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The Pound Suffers while Asian Currencies Gain
Highlights The US dollar is mixed against the major and emerging market currencies. The euro is consolidating in yesterday’s range as bonds stabilize and despite a smaller than expected German trade surplus. Comments from EU…
Alpert: Two years until we see market-clearing prices in housing market
Ann Lee and Dan Alpert joined Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox today to talk about the housing market recovery. Lee, a professor of finance at New York University, was sceptical that population growth predicts any substantial increase in housing…
Rule of Alteration in Play Today for Euro vs. US Dollar
Highlights The US dollar and yen are trading with a firmer tone against the major and emerging market currencies. But the markets still appear to be consolidating and we expect the “rule of alternation” to remain in play meaning…
Wood: “The endgame will be a systemic government debt crisis in the western world”
Christopher Wood is bearish on Western stocks but still bullish on emerging Asia, especially India and China. He recommends an overweight Asia – Underweight West position for international investors in large part because he believes the…
Iceland Referendum — New Risks, Old Story
Officials have been trying to come up with some way to avoid the weekend referendum in Iceland but it looks likely those efforts have been in vain. Polls show that nearly three-quarters of the Iceland voters will reject the deal that…
Euro Bounces On Greek News, Now Looks Ahead To ECB Meeting
The following is a post by Marc Chandler, global head of Brown Brother Harriman’s top ranked Currency Strategy Team. For more of BBH’s currency views, please visit the BBH FX website here. Highlights The US dollar was largely weaker…
Euro Recovers As Markets Await New Greek Budget Cuts
The following is a post by Marc Chandler, global head of Brown Brother Harriman’s top ranked Currency Strategy Team. For more of BBH’s currency views, please visit the BBH FX website here. Highlights The US dollar was largely weaker vs.…
Faber: 20% correction if S&P reaches new high
Marc Faber talks with Bloomberg about the outlook for US shares, saying he believes the market could correct 20% if the S&P reaches a new high (above 1150). That’s the definition of a cyclical bear market, by the way. Faber also…
Why is George Soros buying gold if it’s in a bubble?
A lot of media outlets have noticed that, despite George Soros’ protestations about the rise in gold prices being excessive, Soros Fund Management have invested a lot more money in gold after he made his apparently gold-bearish calls. …
Euro Drivers
The following is a post by Marc Chandler, head of Brown Brother Harriman’s Currency Strategy Team. For more of BBH’s currency views, visit the website here. The Financial Times carried a story in the weekend edition quoting a couple…