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Weekly Forex Review - What Next?
Ralph Shell • Fri, May 24
Australian Housing Bubble Has Chinese Overtones
AlphaVN Research • Fri, May 24 • 4 Comments
Markets Trying To Stabilize Despite Official Rattle
Marc Chandler • Fri, May 24
Tongue Tied Fed Makes For No Easy Decisions
Dean Popplewell • Fri, May 24
Australian 2013 Budget Bearish - Short Aussie
Lionel Yeo • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
The Capitulation Trade Has Short Yen Positions Worried
Dean Popplewell • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
Game Over For AUD? Don't Count On It Yet
Oriental Trader • Thu, May 23 • 6 Comments
Australian Dollar Decline Set To Continue
Shane Brett • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
Are We Pre-Trading A Dovish Announcement From Bernanke?
Dean Popplewell • Wed, May 22 • 1 Comment
China Continues To Cut Out The Middle Man - The Dollar
AlphaVN Research • Tue, May 21 • 5 Comments
Is The Dollar To Be Given A Bull Run Break Before Ben?
Dean Popplewell • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Sterling And Yen Wait For No Man
Marc Chandler • Tue, May 21 • 2 Comments
Aussie-Yen (AUD/JPY) About To Take A Dirt Nap
Fiver Capital • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Reserve Bank Of Australia Meeting Minutes Suggest Rate Cuts Are About The Exchange Rate
Dr. Duru • Tue, May 21
Mining Giants Face Reality Of Soft Global Demand
AlphaVN Research • Mon, May 20
Aussie Rules: Forex And Fixed Income Positioning
Cerebro1 • Mon, May 20
FX Outlook: The Week Of A USDJPY Pullback?
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Mon, May 20
Waiting For The Dollar Correction
Tim Clayton • Sun, May 19 • 1 Comment
Rising Treasury Yields: QE Tapering Or Real Selling?
AlphaVN Research • Sun, May 19 • 6 Comments
Dollar Bull Run
Marc Chandler • Sat, May 18 • 5 Comments

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Australian 2013 Budget Bearish - Short Aussie
Lionel Yeo • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
Game Over For AUD? Don't Count On It Yet
Oriental Trader • Thu, May 23 • 6 Comments
Australian Dollar Decline Set To Continue
Shane Brett • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
Aussie-Yen (AUD/JPY) About To Take A Dirt Nap
Fiver Capital • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Australian Rate Cut Creates Buying Opportunity In FXA
Richard Cox • Thu, May 9 • 8 Comments
A Mystifying Rate Cut By The Reserve Bank Of Australia
Dr. Duru • Tue, May 7 • 11 Comments
Already Time To Shift Into Neutral On The Australian Dollar
Dr. Duru • Thu, May 2 • 3 Comments
Aussie Overvalued, Brazil Won't Let Real Rise
Emerging Money • Thu, Apr 18 • 2 Comments
Week Of Major Currency Shifts Flips Me Bullish Australian And British Currencies
Dr. Duru • Sun, Apr 7 • 5 Comments
The Reserve Bank Of Australia Marginally Concedes To A Brighter Outlook
Dr. Duru • Thu, Apr 4
February 5th RBA Meeting Minutes Signal No Rush To Enter Currency Wars
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Tue, Feb 19
With A Rate Decision Looming, Weakening Australian Dollar Sends Poor Signal For Stocks
Dr. Duru • Fri, Feb 1 • 2 Comments
Australian Business Confidence Soars Despite Warnings
Ralph Shell • Tue, Jan 29 • 2 Comments
Australia-Japan Trade Balance And The AUD-JPY Trade
Cagdas Ozgenc • Wed, Jan 16 • 7 Comments
The Aussie Dollar And Real Estate
Hamlet Capital • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Short FXA When Rio Tinto Falls
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Thu, Dec 13, 2012
Australian Dollar Hits Resistance
Andrew Thrasher • Wed, Dec 12, 2012 • 1 Comment
Soft Australian Retail Sales Reawakens Anticipation Of Rate Cut
Dr. Duru • Mon, Dec 3, 2012 • 1 Comment
The Crix And Guava Jam Strategy: Delicious Australia
Cerebro1 • Tue, Nov 13, 2012 • 2 Comments
Reserve Bank Of Australia Balks On Inflation - Currency's Rise Provides Fresh Shorting Opportunity
Dr. Duru • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 2 Comments

Weekly Forex Review - What Next?
Ralph Shell • Fri, May 24
Australian Housing Bubble Has Chinese Overtones
AlphaVN Research • Fri, May 24 • 4 Comments
Markets Trying To Stabilize Despite Official Rattle
Marc Chandler • Fri, May 24
Tongue Tied Fed Makes For No Easy Decisions
Dean Popplewell • Fri, May 24
The Capitulation Trade Has Short Yen Positions Worried
Dean Popplewell • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
Are We Pre-Trading A Dovish Announcement From Bernanke?
Dean Popplewell • Wed, May 22 • 1 Comment
China Continues To Cut Out The Middle Man - The Dollar
AlphaVN Research • Tue, May 21 • 5 Comments
Is The Dollar To Be Given A Bull Run Break Before Ben?
Dean Popplewell • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Sterling And Yen Wait For No Man
Marc Chandler • Tue, May 21 • 2 Comments
Reserve Bank Of Australia Meeting Minutes Suggest Rate Cuts Are About The Exchange Rate
Dr. Duru • Tue, May 21
Mining Giants Face Reality Of Soft Global Demand
AlphaVN Research • Mon, May 20
Aussie Rules: Forex And Fixed Income Positioning
Cerebro1 • Mon, May 20
FX Outlook: The Week Of A USDJPY Pullback?
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Mon, May 20
Waiting For The Dollar Correction
Tim Clayton • Sun, May 19 • 1 Comment
Rising Treasury Yields: QE Tapering Or Real Selling?
AlphaVN Research • Sun, May 19 • 6 Comments
Dollar Bull Run
Marc Chandler • Sat, May 18 • 5 Comments
Are We Close To Selling The USD?
Ralph Shell • Fri, May 17 • 9 Comments
Next Week's Economic Releases You Don't Want To Miss
FXstreet • Fri, May 17
Week In FX Asia - Aussie And Yen Remaining The Whipping Currency Of Choice
Dean Popplewell • Fri, May 17
Strong Finish To Week For U.S. Dollar
Marc Chandler • Fri, May 17

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Friday, May 24, 2:41 PM Flush with profits from shorting the yen, hedge funds turn their attention to the aussie (FXA) in a bet the end of the commodities boom will drive it lower. It's not exactly a new idea and a lot of funds have gotten smoked from having to pay big carry (Oz short rates have been in the 4% area vs. near 0% here) while the currency failed to move, but the bet's paid off in the last 6 weeks as the aussie has fallen 10 handles. It's off another 1% today. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 22, 10:42 AM Bernanke: Stocks continue with solid gains as the chairman suggests the Fed may never sell the massive assets it's accumulated, instead just letting them roll down. Most interesting are Treasury prices (TLT -1.1%) rolling over - the 10-year yield sunk to 1.89% as Bernanke's soft comments hit the tape, but has reversed to now threaten 2%. Gold (GLD +0.6%) has given up much of its knee-jerk gains, and the dollar (UUP +0.3%) is having none of it, higher across the board, particularly vs. the aussie (FXA -1.1%), yen (FXY -1%), and loonie (FXC -0.6%). 5 Comments
Friday, May 17, 9:38 AM Did the Fed tighten while we were getting a cup of coffee? The greenback is soaring against all other currencies, with the dollar bull ETF (UUP) gaining 0.6% - an unusually large move for that vehicle. Strength against the yen (FXY -0.3%) and the aussie (FXA -0.9%) are givens of late, but the greenback is up about 1% vs. both the loonie (FXC) and the swissie (FXF), and about 0.6% vs. the euro (FXE) and cable (FXB). Getting hit are Treasurys (TLT -0.5%), the dollar bear ETF (UDN -0.6%) and of course, gold (GLD -0.7%). 5 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, May 17, 7:26 AM The fast slide in the aussie catches even the bearish Goldman currency team off-guard, and it's forced to revise lower its 12-month forecast for the currency - now $0.90 vs. $0.98 previously. The reasons are well-known to anyone paying attention: A deteriorating Australian economy and lower commodity prices. FXA -0.4% premarket and the aussie is buying $0.9755. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, May 14, 2:50 PM As the aussie (FXA -0.7%) continues its one-way slide lower, Marc Chandler updates his thoughts on what's become the pair trade du jour - long Mexican peso/short aussie. What's not to like - there's positive carry, commodities are falling in price, and inflation in China has made it a more expensive place to manufacture than Mexico. A lot have been waiting for the aussie to crack for a long time, says Chandler, and now it may have. He's planning on lowering his year-end target of $0.9700. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, May 13, 4:41 PM Australia could see a recession in the next 18-24 months should a sharp fall in mining capex materialize, says Morgan Stanley. Other economists - including the RBA - hold out hope the retail sector and housing market will fill the void left by mining. The aussie (FXA) is off 7 big figures in a month as fx traders place their bets with the Morgan view. EWA is flat over the same period as the aussie's fall wipes out equity gains. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, May 10, 4:22 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: REMX +10.8%. URA +6.6%. TAN +6.4%. VNM +5.4%. XHB +3.4%.
ETF Losers: GAZ -4.5%. UNG -3.6%. FXA -3.0%. EWY -2.7%. EWA -2.7%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, May 10, 7:41 AM The Australian dollar (FXA) sinks below parity with the greenback for the first time since last June, a victim of a slowdown in the Aussie economy and weak commodity prices (the two are surely intertwined). Aussie stocks are rising along with the rest of the world, but the Australian Index Fund ETF (EWA) - unhedged against the currency - is lagging. 2 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, May 9, 3:06 PM The dollar (UUP +1%) is soaring across the board (not just against the yen, where it's now spiked through ¥100 to ¥100.56). The greenback is threatening parity vs. the aussie (FXA -1.1%) for the first time since last summer, and the euro (FXE -1.1%), swissie (FXF -1.4%), loonie (FXC -0.5%), and pound (FXB -0.6%) are seeing sizable declines as well. Commodities? Red. Gold (GLD -1.1%), Silver (SLV -1.2%), Oil (USO -0.6%), Copper (JJC -0.8%). 5 Comments [Global & FX, Commodities, On the Move]
Thursday, May 9, 4:52 AM Headline numbers obscure rising unemployment in resource-rich Western Australia, where the mining industry (which accounts for 20% of the country's GDP) is suffering from weaker economic growth in China and a stubbornly high aussie (FXA). The jobless rate in Western Australia rises to 5.25% in April from 4.8% in March, hitting its highest level since 2010 and jumping more than a full percentage point YTD. Meanwhile, the headline unemployment figure prints at 5.5% for April, down from 5.6% in March. Stocks in Sydney (EWA) creep slightly lower. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:11 AM The Reserve Bank of Australia cuts rates for the seventh time in 18 months, taking the benchmark cash-rate down 25 basis points to a record low 2.75%, surprising some forecasters who expected the rate to remain unchanged. At 2.5%, inflation in Australia is within the central bank's target range and the strong aussie has weighed on mining companies who say it undermines their export competitiveness. The aussie (FXA) fell by more than half a cent against the dollar following the announcement. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Tuesday, May 7, 4:37 AM In Japan, stocks (EWJ) come off a long weekend well-rested and promptly rally to near five-year highs as the Nikkei surges 3.55% on the back of Friday's strong U.S. jobs data. Meanwhile, Australia's central bank cut rates by 25 basis points, sending the aussie (FXA) down 0.6% to two month lows against the dollar. 5 Comments
Monday, May 6, 7:53 AM Despite the big commodity rally Friday, the aussie (FXA) fell in early Sunday trade and hasn't gotten up, perhaps aided by rumors George Soros has launched a short. "Someone has picked a mark around $1.0270 and seems to be betting on a rate cut," says one trader. Among all major currencies, the aussie is notably weaker vs. the greenback, -0.7% at $1.0248. Comment! [Global & FX, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 1, 2:55 PM CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA) announces monthly distribution of $0.1815. For shareholders of record May 03. Payable May 08. Ex-div date May 01. Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 29, 7:31 AM Precious metals continue their comeback tour, with the dollar (UUP) being lower across the board as good an excuse as any for buying this morning. GLD +1.1%, SLV +1.5% premarket. The greenback is particularly weak vs. the aussie (FXA), +0.6%. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]

Dr. Duru
%stocks>40DMA=67.2%. Overbought Period Ends With Blow-Off Tops And Sell Signals. http://bit.ly/10UMwUg $SPY $FXA $FSLR $APOL $GMCR
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$FXC,$FXA,$WRB,$AFG,$SWC,$EXC,$TEVA,$EMC,$DLB,$ADI,$WPRT,$E, $FSYS,$PER,$DVN,$OKE,$WPX,$ETP,$NLY Bought today.
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$FXA ozzie dollares,....
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AUD/USD, How Far Can It Fall? May 17 2013 by: FXstreet $FXA $UUP http://bit.ly/10L34xP http://abcn.ws/12utUx9 http://bit.ly/X8U5bn @SA
May 17, 11:21 PM
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Dr. Kris
Viva los dollar! The bull $ fund $UUP breaking thru $22.70 resistance to 9 month high. On flip side, $FXA & $FXS continue to slide.
May 14, 3:00 PM
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Dr. Kris: It's good to be the world's reserve currency--for now.
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x oil -field
$FXA Aussie Falls to 11-Month Low as Budget Forecasts Slower Growth. http://bloom.bg/YGEtg4 $RIO http://bit.ly/10URPSb SA
May 14, 7:29 AM
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x oil -field: Australian Dollar ETF Falls on Rate Cut - ETF News And Commentary $FXA http://bit.ly/YGEL6G NASDAQ
May 14, 7:31 AM
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x oil -field: $RIO Rio Tinto PLC South of Embley Project Gets Australia Environment Approval. Dow Jones Newswires 00:33ET (04:33 GMT)
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Dr. Kris
Canuck buck $FXA breaking out & country fund $EWA skating to new high--and commodities are dropping. What's up with that, eh?
Apr 30, 2:43 PM
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Dr. Kris: The point being that commodities don't seem to be slowing down these two commodity-tied countries.
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bd4uandu: No prob Doc, Seems they both like to mine stuff also. I see the Ausy mint has got tight supplies. http://seekingalpha.com/n/l249
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Dr. Duru
S&P500 Quasi-Oversold for Critical Test of Support On Options Expiration Day. http://bit.ly/ZDkAm6 $SPY VIX $CAT $INTC $AAPL $FXA
Apr 19, 4:46 AM
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S&P500 Retests 50DMA & Other Positive Signs Even As Apple Drops Into Red Zone http://bit.ly/Z4Mg7Y $AAPL $SPY $CAT $VXX $INTC $FXA
Apr 17, 11:54 PM
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Whitehawk: I think this is a rangebound market. What do you think?
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First attempt to define quasi-oversold show marginal results. http://bit.ly/15SqxlV $SPY $FXA #VIX $FXY $VXX $SSO
Feb 28, 3:39 AM
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$FXA Aussie Falls to 11-Month Low as Budget Forecasts Slower Growth. http://bloom.bg/YGEtg4 $RIO http://bit.ly/10URPSb SA
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x oil -field: Australian Dollar ETF Falls on Rate Cut - ETF News And Commentary $FXA http://bit.ly/YGEL6G NASDAQ
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Dr. Kris
Viva los dollar! The bull $ fund $UUP breaking thru $22.70 resistance to 9 month high. On flip side, $FXA & $FXS continue to slide.
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Canuck buck $FXA breaking out & country fund $EWA skating to new high--and commodities are dropping. What's up with that, eh?
Apr 30, 2:43 PM
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Dr. Kris: The point being that commodities don't seem to be slowing down these two commodity-tied countries.
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bd4uandu: No prob Doc, Seems they both like to mine stuff also. I see the Ausy mint has got tight supplies. http://seekingalpha.com/n/l249
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S&P500 Retests 50DMA & Other Positive Signs Even As Apple Drops Into Red Zone http://bit.ly/Z4Mg7Y $AAPL $SPY $CAT $VXX $INTC $FXA
Apr 17, 11:54 PM
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Whitehawk: I think this is a rangebound market. What do you think?
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Picked up 2000 EEP to join the other guys here on SA. Sold Oct 106 calls FXA as part of paired trade long Swiss Franc vs syth short Aussie
9/7/12
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neobliviscar: I told MJ in another thread. I'd rather own a little lower, but my metrics are usually overly conservative by up to 5%. Definite buy $27.5
9/7/12
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neobliviscar: They're good on the div. High insider ownership. Large buildout PPE that makes sense. Debt is intelligent. Many +, & two (-) I can see.
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Hillbilly Stock Star
FXA......Ozzie Dollars!
9/6/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: At least we got Mandy out in time!
9/6/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Actually she was a waitress at the Outback!
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