http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/currency Blog Articles Tagged with 'currency' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1134300?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Paul Krugman's autobiographical essay :Incidents from My Career, by Paul Krugman (1992): My personal life is not interesting. I don't mean that I am an especially deadly dinner companion, or that I have not had my fair share of life's joys and miser... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:47:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1134300?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134147?rsstype=tag&tag=currency In the midst of the credit crisis plaguing many U.S. industries, cash balances in the technology sector remain at record levels and continue to provide ample liquidity for the sector, said Fitch Ratings in a special report this week.While Fitch expec... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:02:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134147?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134019?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Here is an update on the size of the derivatives market with the latest official figures (.pdf) from the Bank for International Settlements ((BIS)). Hold your breath, as we are not anymore talking paltry billions but TRILLIONS of whichever fiat curre... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:02:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134019?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133875?rsstype=tag&tag=currency On Sunday, Fifteen European Union leaders met in Paris to discuss a new set of actions aimed at confronting the financial crisis. The countries, which all share the euro currency (except U.K., which has not adopted the medium of exchange) plan to ann... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:17:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133875?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133666?rsstype=tag&tag=currency The price action in the equity markets Friday was nothing short of impressive. We literally had a W shaped trading day where stocks opened down 600 points, rallied back into positive territory, sold off again by another 600 points before recovering m... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:51:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133666?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1133693?rsstype=tag&tag=currency The medium-term outlook is sensitive to external developments and policy responses. A benign external environment, featuring even higher steel prices and FDI, could produce growth in excess of 7 percent, but inflation could prove hard to control unde... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:15:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1133693?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133676?rsstype=tag&tag=currency When Milton Friedman said that inflation is purely a monetary phenomenon, he was 100% correct. Yet, the general public's understanding of the term inflation leads to some confusion. Over the past 12 months I have read an exhaustive amount of articles... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:17:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133676?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133620?rsstype=tag&tag=currency The financial climate is hot and getting hotter everyday I would say, with unprecedented news being delivered every single hour. The rate of change in what has historically been one of the most static industries in the world is so overwhelming, and t... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:29:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133620?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133627?rsstype=tag&tag=currency [Extracted form Bill Cara's Daily Report]Outright seize-up of the banking credit system; absolute turmoil in currency and commodity markets; the collapse of capital markets; and a global economy that teeters on the brink of a depression! We are livin... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:13:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133627?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1133481?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Outright seize-up of the banking credit system; absolute turmoil in currency and commodity markets; the collapse of capital markets; and a global economy that teeters on the brink of a depression! We are living history.... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/bill-cara/1133481?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133246?rsstype=tag&tag=currency For the first time since March 2003, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 8000 at the open of the US markets. However just as quickly as stocks dropped 600 points, it recovered more than half of its losses in the first 15 minutes of trading and act... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:41:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133246?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133085?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Adjusted Reserves are up 768.1% compounded annually since July 30; Adjusted Monetary Base is also spiking: charts via Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisSeinfeld investment advice: Gold, Jerry. Gold! ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:45:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133085?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133061?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Despite severe economic turmoil, demand for oil is rising significantly in fact, it will land somewhere in the range of $150 to $157, according to Roger Wiegand, editor of Trader Tracks. A native of Michigan, Roger has had an interest in precious m... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:46:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133061?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133109?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Barry Eichengreen says we need to implement aggressive fiscal policy measures, and those measures need to be coordinated across countries:Time to grasp the fiscal nettle, by Barry Eichengreen, CIF: ...[G]overnments now need to recognise that they hav... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133109?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132380?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Here's how fluid things are: Last week, Iceland nationalized Glitnir, the country's third-largest bank. Today, it unnationalized Glitnir, putting it into receivership instead: Clearly the bank's liabilities were too large for the Icelandic government... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:54:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132380?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132382?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Today s coordinated cut in interest rates warmed the cockles of investors hearts as though they d received a personal eCard from the world s bankers, telling them that they indeed cared about investors feelings and that they were doing ev... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:40:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132382?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1132324?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Scary news from Iceland.How do you know your country s finances are in trouble? When you re looking to Russia for a loan.The worldwide turmoil in the banking system did not originate in Iceland, and will not end in Iceland, but that country may b... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/daily-options-report/1132324?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132191?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Seeing beyond the blind curves of bailouts and meltdowns takes the keen vision of a veteran market observer. In addition to editing and publishing Trader Tracks, a stocks, futures and commodities electronic newsletter publication for active traders, ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:02:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132191?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132201?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Brazilian pulp manufacturer Aracruz Celulose (NYSE:ARA) fired its chief financial officer a couple of weeks ago in its country s own version of a financial crisis.In Brazil, it wasn t bad credit that sent stocks tumbling and massacred the executi... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:31:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132201?rsstype=tag&tag=currency http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1132101?rsstype=tag&tag=currency Take Econ 553 from the privacy of your desk!Crisis on my mind: The plan was to discuss portfolio models of the exchange rate in Econ 553. But I ve decided to switch the order of things, and move up the currency crisis discussion. Last minute list o... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:30:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1132101?rsstype=tag&tag=currency