All Posts Tagged With: "US dollar"

Stock Market Predictions: “Crazy” About the Dollar

I’m no stranger to controversial stock market predictions. In fact, a few weeks ago I angered an entire room of investors at the Agora Financial Symposium with my latest trio of “crazy” recommendations…

–”Take profits on your gold, while the getting’s…

18Aug2008 | Investment U | 1 comment | Continued

Sovereign Wealth Funds Reducing Exposure to U.S. Dollar

State-run sovereign wealth funds are diversifying away from the U.S. dollar, as well as dollar denominated assets, at an unheralded pace, as the greenback’s protracted declined undermines the credibility of U.S. policymakers.

The Financial Times reported yesterday (Thursday) that one large, unnamed Gulf…

18Jul2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | Continued

Currency Intervention Won’t Halt the U.S. Dollar’s Nosedive

Last week the U.S. Federal Reserve moved one step closer to acknowledging reality.

Unfortunately, it didn’t let that admission move it from a policy course firmly guided by fantasy - meaning the central bank opted to stand pat on interest…

2Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

US Agriculture Supply and the Coming Election

I received an article from Kevin Kerr the other day on our current US agriculture supply.

Here is the link:
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080609/markets_grains.html?.v=4

I like this…

“Worries about tight fundamentals, such as low stocks and high demand, was likely to continue feeding the rally in corn,…

13Jun2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | Continued

The Fed’s “Strong Dollar Policy” Actually Isn’t so Strong

Ever since Robert Rubin began the tradition in the mid-1990s, it has been a significant element of the U.S. treasury secretary’s job to continuously state that a strong dollar is in the national interest. It is widely regarded that such…

11Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

A Currency Conundrum: Beware of the U.S. Dollar’s “Head Fake” Rally

Don’t mistake the U.S. dollar’s recent rally for strength. If anything, it’s a head fake of legendary proportions.

In fact, the dollar’s recent run-up is actually a warning that risks are escalating.

To better understand what I mean here, let’s look at…

8May2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Daily Reckoning’s Bill Bonner: Demise of the Dollar and the new economic superpowers

Bill Bonner

Baltimore – (TFN): The following was taken from Agora Inc. founder Bill Bonner’s appearance on TFN Smart Investing with Krista Das filmed on December 17, 2007. ( Watch the Market Forecast 2008 video.)

Krista Das: Over the past five years, the value…

16Jan2008 | Anonymous | 1 comment | Continued