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Fundamenal Analysis for 20 November 2009

In This Issue.. * It's a Risk Off day! * Commodity Currencies get rocked... * Audit the Fed Bill moves along... * Just keep spending money we don't have! And Now... Today's Analysis! It's A Risk Off Friday... I kept checking the currencies, and noticed that as the day went on, the non-dollar currencies were stronger, led by the Big Dog, euro... But then late last night, and I mean late last night, I checked them, and those gains had been wiped out... So, when I arrived here...

Fundamental Analysis For 19 November 2009

In This Issue.. * Carry trade reversal boosts the dollar/yen... * STL Fed Head Bullard sends mixed signals... * Audit of Fed in jeopardy... * Kiwi and AUD fall... And Now... Today's Analysis! Carry Trade reversals rally dollar / yen Fear of risk rained on the currency investors' parade as an equity market sell-off fueled a US dollar and Japanese yen rally.  At times it looks as if we will break this pattern of markets up dollar down/ markets down dollar up, but it seems...

Fundamental Analysis for 18 November 2009

In This Issue.. * It's a Risk On day! * Commodity Currencies have the "stuff"! * Gold's one-day window slams shut! * RBA to not wait 2 months to hike rates! And Now... Today's Analysis! Silence Is Golden... Speaking of Gold... Well, you had a 1-day window to buy it cheaper, for the overnight sessions has the shiny metal hitting on all 8, and soaring once again to $1,148!!!!! Don't you just hate those 1-day windows? I mean, you wanted to pull the trigger and buy, but thought, what...

Fundamental Analysis for 16 November 2009

In This Issue.. * Risk Aversion goes away mad... * China just says "no" to currency flexibility... * Maybe a return to fundamentals? * Gold continues to soar! And Now... Today's Analysis! Japan Posts a 4.8% GDP! OK... As I told you Friday, the President was in China this past weekend, trying his best to get the Chinese to agree to a greater flexibility for the renminbi... Well... There were a few stories this past weekend that hinted about the Chinese agreeing to do such... But I...

Fundamental Analysis 5 November 2009

In This Issue.. * Dollar reverses sell-off... * BOE & ECB meet today... * New Zealand is not Australia... * Funny accounting... And Now... Today's Analysis! Rates To Remain Near Zero... I nailed that FOMC statement yesterday... WOW! You might begin to think that I have some inside info on the Fed Heads, the way I've been able to basically call every move they've made since the beginning of this whole meltdown in August of 2007! But that's not important here... The...