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The Dollar Carry Trade

One other reason to sell the dollar is interest rates.  Why not borrow in dollars where interest rates are low and invest elsewhere where yields are high?  This is what is known as the carry trade. In the past decade, the Japanese yen…

The emerging markets crisis

Last night an article by Niels Jensen of Absolute Return Partners caught my eye. In it, he made a very strong case for worrying about European bank exposure to emerging markets and its potential for creating systemic risk. I would like to…

Chart of the day: Japanese Yen

Although off its highs for the day, the Japanese Yen is still looking very strong against every major currency. Earlier, it pushed as high as 92 yen to the dollar. Jim Rogers was on Bloomberg saying it was headed much higher.

Chart of the day: US Dollar

Something dramatic is happening in the currency markets. I commented on this in my post "US Dollar rising dramatically." These currency moves are related to international dollar debt, the carry trade unwind and expected interest rate cuts…

US Dollar rising dramatically

The U.S. Dollar is rising once again. As the realization kicks in that the U.S. will not be alone in its economic struggles, currency traders are making major bets that interest rates will fall outside of the U.S. across the board. The…

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