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U.S. dollar ’
Dec 29th, 2009 |
By Rob
With the autumn comes the brisk northern air that reminds us of the fragility of life and the strict laws of nature; lessons which most years occupy a few thousand microns of brain tissue as such trivial metaphysical notions pass under the radar of consciousness. Yet it seems that we humans subscribe to a separate reality
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Posted in Geopolitics, Global Slice |
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Tags: Bernanke, bonds, commodity, crude oil, equities, ETF, Fannie Mae, Fed Funds, Freddie Mac, markets, Obama, Security, stock market, Treasury, Treasury Debt, U.S. dollar, U.S. Government, USD, valuation
Dec 21st, 2009 |
By Rob
Monday Three and six month treasury bonds will be auctioned at 11:30 am Monday and will kick off the monthly test of the demand for short term investment security. The dollar is becoming stronger and rumors, spawned from the announcement of Bond King Bill Gross's "Lehman high" cash levels, are beginning to spur renewed debate
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Posted in Macro Analysis, Market Synopsis, Weekly Spectrum |
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Tags: 10 year treasury, 10-Year Note, Bill Gross, CME, consumer, December 2009 Consumer Sentiment, DTO, ETF, ETN, Fed Balance Sheet, FHFA House Price index, GDP revision, Goldman ICSC data, Housing, inflation, Lehman, Money Supply, new home sales, November 2009 Durable Goods Orders, November 2009 Income and Outlays report, November 2009 Personal Consumption Expenditures, PCE, Redbook data, same store sales, SCC, SDS, TYO, U.S. dollar, USD
Dec 15th, 2009 |
By Rob
Posted in Market Synopsis |
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Tags: 10 year treasury, 10-Year Note, 10-yr note, bear market rally, bearish sentiment, Bernanke, commodities, commodity, Crude, crude oil, DTO, equities, Fed, FOMC, negative outlook, oil, S&P 500, SDS, SPX, SPY, Treasury, TYD, TYO, U.S. dollar, U.S. recovery, UDN, USD, UUP, WTI, WTIC
Dec 7th, 2009 |
By Rob
As Bank of America (BAC) recently announced plans to repay it's $45 billion borrowed under the TARP program, simultaneously news broke covering the request for deferral of nearly $60 billion of borrowed funds by the Dubai World sovereign fund. One could deem the global financial arena murky at best, as anticipated economic data will cover
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Posted in Weekly Spectrum |
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Tags: 10-year Note auction, BAC, Bernanke, C, December Consumer Sentiment, EIA Petroleum Status, Fed, Gold, ICSC Goldman Store Sales report, Jobless Claims, MBA Purchase Applications, November Retail Sales, October Business Inventories, October Consumer Credit report, October International Trade Deficit, Redbook yoy, U.S. dollar, USD
Dec 7th, 2009 |
By Rob
On October 23, 2009 we endorsed a position in the Peruvian gold mining firm Beunaventura Mines (BVN) in the article titled Profiting From Volatile Crude Oil Prices and Safe Guarding Your Dollars. Since October 23, BVN has moved from $36.97 to the Friday December 4, 2009 closing price of $39.84, capturing a 7.8% gain. Continuous spot
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Posted in Industry Analysis, Metals, Trade Flash, Trade Strategy |
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Tags: Buenaventura, Buenaventura Mining, BVN, BVN profit, commodities, equities, futures, gains, GLD, GLX, Gold, Gold Mine Stocks, Gold Miners, gold per ounce, Gold Stocks, La Zanja, La Zanja mine, Long BVN, long gold, Peru Gold Mines, Peru stock market, Peru stocks, profit, S&P 500, stock market, Tantahuatay, Tantahuatay mine, U.S. dollar
Nov 17th, 2009 |
By Rob
Amidst all the hypotheses and strategies of guys like myself "probing for profits", the most recent security to have stolen the limelight must be currencies. It's no secret that the U.S. Dollar has been falling against nearly every major currency throughout the world over the past six months, however it's soon to become a bigger issue,
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Posted in Macro Analysis |
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Tags: Bernanke, china, commodity, delinquency, emerging, Equity, Fed Funds, fed mandate, foreclosure, interest rate, market, mortgage, QE, QT, quantitative easing, quantitative tightening, recession, stock, U.S. dollar, USD
Jun 18th, 2009 |
By Rob
Summing up the pieces that have lead us to the strange "here and now" in global financial markets may produce a different result for each market practitioner, yet there are truths agreed upon by most worth mentioning. The purpose of this article is to identify some truths and un-truths, which will provide a fresh slice
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Posted in Market Synopsis |
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Tags: Britain, china, commodities, commodity, Crude, Debt, deficit, Dow, Dow jones, Euronext, finance, forex, Nymex, NYSE, oil, pullback, recession, S&P 500, stock, stock market, stocks, T-bill, T-note, Treasury, U.S., U.S. dollar, USD, WTI, yield curve
