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Michael Johnston: Filling in what had become one of the most glaring holes in the ETF lineup,ProShares last week introduced a product that will allow investors to bet against the beleaguered currency of the Euro zone. The new ProShares Short Euro Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Russia Today Wednesday, best-selling author of Currency Wars Jim Rickards said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is drawing up a blueprint for more ‘QE’, and he expects the gold price to jump three to five times within three Read more…
Larry D. Spears: The U.S. dollar is currently on an upswing – but don’t let it fool you. What we’re seeing is only a short-term rally inspired by Europe’s travails. In the long-term, the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s loose monetary policy and the United States’ own debt burden will drive the greenback back down. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Like it has been for other Japanese families, this past year has been a tough one in my household, too. Perhaps not surprisingly, Sunday’s one-year anniversary brought long-buried emotions to the surface 12 months to the day after the horrific earthquake and the tsunami it spawned Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: There is a study published by the Credit Suisse and the London Business School that says that gold prices have been too volatile to play a reliable role as a hedge against inflation over the past 112 years. 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…
Larry D. Spears: The U.S. dollar (NYSEARCA:UUP) will start 2012 on an upswing – but don’t let it fool you. What we’re seeing is only a short-term rally inspired by Europe’s travails. In the long-term, the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s loose monetary policy and the United States’ own debt burden will drive the Read more…
Larry D. Spears: The U.S. dollar will start 2012 on an upswing – but don’t let it fool you. What we’re seeing is only a short-term rally inspired by Europe’s travails. In the long-term, the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s loose monetary policy and the United States’ own debt burden will drive the greenback back down. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: If 2011 taught us one thing, it’s that currency investing can be a dangerous business. For instance, the euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) - the simplest of hedges against a declining dollar (NYSEARCA:UUP) and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expansive monetary policy – has run into difficulties Read more…
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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Tony Daltorio: Fear has become the dominant emotion among equity investors in world markets, as stock markets have gyrated in this summer of discontent. Read more…
The first few days of June have not been very kind to investors in a variety of sectors as extremely weak data and lowered expectations conspired to send equities sharply lower to start the new Read more…
There have been some interesting developments in the market this week. Silver hit a new, multi-year high, then slid lower. The U.S. dollar broke down. And the S&P 500 broke out to its highest 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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