johnbee

ETF Trends: U.S. Dollar Attracts Flight to Safety Capital

Money has to go somewhere. Banks deposits are only guaranteed to very small amounts. US $ Treasuries are a safe haven only until interest rates rise or inflation creeps in as they surely will. Equities can be a hedge against inflation and currency depreciation but only if you cherry pick.
The rise in equity prices has little to do with reality. If some earnings are up its because of low interest rates, sacking of staff, temporary withdrawal of advertising, low inventory charges etc.
Funny that the lucky ones this last few months have been the gamblers and the uninformed unless you have been a banker in the Fed elite. It should have been obvious with hindsight that they had to be the first to be saved or we were all done for, but thats not a slam dunk just yet, and most equities have long uphill climb to go.

S&P Futures Move Lower; Forex Market Fails to Follow

Bernanke did not make good reading. There is no rebound yet; 2011 is the new forecast. The $ is the world's only reserve currency and safest place to be meantime.

Today in Commodities: Dollar Doom?

Its fear that drives the $US up and less fear down again. That's the call.

Sell the Dollar, Buy the Euro? Think Again.

Europeans are more used to taking a beating than Americans and are more stoical about it and knuckle down to bad news and as a result their Governments are less likely to inflate with the Weimar Republic in mind, so the risk of Euro collapse is less, unless of course the $ collapses, when I assume we will all be in he same boat. Hence the possible case for the Euro versus the $, although probably not the same for stocks. Chickens may be the best answer -if you can get enough- but they come home to roost as well!

Greenback's Slumped on the Canvas

when England ruled the world it had no middle class. the masses did as they were bid and were rewarded. It was a command economy. just like China today.