollar is a perfect example of what I look for in my True Wealth newsletter...
It is cheap, hated, and in an uptrend.
It is time to buy Aussie dollars.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
US Dollar: Wave Counts, Flight-to-Safety? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Joseph_Russo
In light of how political systems have so utterly ruined the purpose and utility of the modern worlds essential and fungible units of exchange, and despite the oxymoron in our alluding to a flight-to-safety, we shall nonetheless endeavor to add a meaningful level of clarity to the disposition of the US dollar.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Faith, Confidence, and Sound Money / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
A recent study about high, long-term government budget deficits published by the Washington Post indicates that such situations can be statistically linked to significantly lower future growth levels.The National Bureau of Economic Research looked at 26 past examples of when the level of government was running over 90 percent for a five year period or longer.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
How to Save the Euro / Currencies / Euro
By: Axel_Merk
The management of the Eurozone debt crisis is dysfunctional. In our assessment, to save the Euro, policy makers must focus on competitiveness, common sense and communication. If policy makers strived to achieve just one of these principles, the Euro might outshine the U.S. dollar.
Friday, June 08, 2012
Strong U.S. Dollar Fallacy / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Zeal_LLC
After a shocking upset in Greece’s parliamentary elections, the US dollar surged dramatically. Soaring 5.4% in May alone, the world’s reserve currency won legions of fans among traders. “King Dollar” was universally lauded, with everyone jumping on the strong-dollar bandwagon. But this dazzling strength was merely a short-term phenomenon. Zoom out a little, and today’s “strong dollar” is a fallacy.
Friday, June 08, 2012
What Is Money, The Greatest Invention Ever? / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: Peter_Schiff
Today, we're accustomed to thinking of small greenish paper rectangles as the definition of money, and we think of the US government as the only source of money. To honestly discuss sound money, we need to realize where our current money customs came from.
At first, it was every man for himself. You ate or wore what you could pick or catch.
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Friday, June 08, 2012
Will The Euro Survive? / Currencies / Euro
By: Puru_Saxena
BIG PICTURE - Europe's debt problems are driving the world's financial markets and investors are trying to figure out whether the single currency will survive. Furthermore, the mainstream media is currently awash with scary forecasts about the impending collapse of the Euro and many pundits are now predicting a Greek or Spanish default.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
What's Next for the U.S. Dollar? QE3? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Axel_Merk
The dismal U.S. jobs report for May, released last Friday, caused the price of gold to soar as the market appears to be pricing in an ever-greater chance of "QE3" - another round of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve (Fed). But given that 10-year government debt is already down at 1.5%, the Fed may dive deeper into its toolbox in an effort to jumpstart the economy. Investors may want to consider taking advantage of the recent U.S. dollar rally to diversify out of the greenback ahead of QE3.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Reasons Why the U.S. Dollar is Really Rising / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
By all accounts, the U.S. dollar should be the functional equivalent of a Zimbabwean bill.
The Fed has pumped trillions into the worldwide financial system as part of misguided stimulus efforts that should be incredibly inflationary.
Yet, instead of a disastrous repeat of the Weimar Republic, the U.S. dollar has strengthened considerably.
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Friday, June 01, 2012
China and Japan Abandon U.S. Dollar as a Means of Trade / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
In the next month China and Japan (China's main trading partner) will no longer use the U.S. dollar as the only currency in trade with each other. They will use the Yuan and the Yen directly with each other. This will see the dollar removed from a large chunk of the world's trade -in itself, not a very large percentage, but a significant one. It's the start of a trend that is set to grow. We've no doubt that China is tailoring its trade with all its trading partners to use the dollar only so far as it is required to deal with the U.S. and other dollar-dependent nations. Oil from Russia utilizes the Yuan and Rouble, and Australia has arranged a similar deal.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Euro to Surge / Currencies / Euro
By: Zeal_LLC
The fortunes of Europe’s beleaguered euro currency have been heavily influencing US markets. Both stocks and commodities have been battered down recently by overwhelming euro bearishness. This has proven seriously vexing for traders trying to focus on fundamentals. But the extreme euro pessimism worrying everyone is actually very bullish. This loathed, oversold currency is due to surge again.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Euro/Swiss Franc Exchange Rate Technical Update / Currencies / Euro
By: Dr_Volkmar_G_Hable
As most investor are aware the Swiss National Bank put a floor of 1.20 CHF into the exchange rate in September 2011 and has stated on a couple of occasions that it will do everything to defend that level. The move was necessary in order to stop the free fall of the Euro against the CHF. Speculators trying to push it since then have been quickly caught by the Swiss National Bank since then.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
German Economic Locomotive Being Dragged Down, Euro's Cyclical Path / Currencies / Euro
By: Ashraf_Laidi
More evidence of the German locomotive dragged down by the rest of the European continent as German manufacturing PMI dips to 45.0, its lowest figure since May 2009. The French version of manufacturing PMI hit 44, also a 36-month low. EURUSD hits a fresh low on the year at $1.25, down 3.3% year-to-date, and down 7.0% from its February highs. Our warning that the PMIs were a more effective leading indicator than the IFO or ZEW was first made in March, stating the reasons in more detail.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Fiat Currency Collapse Dynamics / Currencies / Fiat Currency
By: Alasdair_Macleod
The reason we accept paper money as a store of value is habit. This habit has its origins in history, when banks took our gold as deposit and issued paper receipts for it. The gold has gone, but the paper with its habitual value remains, and we accept it without question. The only backing is a vague government promise.
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Greece Will Leave Euro this Summer / Currencies / Euro
By: Bloomberg
John Taylor, founder of the world's largest currency hedge fund FX Concepts, spoke with Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker and Sara Eisen and said that Greece will leave the euro this year. He went on to say that, "this summer I think is very likely...the Europeans aren't going to give them money, the IMF's not going to give them an OK. They will be out of money in June."
Saturday, May 05, 2012
U.S. Dollar and Gold Have Eyes on Europe / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: J_W_Jones
Friday saw heavy selling pressure coming into risk assets, specifically equities and oil. However, the real driving force behind the selling pressure is likely the result of several unrelated economic/geopolitical events. Clearly the unemployment report had an impact on price action, but strangely enough it would appear to those more in tune with reality that market participants want lower prices so that the next quantitative easing program can be initiated.