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Aussie Dollar - Oye, Oye, Oye
Matthew Bradbard • Wed, Jun 12 • 4 Comments
A Record Iron Ore Shipment As Prices And The Australian Dollar Plunge
Dr. Duru • Tue, Jun 11 • 4 Comments
A Crescendo Looms For The Australian Dollar Even As Traders Cast About For New Forex Leader
Dr. Duru • Thu, Jun 6 • 12 Comments
Plunging Iron Ore Underlines Coming Monetary Policy From The Reserve Bank Of Australia
Dr. Duru • Sun, Jun 2 • 4 Comments
Aussie Dollar ETF Goes From Star To Laggard
Benzinga • Thu, May 30
Australian 2013 Budget Bearish - Short Aussie
Lionel Yeo • Thu, May 23 • 6 Comments
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 • 4 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

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Market Waits For Bernanke To Turn On The Light
Dean Popplewell • Tue, Jun 18
Squeezed To Square: A False EUR Bid Into FOMC?
Dean Popplewell • Mon, Jun 17
Dollar Downside Not Over?
Marc Chandler • Sun, Jun 16
EUR Bulls And Bears End Week Licking Wounds
Dean Popplewell • Fri, Jun 14
Markets Calmer Going Into The Weekend
Marc Chandler • Fri, Jun 14
Yen Soars While Dollar Stabilizes
Marc Chandler • Thu, Jun 13 • 16 Comments
Asset Price Recalibration Has The EUR And Yen In Demand
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Jun 13
Annals Of Market Manipulation, FX Edition
Felix Salmon • Thu, Jun 13 • 4 Comments
Buy The U.S. Dollar: Central Bank-Fueled Dip Will Be Short Lived
Richard Cox • Wed, Jun 12
Long AUD, Short USD: Profit From Fundamentals
QuandaryFX • Wed, Jun 12 • 1 Comment
Euro Facing No Immediate Opposition
Dean Popplewell • Tue, Jun 11
Yen Rallies, Dollar-Bloc Sinks, Stocks Slide -- Tumultuous Tuesday
Marc Chandler • Tue, Jun 11
Draghi Failed To Feed The EUR Bear - Is Everything Yen Flavored?
Dean Popplewell • Mon, Jun 10
The Yen And Australian Dollar Tumble, Other Majors Little Changed
Marc Chandler • Mon, Jun 10
FX Outlook: Is This All According To The BOJ's Plan?
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Sun, Jun 9
First Phase Of Correction Over, Dollar To Recover
Marc Chandler • Sat, Jun 8 • 5 Comments
After Currency Panic Attack: 3 Likely NFP Outcomes
Dean Popplewell • Fri, Jun 7
Euro Confinement A Game Winner Ahead Of NFP
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Jun 6
Dollar Softer Ahead Of ECB Meeting
Marc Chandler • Thu, Jun 6
June Update To Bearish Outlook
Brennan Basnicki • Thu, Jun 6 • 18 Comments

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CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust is designed to track the price of the Australian Dollar net of Trust expenses, which are expected to be paid from interest earned on the deposited Australian Dollars.
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Thursday, June 13, 7:03 AM "One of the biggest economic bubbles in history is now about to go into the Minsky masher," writes SocGen professional bear Al Edwards of Australia (EWA, FXA), calling it a "leveraged time bomb waiting to blow." A slowing China and with it lower commodity demand are well known, but the domestic economy is just another in long (global) line of credit-fueled economic bubbles. Previous: His old partner Dylan Grice on Oz one year ago. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, June 11, 7:47 AM The Australian dollar continues its sharp descent, hitting a near 3-year low with the most recent excuse for selling last night's weak home-loan approvals report. Short-term rate futures markets have priced in another 50 bps in rate cuts over the next year from an already record-low 2.75%. FXA -1.1% premarket and the ausse is buying $0.9349. The decline may he helping Aussie shares (EWA) which rose 0.4% in the face of a big worldwide decline. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 6, 12:28 PM Unusual given past patterns, the dollar (UUP -1.7%) is being unloaded across the board and in size along with stocks selling off. The euro (FXE +1.5%), cable (FXB +1.8%), the yen (FXY +3.1%), the aussie (FXA +1.1%), and the loonie (FXC +1.3%) are all sharply higher vs. the greenback. The Dow's now off 86 points. 14 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, June 6, 8:14 AM Stand in line if you want to short the aussie (FXA), says BlackRock managing director Mike Trudel. If there are any prominent hedge funds long the currency, he hasn't spoken to them. The bear case on the aussie - slowing China, slowing domestic economy, RBA in rate cut mode, falling commodity prices - is well-known, perhaps too well-known. The aussie is off from about $1.06 two months ago to $0.9500 this morning. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 5, 9:32 PM After opening down about 1% following the big decline in the U.S., the Nikkei quickly erases the loss and turns 1.1% higher in mid-morning trade. There's no bounce in Sydney (EWA) which sits at the day's low, off 1%. The aussie (FXA) falls 0.5% to its lowest level in more than a year, buying $0.9490. S&P 500 futures +0.25%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 5, 2:51 AM Australian Q1 GDP flat at 0.6% on quarter vs consensus of +0.8%. On year, GDP drops to 2.5% from 3.1% and misses expectations of 2.7%. With exports helping to drive growth, one economist says the figures highlight the weakness of domestic demand. Another says the reading shows that Australia's transition to growth led by non-resource industries as the mining boom peaks is still "fairly hesitant and slow," and would support another rate cut. The Aussie (FXA) is -0.2% vs the USD. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Tuesday, June 4, 1:51 AM As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia has held its key overnight cash-rate target unchanged at a record low of 2.75%, but indicated that it could lower rates further after surprising markets in May with a cut. "The inflation outlook, as currently assessed, may provide some scope for further easing, should that be required to support demand," the RBA said. The Aussie (FXA) is -0.4% vs the U.S. dollar. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Monday, June 3, 1:51 PM CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA) announces monthly distribution of $0.1691. For shareholders of record June 05. Payable June 10. Ex-div date June 03. Comment! [Dividends]
Sunday, June 2, 9:56 PM China's HSBC PMI for May falls a bit more than the "flash" read tipped off 10 days ago, coming in at 49.2 from 50.4 (flash came in at 49.6). The downward revision "suggests a marginal weakening of activities toward the end of May, thanks to deteriorating domestic demand conditions," says HSBC. "Beijing needs to boost domestic demand." Reaction is muted: Shanghai (FXI, CAF) +0.2% and Hong Kong (EWH) +0.6% in early trade. The aussie (FXA) knee-jerks down a few pips, but is +0.4% on the session at $0.9618. 1 Comment [Breaking News]
Wednesday, May 29, 8:43 AM The RBA may need to cut its record-low benchmark interest rate (now at 2.75%) another two times, says Pimco, noting the Australian dollar's recent decline to an 18-month low hardly puts the unit in weak territory. Markets are currently pricing in just one cut - not enough says Pimco unless the aussie falls a lot further than it already has. After another sharp decline overnight, the aussie (FXA) has returned back to around unchanged. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 29, 1:10 AM The Australian dollar (FXA) fell to a 19-month low in Wednesday morning trading vs. the U.S. dollar, to 95.46 U.S. cents. This is only partly due to a stronger U.S. dollar; concerns about slowing growth in China are ongoing, and anticipation of weak Australian business investment numbers, due Thursday, could drive the Aussie even lower. Comment! [Global & FX]
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]

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How low can it go? $FXA ... http://read.bi/18xwMfl
May 28, 7:45 PM
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Dr. Duru
%stocks>40DMA=67.2%. Overbought Period Ends With Blow-Off Tops And Sell Signals. http://bit.ly/10UMwUg $SPY $FXA $FSLR $APOL $GMCR
May 23, 1:48 AM
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$FXC,$FXA,$WRB,$AFG,$SWC,$EXC,$TEVA,$EMC,$DLB,$ADI,$WPRT,$E, $FSYS,$PER,$DVN,$OKE,$WPX,$ETP,$NLY Bought today.
May 22, 4:13 PM
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$FXA ozzie dollares,....
May 19, 7:59 PM
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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 $FXA
Apr 17, 11:54 PM
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Whitehawk: I think this is a rangebound market. What do you think?
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$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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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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Dr. Kris: It's good to be the world's reserve currency--for now.
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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?
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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
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Whitehawk: I think this is a rangebound market. What do you think?
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neobliviscar
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
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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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CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ETF