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Eric Dutram: American markets weren’t able to keep up last week’s momentum as stocks were unable to hold onto gains at the close. Thanks to this, the Dow finished lower by three points, the S&P fell by a single point, while the Nasdaq tumbled 12 points, or 0.4% on the session. Read more…
The greenback gets no respect these days. Every morning my inbox is bursting with emails from gurus advising investors to run for their financial lives – away from the U.S. dollar. Jim Rogers even suggested that the dollar could go to confetti. Other Read more…
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…
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