Entries Tagged as 'us dollar'

“The Americans no longer have the means to save themselves.”

December 27th, 2009 320 Comments

Stacy Summary: Haven’t seen this posted anywhere else, but it’s Martin Wolf speaking in Singapore. This, in my opinion, is going to be one of the biggest stories over next ten years. The dollar, obviously, can no longer function as reserve currency; but it’s one thing identifying the problem, and another thing fixing it, especially [...]

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USD: No Bottom in Sight

November 23rd, 2009 19 Comments

Stacy Summary: We spoke to these guys for Death of the Dollar 2.  As we only had screen time for about 5 minutes of their 45 minutes of tape, I should post the entire conversation. Dollar slump persisting as top analysts see no bottom Standard Chartered Plc, Aletti Gestielle SGR, HSBC Holdings Plc and Scotia [...]

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Sunday Video Club: The Dollar Will be Utterly Destroyed

November 8th, 2009 97 Comments

Stacy Summary: Here’s my video for Sunday viewing. What have you got?

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Over the Edge . . . with Janet Tavakoli

October 11th, 2009 100 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Surprise!  Here is the additional material we shot with Janet Tavakoli.  Lots of interesting stuff here.  Enjoy! (For those who missed the first half, here is the On the Edge episode from 02 October)

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[Video] Max Keiser – Dollar to be buried by 2018

October 6th, 2009 143 Comments

Stacy Summary: Haven’t even had a chance to watch this yet myself, going to do it now!

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HSBC says sun is setting on the dollar [Updated]

September 21st, 2009 71 Comments

Stacy Summary:  H/t @Mike/Liverpool for the article.  Of course, HSBC has been talking about this for the past few years and they are no doubt right for the medium to long term; but, in the short term, this headline is probably a contrarian indicator.  Right now, bullish sentiment on the dollar is at only 3% [...]

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India drops a dollar nuke on holiday weekend Friday

July 3rd, 2009 49 Comments

Stacy Summary: Yikes. Next week’s G8 is going to be verrrry interesting. India’s Tendulkar says government should diversify forex reserves

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Did the dollar just die? [Updated]

June 26th, 2009 56 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Thought I would gather some headlines on how other blogs are responding to the China’s announcement of the dollar’s imminent demise.  Just domestic politics, or real threat?  What do you think?  And how are you positioning accordingly? Naked Capitalism:  China again throws its weight against dollar as reserve currency ZeroHedge:  RIP USD market [...]

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New Labour imploding, gold looking good to some for the first time in 152 years

June 2nd, 2009 46 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Implosion in Brown’s party.  While Brown’s bottom looks bigger and bigger every day as more dive into safety of gold. Northwest Mutual buys gold for first time in 152 years New Labour’s Jacqui Smith resigns New Labour’s Patricia Hewitt, Beverley Hughes & David Chaytor resign Abu Dhabi Sheikh’s record £1.5 billion profit Updates: [...]

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Excessive consumption leads to dollar damage and muscle paralysis

May 21st, 2009 36 Comments

Stacy Summary:   The dollar’s slow, painful death in a thousand headlines continues.  While the study tying muscle weakness and paralysis to cola consumption explains, for me, the oddness of American obesity.  While there are certainly plenty of obese people in Europe, they tend to maintain a human form and shape, a firmness to their large [...]

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