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By Chuck Butler, EverBank The risk assets’ rally that was going on yesterday morning continued throughout the day, and overnight and European sessions. This morning, the currencies have received a boost from a couple of fairly good bond auctions in France and Spain. In Spain, the demand outstripped the supply, but the yields rose to above […]
By Chuck Butler, EverBank The euro (EUR) was removed from the boiling water this weekend, as the next phase of the bailout for Greece was approved… The reaction of the euro has been somewhat muted though, as most of the markets, being Pfennig readers, already saw the baby steps of stabilization going on, and priced in […]
Nice scoop on the Australian dollar from our favorite currency analyst, Everbank’s Chuck Butler: And under the heading of “dirty float”… The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is reported to have sold the most A$’s in the month of May, since February 2004! Now, go back to May and recall the move in A$’s… The […]
Monday night, we were fortunate enough to initiate a long position in the Australian dollar. I took a long, hard look at it before entering the position – on one hand, it had already been rallying strong and was afraid may be due for a pullback. But the fundamentals and technicals looked too good, so […]
Is the Australian Dollar poised to climb again? EverBank’s Chuck Butler believes the Reserve Bank of Australia may be done cutting rates, in anticipation of an economic recovery, and underpin a rally in the Aussie $. In Chuck’s own words: Yesterday, I told you that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) had cut rates 25 […]
Everbank’s Chuck Butler highlights the reasons he foresees a possible rally in the Norwegian Krone on the horizon in today’s Daily Pfennig: I had a great lunch yesterday with the Big Boss, Frank Trotter, and we were discussing what we would talk about next week at the Orlando Money Show. I told Frank that I […]
Sean Hyman from World Currency Watch says watch out, the Bank of Japan is not one to be reckoned with. They are ready to intervene to stop the Yen’s rise – and you don’t want to test them. And our pal and trusted currency advisor, Chuck Butler at the Daily Pfennig, agrees with Sean in […]
Here’s the best explanation I’ve read yet – courtesy of Everbank’s Chris Gaffney – in today’s Daily Pfennig: These investors had to sell some of their higher yielding assets to make up for the losses, and a move toward deleveraging started to emerge. As these first investors sold these assets, their price dropped, forcing still […]
Chris Gaffney of the Daily Pfennig writes this morning: “The situation here is bad and seems to be getting worse. The major question remains: Who will be standing in line to purchase all of this debt? And what happens to the dollar if/when foreign investors decide they have enough IOUs from the US Treasury and […]
Oh man – if you thought the US could create a credit bubble, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The always entertaining Mogambo Guru of the Daily Reckoning comments that an increase in Chinese citizen credit card usage “is also in line with government goals.” This is a country that saves a huge percentage of their […]
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