The US Dollar

Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply. But the U.S. government has a technology called a printing press that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it...

What will the US Dollar do?

Ben Bernanke the chairman of the Fed, said in a speech at the National Economists Club in Washington, in November 2002:“Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in...

Wrong medicine kills US Dollar

The doctors were called in, the patient was very ill but still not life threatening sick. They unanimous diagnosed too much debt as cause of the illness and described restructuring instead of reviving his...

Trend Alert: Global Systemic Crisis, Geopolitical Dislocation!

" By Leap2020 GEAB N°32 is available! 4th quarter 2009 – Beginning of Phase 5 of the global systemic crisis: phase of global geopolitical dislocation - Public announcement GEAB N°32 (February 16, 2009) - Back in February 2006, LEAP/E2020 estimated that the...

But for the moment, a new optimism about the eurozone is in the a

But for the moment, a new optimism about the eurozone is in the air Foreign Exchange - Pounds Sterling and Euro Exchange Rate OutlookThe US dollar exchange rate is correcting downward after a big move up...

Bigshots say DUMP U.S Dollars and Gov’t bonds

" Singapore Bigshot says DUMP U.S Dollars and Gov’t bonds Jim Rogers, chairman of Singapore- based Rogers Holdings, said investors should be “worried” about the U.S. dollar, and recommended selling government bonds.“If I were you, I would be worried about the U.S....

We continue to think the dollar exchange rate will come back after this big a...

We continue to think the dollar exchange rate will come back after this big and abrupt correction, which has by no means proven itself a true reversal Foreign Exchange Outlook : The Fed funds rate at 1% matches the level of June 2003 and before that had not been in force...

Government rescue of hedge funds is not going to happen

Government rescue of hedge funds is not going to happen Foreign Exchange Outlook :We keep running into some remarkably foolish commentary now that the world has blown up.Stratfor claims that it can predict economies without actually knowing any economics, which a little like...

Crude Oil Futures Long Positions has shruck as Fund managers flee

Crude Oil Futures Long Positions has shruck as Fund managers flee The Nov NYMEX Crude oil futures contract opened at $106.89, near the high, but closed down at $96.37, near the low ($95.04), on a couple of big factors, the first of which is imminent recession in the US.The...

Paulson is that rare animal in Washington, a can-do guy

Paulson is that rare animal in Washington, a can-do guy Foreign Exchange Currency Outlook : Consolidation in the US banking sector has been on-going for over two decades, so mergers and acquisitions don’t necessary cause contraction in the sector. A liquidity and credit...

To defy Paulson and Bernanke today would be irresponsible

To defy Paulson and Bernanke today would be irresponsible Foreign Exchange Currency Outlook : To the extent that uncertainty over the Paulson plan is driving the foreign exchange market today, we say relief is in sight. Congressmen at heart are cowards who will not dare defy...

Traders Rue the Worst Week in Years in World Economy - "Set To Last Until 2010"

The chief of Halifax Bank of Scotland Group, HBOS, Andy Hornby, in a broadcasted interview, has today announced that the so-called "credit crunch" is set to last "until at least 2010" with continuing crashing...

Our Money Culture $1

A Criticial Essay in Five Parts    Even if you've never been to the United States, held any US currency in your hand, or have never even seen a US dollar bill, you are affected daily by this instrument...

Bernanke and Paulson talking bull to support the dollar « Peter J. Cooper’...

" Then Bernanke will have to eat his words and dine on his own credibility and cut interest rates in response. That is perhaps why he has left interest rates at two per cent, and not gone for one per cent straight away. He is keeping some ammunition for the next stage of...

Higher gold prices will follow higher oil prices like night follows day « Pe...

The oil price is spiking higher while gold prices are down, these two markets show a 90 per cent correlation, so this can not last for long.

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