Tim and Ben’s Weekend in Korea
The G-20 meeting is currently taking place in Korea. With such an elite group of Central Bankers and Finance Ministers gathered together you would expect a lot out of this meeting. A lot of pictures,...
View ArticleStocks, Gold, Bonds all falling at the Same Time, Why?
I have heard this a lot lately. Shortly after the September FOMC meeting I wrote an article explaining the importance of the Fed’s desire for inflation in the policy statement, in an article titled...
View ArticleA Global Shift to Deep (But Empty?) Pockets
US Treasuries have been moving higher. I’ve heard many reasons for this. The Greek Crisis, problems with the Euro, a move out of stocks as QE2 ends. These may true. But where are we in this process. Is...
View ArticleGreece has Spoken, Now What for the Euro
There has been a lot of media coverage of the situation in Greece. No confidence votes controlling disbursement of ECB funds. Would it pass or would the Euro be put in jeopardy. Well the currency...
View ArticleGold Glitters No Matter Where You Live
Gold broke above $1,550 per ounce Wednesday before finishing slightly below it. Near record highs, in nominal terms. Why is that phrase always added, ‘in nominal terms’. Sounds like a cop out, like ‘in...
View Article4 Ways to Play the Currencies Driving the Market
Currency trading is all over the financial media as the new game for investors to play. Get a foreign exchange account slap in your $5,000 and leverage it up 50 to 1. The wild West. Oh, yeah, you could...
View ArticleGold Is Falling Against Every Currency Except the World’s Reserve Currency
Monday July 18, 2011. That day marks the top for Gold (ticker: $GLD) unless you buy it with US Dollars. Pretty much everywhere else in the world the price of $GLD peaked on Monday. Take a look at $GLD...
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Copper Says the Markets Still Suck….Everywhere
Many use Copper as a tell on the future direction of the market. So what does Copper say about the current market? Using the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex Total Return ETN, $JJC, it is not a...
View ArticleGood Thing the European Crisis is Over
I have been reading in the press and hearing on the television that the market has fully priced in a Greek Debt default. I have to say that it was so much easier to sleep last night knowing this. Why...
View ArticleRemember When Purchasing Power Parity Drove Currencies?
The currency markets have been bouncing around like ping pong balls lately as the latest headline about Greece or Italy or even France. It used to be that you learned in business school that purchasing...
View ArticleEuro Volatility and Risk
With the euro zone summit looming, investors are scrambling to find all sorts of measuring sticks to evaluate the risks of a sharp move in the financial markets. Based on some of the emails I have...
View ArticleEuroCurrency Volatility Index (EVZ) at Lowest Level Since March 2008,...
Since its launch in August 2008, the CBOE EuroCurrency Volatility Index (ticker EVZ, sometimes known simply as the “euro VIX”), which is based on the FXE ETF, has toiled in relative obscurity compared...
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