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Jack Crooks: Many commentators who follow the global markets were very excited on the recent announcement that China would “widen the trade band” for its currency. Read more…
Tony Sagami: The White House recently rolled out the red carpet for the next president of China, Xi (pronounced “shee”) Jinping, in what many called a “critical” visit for the United States to build relations with the man expected to assume China’s presidency in March 2013. Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The Financial Times reported Tuesday that the FTSE index group has created an index of eleven currencies and two commodities for use by investors to hedge against currency and inflation Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may think he has everything under control, but the truth is the monetary ground is literally shifting beneath our feet. Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Legendary investor Jim Rogers once declared that a weak currency is evidence of a weak economy, which is evidence of a weak government. Japan is all for a strong currency — for China. Read more…
Tim Seymour: If Santa is coming for the emerging markets, he had better load up on bullish sentiment, because the trend is starting to look like it did over the summer — and August was anything but a “Santa rally.” Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: Most people think of dim sum as the Chinese teatime meal that consists of dumplings and other snacks served by waiters pushing steam carts around the dim sum parlor. But for Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Chinese currency exchange-traded funds such as Market Vectors Chinese Renminbi (NYSEARCA: CNY) and Wisdom Tree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan (NYSEARCA: CYB) are excellent investment vehicles to profit from a fundamental misconception in foreign currency valuations. Read more…
Tony Sagami: Before it was just the Obama administration, but now, just about everyone who is running in the 2012 Presidential race is jumping on the anti-China (NYSE:FXP) bandwagon. Read more…
Michael Johnston: Rydex, the firm behind the CurrencyShares suite of exchange-traded products, made a splash with the latest addition to its product lineup on Tuesday. The recently-launched CurrencyShares Chinese Renminbi Trust (NYSE:FXCH) will offer exposure to the official currency of the Read more…
Tony Daltorio: As politicians in Washington and Beijing argue about the proper value of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese yuan, China’s currency has been one of the strongest in the world. Read more…
Larry Levinson: The free-wheeling trading of China’s currency in Hong Kong has pushed the “redback” to its widest discount to its mainland counterpart since China relaxed its control. Read more…
Tony Daltorio: Central banks in the emerging world have started moving away from the U.S. dollar and toward another currency. Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: Deflationary Repeat of 2008? There is fear in the land. Many are asking where do we go should a deflationary repeat of 2008 be in the cards. Again the response to such an event may be an initial decline in all holdings across the board. The market roller coaster takes us Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Over the last few months, investors have becoming increasingly skeptical about the long term health of the world’s two major currencies, the dollar and the euro. Debt worries are plaguing each and forcing many to reconsider the wisdom of holding onto assets denominated in Read more…
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