Posts Tagged ‘US Dollar’

  • What’s A Market Like?
    Posted by on March 2nd, 2012 at 8:25 am, Comments: 0

    When you dip a bucket in the ocean and pull out some water, is there a dent in the ocean where you pulled the water [...]

  • Testimony on the Volcker Rule
    Posted by on March 1st, 2012 at 12:33 pm, Comments: 0

    Today in Senate testimony, Senator Corker from Tennessee asked a lot of questions of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke on the Volcker Rule. In essence, Corker [...]

  • A Little Food For Thought About Europe
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 8:48 am, Comments: 0

    Think the EU situation is settled? Think again. At Notes From the Underground, there is this gem. At the same hearing, Chairman Bernanke told the [...]

  • Why I Am For a Strong Dollar
    Posted by on March 22nd, 2011 at 6:54 am, Comments: 0

    Every President since Reagan has said they want a strong US dollar.  No President since Reagan has actually pursued a strong dollar policy using all [...]

  • Why Are They Buying the Dollar?
    Posted by on November 16th, 2010 at 6:27 am, Comments: 0

    The US dollar continues to get stronger in the face of the Federal Reserve’s attempts at devaluing it. Why are markets acting this way? Based [...]

  • King Dollar
    Posted by on October 25th, 2010 at 7:54 am, Comments: 0

    The G20 meeting ended, world wide equity markets are bid. The fear of competitive devaluation has subsided for now. There is so much excess liquidity [...]

  • Trading the Dollar
    Posted by on October 21st, 2010 at 9:03 am, Comments: 0

    Markets are trading the dollar again.  Folks the other day said this trade was over. It was one day of risk off as the market [...]

  • Figures of the Day
    Posted by on September 29th, 2010 at 8:49 pm, Comments: 0

    348-79.   No Ditka isn’t coaching the Bears.  It was today’s House of Representatives Vote on the Chinese yuan. This is populist anger bubbling.  This [...]

  • Weak Dollar, Strong Economy?
    Posted by on September 14th, 2010 at 8:28 am, Comments: 0

    SPU’s have been up 8/9 days.  Bonds were destroyed late last week.  However, so was the dollar. Sometimes I think that Washington DC people love [...]