It isn’t often that there is standing room only at a presentation on the future of the Japanese economy. But that’s what I found when I arrived, admittedly a tad late, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre to listen to Dylan Grice.
February 11th, 2012 | The Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Currencies"
The First Casualty of the Currency Wars
Can Australia’s currency continue its rampage while exporters burn? The currency wars have been going on quietly here at home for some time now. And going by the state of our exporters, we’re losing.
February 4th, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 3 comments | Continued
A Question of Currency: Should Australians Invest in the Fourth Reich?
The first thing to think about, if you’re a foreign investor in another region, is currencies. Well, it may not quite be the first thing, but keep in mind: movements in currencies can make or break investment returns.
January 30th, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | Continued
Will This Great Correction Bring a Darkness Without a Dawn?
So far, the Great Correction has followed the usual script. Bond yields have fallen. Price inflation has generally come down. But demand for credit — as evidenced by $10 trillion government financing costs — is running hot. This is no typical downturn. And it wouldn’t be too surprising if all this demand for credit pushed up bond yields.
December 14th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Gold in the Art of Bread Consumption
Mr. Harmston is not interested in hearing my “The Federal Reserve is evil and so is the Supreme Court” rant again, especially since it is all I ever rant about, but goes on to reveal that, “The same ounce of gold still buys approximately 350 loaves of bread today.”
February 24th, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 1 comment | Continued
Gold, the Aussie Dollar, the Greenback and You
What is the influence of the Aussie dollar/US dollar exchange rate fluctuations on gold and what does it mean for Aussie investors? That is the question this article will answer…
February 3rd, 2009 | Gabriel Andre | 14 comments | Continued
The Dollar is Performing Well Against Other Currencies
So it is with great relish that this week, my Gratuitous Mogambo Attack (GMA) is the “Economic Focus” column in The Economist magazine, this one titled “The Resilient Dollar”, which I thought would be interesting, in that not only is the dollar strangely going up against other currencies, but still going down against inflation, as are all the other countries in the world that are showing positive rates of inflation, which is, oddly enough, ALL the other countries in the world! Hahaha!
October 14th, 2008 | Mogambo Guru | 2 comments | Continued
The Big News Last Week Came From the Currency Markets… and Gold
Soon, the price of gold will hit the $1,000 mark. Then, you will see something unusual… something exciting… something remarkable. You will see the bull market in gold enter a third stage. At first, only the goldbugs bought the stuff. At $300 an ounce… gold was a no-brainer.
March 3rd, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
