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Greek Debt & Austerity Deal, Cheered With a Thud (NBG, GREK, FXE, ALU, DB, STD)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 9:06 am

Reports are out that parties in Greece have finally agreed to a debt and austerity deal that will allow it to get its bailout funding and to remain part of ...
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Charting Silver Versus Gold… Dollar/Euro Reserve Currency Challenge (SLV, GLD, FXE)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 9:30 am

We often look for a read on gold and silver and we have a potentially interesting development underway.  We track these via iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) and SPDR Gold Shares ...
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National Bank of Greece and Euros Cheer Papademos As Greek Prime Minister (NBG, FXE)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 8:18 am

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is surging on news that banker Lucas Papademos has been named as the new Greek Prime Minister.  The 64-year old will replace outgoing ...
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Poll: The Beginning of the End for the Euro (! or ?) (EUO, FXE, ULE)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm

Does the euro live or die? That is the question of a 24/7 Wall St. poll that we are asking our readers to participate in. This is a million dollar ...
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Euro-Dollar Breakdown: The Calls For Parity Return, A Hit To GDP (UUP, FXE, EUO, FXF)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 12:47 pm

It was just under ten years ago that I was in Spain and Portugal for a vacation and a day of running with the bulls in Pampalona.  Unlike most trips ...
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Currency Intervention From Japan & Switzerland, Protecting the Dollar from the Dollar (YCL, FXY, JYF, FXF, FXE, UUP)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 4:19 pm

The Japanese Yen took a breather today on some similar news that we saw last week regarding intervention.  The Nikkei News reported this afternoon that Japan was about to intervene ...
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Why Is German Sentiment Stronger Than U.S. Sentiment? (XHB, FXE)

Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:49 am

Things may still be difficult in America, but Germany's Info Institute gave a German sentiment reading that was not just above expectations. It grew to the highest level in 3 ...
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Euro & Dollar Parity, Reality Versus Perception (FXE, EUO)

Posted: May 20, 2010 at 11:03 am

It is no secret that suddenly the U.S. dollar is back as the king, and more importantly that the Euro could be changed to the peso.  The euro was over ...
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Big Ben Talks Down The Dollar

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 1:48 pm

Friday's surprisingly strong job report sent the dollar soaring (NYSE: FXE, FXB, FXA, FXY).  Skittish currency traders got the impression that the improvement in the job market might prompt the ...
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Dollar’s Rally Is Overdone

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 3:31 pm

This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate had dropped from 10.2% to 10% and that nonfarm payroll jobs declined by just 11,000.  The market rallied ...
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