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Michael Snyder: What in the world is going on in Europe (NYSEArca:VGK)? Each day things just seem to get stranger and stranger. We are being told that a “deal” for a second Greek bailout has been reached and that Greece will not default in March. But behind the scenes it seems clear that many politicians Read more…
JR Crooks: It’s no secret that the world’s central bankers and governments are cranking out money at lightning speed to stave off a global depression. Read more…
Bryan Rich: A week from last Friday, as I worked through the longer term charts on global markets, the EURUSD had made an impressive break above a sideways range that had developed since early Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As global investors fret about the March 20 deadline for Greece to demonstrate whether it will sink or swim, Jim Rogers of Rogers Holdings advises to hold gold, silver Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Wonder why European leaders appear more like a rotating cast of bumbling 3 Stooges than a team of coordinated fraternal bureaucrats throughout the debt crisis in Read more…
Bryan Rich: The eurusd has been chopping around in recent weeks, driven by highly volatile events and equally volatile market sentiment surrounding the efforts to rescue Greece from the edge of the cliff (again). Read more…
S&P futures are up 10 handles Monday morning, reacting to Greece’s parliament’s final approval new, stricter austerity measures. The vote now paves the way for another international bailout package that will prevent a hard default on March 20. While the market is Read more…
Jack Crooks: If you are wondering why the euro (NYSEArca:FXE) rallied sharply over the last couple of weeks, hitting a two-month high against the dollar (NYSEArca:UUP) on Thursday, the answer is that Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Currency Wars author and adviser to the U.S. Department of Defense, Jim Rickards, said the most likely endgame to the currency war between the U.S. dollar, Read more…
Bryan Rich: Last Friday, in reviewing the charts, directionally it looked like a tough call. My view was, expect some swings (volatility). Read more…
Jared Cummans: As earnings season comes to an end, investors will have one more week to focus on blue chip quarterly results to help guide their trades and positions. Last week saw earnings come in as a mixed bag, but that all changed on Friday when unemployment figures shattered the mold and Read more…
JR Crooks: I wrote this in Money and Markets on January 14 regarding my outlook for the euro: Read more…
The Daily Capitalist: Last August, I mentioned in a post (I forget which one) that when gold (NYSEArca:GLD) hit $1900, I was a seller. In late September, I suggested that municipal bonds were better buys than gold, and indeed muni yields have collapsed. Meanwhile, gold has churned for Read more…
Scott Pluschau: I recently wrote a few articles explaining the Legacy Commitments of Traders report and the Open Interest of Futures. Here’s last week’s article on the Euro and its COT report. In this week’s report (January 18-24th) there were some major moves made by the commercial traders in the 10 Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The markets anxiously waited but got no relief on the deal between Greece and the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the organization representing private debt holders. With the Read more…
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