http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/us-dollar Blog Articles Tagged with 'us-dollar' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1148865?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar From Dr. Roubini: Desperate Measures by Desperate Policy Makers in Desperate Times: the Fed Moves to Radically Unorthodox Policies as Economy Is in Free Fall and Stag-Deflation Deepens Another batch of worse than awful news greeted today Americans ge... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1148865?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148140?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Today the world faces its largest economic challenge since the Great Depression of 1929. Ben Bernanke, who has been an avid reader of the causes and solutions to the Depression of 1929, has concluded that throwing a lot of government money at the pr... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:17:26 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148140?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147886?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar While at first glance it might appear that this missive would be about global equity markets, such is not the case. However, it might as well be. With bad economic news rolling off the presses daily, equity markets have taken quite a tumble recently... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:32:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147886?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147437?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Gasoline has fallen to $1.99 a gallon here in my neck of the woods. Everyone seems to be really happy about this. However, it will come as no surprise to my faithful readers that I can even find problems with cheap gasoline! Cheap oil and gasoline wi... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:01:56 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147437?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146624?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The global unwind continues Wednesday morning with US equities, commodities and currencies taking another beating. The US dollar and Japanese Yen continue to outperform with the British pound hitting a fresh 5 year low. The story is still the same, w... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:36:52 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146624?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fxstreet/1145850?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Yesterday I mentioned the Swiss Franc, and the 1.1800 key level. Not a pair I prefer to trade, however, the strong relationship between Swiss Franc and Euro, both against US Dollar. We usually said the pairs move forming mirror images,and although... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:43:52 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fxstreet/1145850?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145814?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar As many economists and analysts have noted, the stability of the US dollar is a key issue in our current times of economic turbulence. To keep an eye on the stability of the dollar, its value, and how this will affect other markets, there are a few k... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:37:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145814?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/commodity-trader/1145634?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The Christmas selling season is in full swing with sales and discounts appearing everywhere. The Grinch is in charge this year so unless you are a child--expect to collect some coal in your Christmas stocking. The good news is that perhaps you ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:32:58 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/commodity-trader/1145634?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144952?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar While the US Dollar has been strong of late, there is a disturbing divergence that is going on between the rising uptrend on the chart and the negative sloping relative strength index ((RSI)). There s no question this is still a bullish chart, but ... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:19:27 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144952?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142474?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar For those who are newer readers, my general ethos is avoid stocks around earnings - while many get a kick out of the gambling associated with piling into stocks ahead of earnings hoping for the huge win - I find it a very risky game that has more bad... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:56:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142474?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141396?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Many coal companies are reporting this week, and how much they beat or did not beat estimates are not the issue at these valuations and after such historic drops in stock prices. The main emphasis now is on future prospects, and the thoughts on 2009 ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:37:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141396?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141156?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar There has been a considerable uproar over a story in the overseas version of the Chinese newspaper The People s Daily. The story suggested the Chinese are very unhappy with the low value of the US dollar.The most quoted line from the story is,The U... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:36:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141156?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140015?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The credit crisis fingers of instability are engulfing essentially all financial markets interbank lending, commercial paper, stocks, commodities and now currencies in the great de-leverage. Even the gold-backed South African rand is down 40% again... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:29:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140015?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139961?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The most recent pressure in the commodities market is attributed to the fear of a severe global recession. Even China is slowing, as China's Bureau of Statistics said that real GDP was up an annual rate of 9.0% in Q3, down from an annual rate of 10.1... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:10:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139961?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139592?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The US dollar is on steroids Monday morning as the sell-off in global equities sends the dollar to a 2 year high against the Euro. The EUR/USD is within 3 percent of its fair value of 1.20 while the GBP/USD and USD/JPY are now undervalued on a purcha... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:22:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139592?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139535?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar In the last few weeks, the currency market is where the action has been. We have witnessed massive moves in every major currency and in some not so major ones. To my mind, all of this is a prelude to some sort of currency crisis.This crisis has been ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:23:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139535?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139434?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The biggest mistake the United States could make right now is to assume recent weakness in oil and gasoline prices means the energy crisis is over and the US can go back to our old energy habits and policies. An editorial in Friday's edition of The... Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:32:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139434?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138854?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar The British pound suffered another super massive blow today (Friday) after the release of the UK GDP report which showed that the UK economy is in deep trouble. The economy shrank by 0.5% in the three months to September (-0.2% expected) -- the first... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:10:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138854?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1138727?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs ny announced yesterday (Wednesday) that the government had reached an agreement with commercial banks intended to protect the interests of those who have taken out foreign currency loans.The agreement, which is... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:40:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1138727?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138031?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar Dollar bulls continue to take the markets by the horns, driving the British pound to a 5 year low and the Euro below 1.28. Deleveraging and risk aversion have been the primary catalysts for the strength in the low yielders (US dollar and Japanese Yen... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:53:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138031?rsstype=tag&tag=us-dollar