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Justice Litle: The U.S. Dollar Index hasn’t been updated in years, and other vehicles give a broader perspective of how the greenback is doing. Read more…
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Jared Cummans: This past year has been marked by uncertainty and instability; what started off as a strong 2011, quickly turned into a wild ride for investors. As equities have been tossed back in forth in recent weeks, investors have their eyes fixed on major indexes and other indicators to judge the Read more…
Rydex|SGI, a leading asset manager, today announced that assets in its CurrencyShares® product lineup reached an all-time high of $4 billion, as of August 9, 2011. Read more…
Last week, I wrote a little about the Swiss franc’s historical strength against the dollar and the euro. I made a prediction that went a little something like this: “However, if you’re using the Swiss franc as a safe harbor, it might not be the perpetual gift that keeps on giving. Because of its historic strength against the dollar and euro, the Swiss cabinet is on the lookout for a possible economic slowdown in the next 12 months. The cabinet Read more…
You won’t read any Switzerland “neutrality” jokes here. However, the Swiss franc is a safe harbor for investors terrified of the sovereign debt problems faced by the United States and the Europe Union. It’s risen 30 percent against the U.S. dollar so far in 2011. While the euro is down 15 percent against the franc over the last year. So why does Switzerland seem so attractive and why is there confidence that if one places his money in Read more…
Tim Seymour: Between rumbling about a new downgrade for Spain and the struggle in the U.S. to avoid default, neither the euro nor the dollar are looking good today. Read more…
Michael Sankowski: You don’t have to look far to find terrifying headlines:
Recent market volatilities reminded investors that risk is heightened. For a long term retirement investor, diversification among assets is the first step. On the other hand, some long short strategies in alternative asset classes such as commodities and currencies can be used to further Read more…
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American equity markets finished the final full week of May on a relatively strong note, as most major benchmarks moved off of their lows from earlier in the week to finish Friday in the green. Read more…
Last week domestic equities were confined to a volatile trading range. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both slid lower by over a percentage point each, while the NASDAQ took a much larger hit and lost Read more…
In times of turmoil investors tend to run for the exits of equities and other risky assets. Some investors are happy simply to park assets in cash until the storm clouds clear, while others Read more…
MyplanIQ tracks currencies using the following currency ETFs (FXS), (FXF), (FXA), (FXC), (FXB), (FXM), (UDN), (FXE), (FXY), (DBV), (CYB), (BZF) to Monitor the trend for bellweather currencies. Read more…
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Here in the U.S., we have a problem: A lack of courage in Washington. Specifically, the courage among policymakers to make the difficult decisions — and take the difficult actions — to deal with Read more…
This week saw markets battle to make gains, as the majority of trading days ended relatively flat thanks to a lack of market moving news. News of an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts has been Read more…
Currencies can be a major element of any portfolios. Currencies can be used as a predictive indicator for stocks and other assets. The dollar – the single major currency holds almost 60% of 
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