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Jack Crooks: The Japanese yen continues to defy its own economic fundamentals. It continues to move up and down in value, in correlation with “risk off” (stocks and growth assets moving lower) or “risk on” (stocks and growth assets moving higher). But the latest statistics and dynamics driving the Japanese Read more…
Neena Mishra: Greece continues to be in the news as the current opinion polls suggest that pre-bailout parties will lose again in the June election, which may ultimately lead to “Grexit” from the monetary union. If Greece leaves the Euro-zone, it would be very difficult for the other bigger Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: When it comes to international investing, Japan is one particular corner of the market that receives a tremendous amount of attention, although not always for optimistic reasons. This developed Asian economy has struggled to regain its footing on the global stage since the early 1990s, following Read more…
Jack Crooks: Back in November, I laid out the case for a multi-year bull market in the U.S. dollar (NYSEARCA:UUP). At the time I shared several reasons, and most of them seem to be playing out. 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…
Bryan Rich: The theme of the global financial markets is now moving more toward the realization that growth will be ultra-slow (if not recession like territory), unemployment will remain persistently high and global economic shocks will continue to roll through. This is an important realization. Read more…
Chris Martenson: At the circus, you are sometimes treated to the spinning plate act where a performer tries to keep an improbable number of plates spinning at once, racing from one plate to the next as their wobbles indicate the need for another dose of momentum. Considering the number of spinning Read more…
Bryan Rich: In my last Friday afternoon chart review, the EURUSD was sitting in the middle of the February range and the uncertainty remained high surrounding the 2nd Greek bailout. Read more…
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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…
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…
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…
Bryan Rich: Last Friday, in reviewing the charts, directionally it looked like a tough call. My view was, expect some swings (volatility). Read more…
Jack Crooks: The problems facing Japan (NYSEArca:EWJ) have been building up for some time. And I don’t believe the coming negative impact on its currency can be delayed much longer. Read more…
Jonathan Yates: As reported in previous articles on www.emergingmoney.com, shaking a tin cup filled with euro bonds did not entice China, Warren Buffett or Jim Rogers into buying any of the 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…
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