Category: US Dollar
The analysis published under this category are as follows.Wednesday, November 10, 2010
U.S. Dollar Bounces Off Important Support on Post QE2 Reality / Currencies / US Dollar
This week we are reaching price levels in the dollar that have only been touched 3 major times in the last 3 years. After touching this level the dollar has bounced higher in reaction to major deflationary forces.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
U.S. Dollar Stronger as Speculators Consider Global Economy / Currencies / US Dollar
Currency speculators are struggling to make sense of everything happening around them in the global economy. At the moment (November 10), the dollar is in a stronger position following the Central Bank sell off of some 10-year debt at a lower than expected yield.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Fed Pushing U.S. Dollar Closer to Collapse / Currencies / US Dollar
Jeff Fisher writes: Every day the US Dollar moves closer to collapse.
International investors, unlike most Americans, are aware of the risk, and are nervously watching Gold and Silver march higher.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
U.S. Dollar Rally Possible, Reduce Exposure to Gold, Silver and Copper / Currencies / US Dollar
While the long-term fundamentals related to the U.S. dollar remain bearish, Friday’s significant rally in the greenback leaves the door open for a possible countertrend rally. The conditions highlighted below may be cleared in a matter of days, but as of the close on November 5th the dollar remains susceptible to a surprise countertrend rally.
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Sunday, November 07, 2010
Bernanke Delivers QE2 Last Rites for Dollar as Worlds Reserve Currency / Currencies / US Dollar
Millions of Americans have no idea what Quantitative Easing is or how it will effect them personally. That's why Wednesday's announcement that the Fed will purchase another $600 billion in US Treasuries merely reinforced feelings of helplessness and a sense that government spending is out-of-control. Unfortunately, Ben Bernanke's rambling explanation of QE2 in a Washington Post op-ed on Thursday only added to the confusion. The article is loaded with half-truths and omissions that are meant to mislead the public about how the program works and what the Fed's real objectives are. It's another missed opportunity by Bernanke to come clean with the people and let them know what policies are being enacted in their name. Here's an excerpt from the article:
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Saturday, November 06, 2010
Seven Bullish U.S. Dollar Charts You Should See / Currencies / US Dollar
The currency market, as well as all markets, have been heavily focused on the U.S. and the Fed’s plans for more quantitative easing (QE).
And that’s had a huge impact on the dollar and on dollar sentiment.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
Fed Quantitative Easing 2, One of the Greatest Blunders in History / Currencies / US Dollar
Many years from now when we look back at history I think yesterday will be seen as one of the greatest blunders ever made by a central banker.
The dollar was already headed down into a major 3 year cycle low.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Keep Your Head Above the U.S. Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
There has been so much discussion recently about "QE 2" that you would think the entire financial sector were about to embark on a transatlantic cruise. Unfortunately, they, and we, are not so lucky. In the year 2010, "QE 2" doesn't refer to a sumptuous ocean liner, but a second, more extravagant round of "quantitative easing" - stimulus. In the past, this technique was simply called "printing money." As if the nation has not already suffered enough from the first round, Captain Ben Bernanke and the Fed are determined to compound the damage by hitting us with another monetary juggernaut. Their stated goal is to boost the economy and create jobs. However, since economic growth cannot be achieved by printing money, their QE 2 will sink just as surely as the Titanic.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
U.S. Dollar Index Impact on Precious Metals / Currencies / US Dollar
Since there is so much concern and conviction that the U.S. Dollar is about to collapse and the precious metals complex is about to rise sharply, let’s take a close look at where the Dollar Index has been, what if anything in the precious metals complex it has influenced, and where it may be going.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
U.S. Dollar USD Index Trend Forecast Update / Currencies / US Dollar
The present action of the USD is congruent with the various forms of quantitative easing at the moment. All forms of paper currency are becoming weakened as all larger governments expand their fiat. If China and the US goverments add alot of paper, it can be converted into other currencies or assets. IF the funds are converted to say Canadian dollars, the Canadian currency was just indirectly debased. This is due to global conversion from one currency to another. Any country that produces anything in the coming years is going to see strength in their local currency, which in turn will increase with demand.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
U.S. Dollar Current Account Woes / Currencies / US Dollar
Amid the recent rout of the USDollar, fears of an all-out trade war have been stoked globally. The G20 finance heads are currently struggling to find common ground on current account imbalances that will avert the inevitable. The point should not be lost on anyone that none of these leaders are really concerned about why these imbalances exist, but rather are only focusing on avoiding the negative consequences of poor fiscal behavior stacked up over the past several decades.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Will the U.S. Treasury Defend the Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
“Everything depends on proper listening. Of ten people who listen to the same speech or story, each person may well understand it differently. Perhaps, only one of them will understand it correctly.” How should traders interpret the latest remarks by US Treasury chief Timothy Geithner, who shocked the currency markets on October 18th, citing his determination to defend the value of the US-dollar?
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Geithner, China Currency War and Foreclosure-gate / Currencies / US Dollar
Global markets freaked out on Tuesday primarily due to the following events:
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner’s speech on Monday pledging “The United States and no country around the world can devalue its way to prosperity."
- Within hours after Geithner’s statement, China made a surprise interest rate hike—its first since 2007--raised fears that Chinese growth will slow with global implications.
- The unraveling of the “foreclosure-gate” could mean banking crisis 2.0
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
U.S. Policies Intensifying Currency War and Trade Conflicts / Politics / US Dollar
In the wake of the fractious International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting held October 9-10 in Washington, the descent into global currency and trade war has accelerated, with the United States playing the role of instigator-in-chief.
The US is deliberately encouraging a sell-off of dollars on international currency markets in order to raise the relative exchange rates of its major trade rivals, increasing the effective price of their exports to the US while cheapening US exports to their markets.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A Rising U.S. Dollar Amidst a Currency War? / Currencies / US Dollar
Wall Street has been pointing out how a falling Dollar is good for stocks ... especially for international companies. What happens if the Dollar rises now?
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Monday, October 18, 2010
U.S. Dollar Devaluation, The Greatest Bet of All Time / Currencies / US Dollar
No doubt you watched the U.S. dollar plunge almost out of control last week.
And no doubt you heard about the massive currency wars that are bearing down on the world, as each major country tries to put itself on sale, to boost exports, to inflate debts, and to compete in a world where both consumers and investors are running for cover.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
USD Index Trend Forecast Into Mid 2011, U.S. Dollar Collapse (Again)? / News_Letter / US Dollar
The Market Oracle NewsletterOct 12th, 2010 Issue #56 Vol. 4
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Look at the U.S. Dollar USD Index / Currencies / US Dollar
At this time sentiment on the US Dollar Index is about as bearish as ever and at least equivalent to that at the bottom in December 2009. Expectations for a meltdown to all time lows in the context of rampant devaluation via Quantitative Easing by the Fed are nearly universal. While these expectations may, of course, be met in the market, it's worth asking what the implications may be if the setup renders a contrarian result.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
U.S. Dollar USD Index ZERO Bound / Currencies / US Dollar
Who is fooling whom?"
It is with sheer disbelief, and utter amazement that the real world accepts such an empty unit of exchange to start with. To fathom a plausible reason for such collective behavior, one need not go any further than studying the classic conditioning experiment of Pavlov and his dogs.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Federal Reserve Policy Pushes the U.S. Dollar Ever Closer to Collapse / Currencies / US Dollar
Peter D. Schiff writes: Much of the content of the latest U.S. Federal Reserve statement, released on Sept. 21, echoes the central bank's previous post-credit-crunch pronouncements: There is still too much slack in the economy, interest rates are still going to be near-zero for an "extended period," and the Fed will continue to use payments from its Treasury purchases to buy yet more Treasuries.
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