All Entries in the "Bonds & Currencies" Category
All Treasuries All the Time: The Impact of QE2
In case mainstream media coverage made you glaze over, here’s the quick and dirty of the Federal Reserve’s fateful decision…
Australia and India Raise Rates
Yesterday was busy here on the desk, with the normal flurry of Monday trading combined with a number of calls to the desk regarding our……..
The US Dollar is Doomed
Austerity be damned, at this rate Mr. Bernanke will go down in the history books as one of the greatest money creators ever to have walked this planet! Never mind sky-high deficits and a crushing debt overhang, at its most recent FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve all but guaranteed another round of quantitative easing. While [...]
Guess who Just Spent $117 Billion?
The U.S. bond market is murky these days. Yields have been plummeting. But some of the action is almost certainly due to the Federal Reserve once again buying Treasuries. Since August 19, the Fed has bought $40 billion in government bonds. But the Fed has no influence over foreign buyers of U.S. Treasuries. And these [...]
A Hated Asset Ready to Rally
http://www.dailywealth.com/ In just the past month, we’ve covered how copper has staged an extraordinary rally… an extreme rush to own silver… and how agricultural commodities are shooting to the upside. All of these moves can thank the extreme weakness in the U.S. dollar for their power. The dollar is the world’s most important paper currency. [...]
Risk Appetite Resumes to Leave the Yen Weaker
Tuesday’s revival in the fortunes of the dollar came to an abrupt standstill when the minutes from the FOMC meeting confirmed a willingness to act further to buy bonds in the open market to spur lending. And while the story was hardly new, the minutes also included discussion as to why the central bank felt [...]
USD Index Trend Forecast Into Mid 2011, U.S. Dollar Collapse (Again)?
Following the USD Index peak at 89 in early June 2010, the Dollar has been on a near relentlessly slide to the recent low of 76.90 which represents a 14% fall in just 4 months. The fall in the Dollar has again brought out the perma Dollar collapse proponents who have periodically come out to [...]
Gold Stocks, SP500 & the Dollar – What’s Next?
Investors around the globe are concerned with the economic outlook, not only with the United States but with virtually every country. This has caused not only investors but banks and countries to start buying gold & silver in order to be protected incase of a currency melt down in the coming years. While the majority [...]
The Dollar is Getting Flushed Down the Toilet
The topic of the week in the precious metals market: “What’s driving gold and silver prices higher and higher? Should I sell and take profits?” Today’s chart is the driving force behind the hot topic. It’s the past 12 months of trading in the U.S. dollar. Last week, Ben Bernanke told America he’s ready to [...]
SP500 Pierces, Bonds Rally, Dollars Fall Out the Window
It’s been a wild ride the past few days OptionsX, Obama and FOMC comments. Seems like everyone is waiting to see what the market is going to do going forward at this pivotal point… Since the market topped in April and has since been trading sideways in this rather large range, everyone has small positions [...]
