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By Chuck Butler, EverBank Good day, and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday. As Chuck mentioned yesterday, the call to the bullpen has been made, so Chris and I will split shifts over the next couple of days. When I got home last night, I sat on my back porch to collect some thoughts and not only […]
Currencies: Markets Shift Focus Back to Greece By Chuck Butler, EverBank Good day. A crazy day in the markets yesterday, but a very peaceful evening for me. With everyone gone, I treated myself to eating out and had a steak dinner. I reduced my intake of red meat after the cancer discovery five years ago, so […]
By Chuck Butler, EverBank Good day. The end of a very long week for me. It seems like a month of Sundays since just last Friday! But that’s OK; the weekend is here, and I have plans! I hope my plans don’t get squashed like the hopes that the markets had yesterday that Big Ben Bernanke […]
By Chuck Butler, EverBank After reaching a high of nearly $106 on Wednesday, the price of oil has hit the slippery slope (yay!) all the way down to $101.27 this morning. While it will take a while before this ride on the slippery slope is seen at the gas pump, if ever, the psychological feeling it […]
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 […]
by Chuck Butler There’s a fly in the ointment, folks… The ointment being the bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal… A German court is going to rule on the constitutionality, or legality, of Germany’s participation in the bailouts, and this ruling is expected tomorrow, September 7th! This is like here in the US, where we […]
Why is the Norwegian krone the forgotten safe haven? Big hat tip to Dr. Evil, who sent over this idea, pointing out that while investors are flocking to gold and the Swiss franc as safe havens, the Norwegian krone is not getting much love from European currency traders: The NOK, while up against the dollar […]
Alright, so you’re all spun up on investing in the Chinese renminbi (yuan). Short of flying to Shanghai, many folks have asked – how the heck do I buy the renminbi? Good news – EverBank now allows you to open an account denominated in Chinese renminbi. Click here to learn more. In case you’re not […]
It’s another “all or nothing” day in the markets – with equities down, the US Dollar and Japanese Yen are, of course, up. This time joined by – surprise – our old friend, the Australian dollar (ugh – got chased out of that position too early 🙁 ) Looking at a 6-month chart of the […]
Mama said there’d be days like these…though you may have thought they were a thing of the past. With the DOW dropping 200 points on the day, and commodities down across the board, the “flight to safety” positions stood tall, just as they did during the darkest days of the Great Deleveraging of 2008. Yes, […]
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