Entries Tagged as 'dollar'

Dollar Jibber Jabber

December 8th, 2009 157 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Phase two starting to pick up?  Turmoil coming from Dubai, Germany & Greece.  1 month treasuries at 0.000%!

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Dubai: credit crisis enters new phase

December 3rd, 2009 32 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Max did say that the credit crisis has entered phase 2 in the last news appearance, here is Merk saying the same . . .

Dollar implications of Dubai jitters

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Dollar spikes, trades cancelled at global roulette wheel

November 20th, 2009 43 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Thanks to @A New Era Begins for linking to this.  I suspect this is part of the whole dollar carry trade, speculative casino crazy global ‘financial system’ (sic) we have.

ICE investigating spike in dollar index futures

ICE cancels DXY trades after ‘impossible’ actions move dollar 9% higher

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Wiring Pesos North

November 17th, 2009 25 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Wow.  The Mexicans are soon going to be grateful for that fence . . .

Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives

Unemployment has hit migrant communities in the United States so hard that a startling new phenomenon has been detected: instead of receiving remittances from relatives in the richest country on earth, some down-and-out [...]

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Dollar Overwhelms Central Banks from Brazil to Korea

November 14th, 2009 19 Comments

Stacy Summary: Poor @Mike/Liverpool. Like I said in one of our podcasts, all currencies are falling, it’s just the dollar is falling so much faster.

Dollar Overwhelms Central Banks from Brazil to Korea

Brazil, South Korea and Russia are losing the battle among developing nations to reduce gains in their currencies and keep exports competitive [...]

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Dollar jibber jabber

November 9th, 2009 148 Comments

Stacy Summary:  For you afternoon off topic headlines, sense, nonsense, chit chat and jibber jabber.

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India may have sold US T-bills to buy gold; China warns US on deficit

November 9th, 2009 125 Comments

Stacy Summary: Your thoughts?

RBI may have sold US T-Bills to buy gold

Chinese premier calls on US to control deficit

“I hope that as the largest economy in the world and an issuing country of a major reserve currency the United States will effectively discharge its responsibilities,” Wen said at a news conference in Egypt, according [...]

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IMF says ‘dollar overvalued,’ funding carry trade

November 8th, 2009 65 Comments

Stacy Summary:  All are speaking as one on the dollar.  (Sounds to me like they are encouraging more speculators to pile in on a ‘one way bet’.)

IMF says dollar funding carry trade, still overvalued

“There are indications that the U.S. dollar is now serving as the funding currency for carry trades,” the IMF said in a [...]

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Unhinged from Reality & Credit Where It Isn’t Due

November 6th, 2009 65 Comments

Stacy Summary: Reminds me of the opening clip in this promo taken from the Oracle where Max talks about the Bermuda Triangle of debt.

Valuing Bonds, Dollar is Crazy in a World Gone Mad

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Lazard dumps the dollar . . . for sterling??

October 23rd, 2009 54 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Out of the frying pan and into the fire?

Lazard dumps the dollar (ZeroHedge)

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