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Friday, February 3rd, 2012There are times in the financial markets where they become “political”. What do I mean by that? I mean that politics can be a dominate force more at certain times than others. Not surprisingly, politics becomes a dominate force in the financial markets when “election time” gets close. Why? Well, amazingly, politicians get off their [...]
The Euro is Ugly, But There Is no Breakup Coming
Friday, February 3rd, 2012The Euro doesn’t look great right now, but it’s a safe bet because the Fed is doing all in its power to make sure the dollar looks worse!
Another 140 Pips of Profit Booked Thanks to the Federal Reserve
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012The Federal Reserve has tipped its hand and we’re on the offensive…taking aim at their schemes by making the right trades to combat the effects of inflation and dollar dillution. So far we’ve booked all three trades as winners. They were all plays that benefited from the downward spiral of the dollar and from an [...]
The Retail Forex Trader is on the Wrong Side of the Market Right Now
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012FXCM has a research division called DailyFX. They have a unique indicator that I like to look at sometime. Any of their live clients have free access to it. It’s called the Speculative Sentiment Index or SSI. The thought behind it is to see where retail traders are positioned and take the opposite position when [...]
The Worst May Not Be Over for the Eurozone, but it is for the Euro
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012It seems each day more bad news comes out for the Eurozone in some form or fashion. There’s been everything from the talks of the break up of the region…to the loss of the single currency to debt downgrades to bond yields going through the roof. All of this is bad for the Eurozone and [...]
Inflation on the Rise Again…Position Yourself so You Don’t Pay the Price!
Friday, January 27th, 2012Inflation is on the rise again! Check out the chart below and you’ll see the CRB Commodity Index breaking its downtrend. Conveniently, this comes right after the Fed announced that interest rates would remain low through late 2014, thus driving down the dollar and running up inflation. However, in the end, the government will blame [...]
Where Money Will Flow in Light of Almost Zero Interest Through 2014
Friday, January 27th, 2012The Fed has pretty much given us a guarantee that money won’t be made within our shores on savings through late 2014. So in light of that, what are huge money managers to do in order to get some yield for their clients? They go where the yield is…and it’s not hard these days to [...]
The FOMC Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged, Attempting to Support Stocks
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Today, the FOMC decided to keep the interest rate steady at 0.25% but the kicker was that they see rates remaining “exceptionally low” through late 2014. Wow! So that’s pretty much all of 2012, all of 2013 and most all of 2014. Is that crazy or what? How can they know what they’ll need interest [...]
Making Money on “Despised” Copper
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Even a “despised” asset like copper can lead to months of profit if you watch for global trends.
Iran asks for Oil Payments in Yen.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Iran is now asking India to pay for part of their oil in yen rather than rupees. Yet the Iranians are concerned that they might not get as much value from the rupee as the yen. (Hmmm, could that be a bottom for the rupee and a top for the yen?) Japan has asked the [...]
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