All Posts Tagged With: "U.S. dollar"

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Speculators and Chinese Firms Accumulating Australian Resource Companies and Commodities

And while China and America bicker over currencies, Chinese firms are scrambling to buy real assets. And while Aussie banks source foreign borrowing to lend in local real estate, Aussie mining firms go begging for bits of capital that would bring world-class ore bodies (and key strategic resources) into production…by local producers and owners.

November 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
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Everyone is Busily Debasing Their Currency

There is a risk in holding cash in an environment of asset price inflation – a condition that usually occurs when governments create large fiscal deficits and inflate the money supply.

November 12th, 2009 | Dr. Marc Faber | 2 comments | Continued
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The Fed Has Put a Rocket Under the Market

The unconventional wisdom is that the Fed has learned nothing from the last bubble – or is so scared of deflation it’s willing to gamble on another bubble in asset prices. The trouble , the eventual bust in asset prices has to be reckoned up. And the Fed, along with all central banks who key off the Fed’s policy, are just kicking the can down the road, hoping asset values improve.

November 10th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 7 comments | Continued
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We Can Expect More and More People to Want to Own Gold

Gold seems to be advancing towards a new milestone – $1,100. Makes us nervous. We always feel more comfortable out in the wide, open spaces…

November 9th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
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Historically, the Only Reserve a Central Bank Can Trust is Gold

Imagine what would have happened if pharaoh had stocked up on radicchio instead of grain? Those 7 lean years would have been a lot leaner than they were.

November 6th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
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Price of Gold Communicates U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy is Lousy

It’s also possible that the Fed thinks a weak dollar will reduce America’s trade deficit, boost its export competitiveness, and lead to higher employment. We think this is a pipe dream. And we’re not talking about a lead pipe. We’re talking William Blake-style opium.

November 5th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | Continued
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Banks Could Face Larger Asset Writedowns and Losses than IMF has Modelled

Next time around, though, we reckon the losses – when they come – will be on domestic real estate assets. And with so much exposure to domestic real estate (mortgage loans), the assets could face a world of hurt. But even if bank asset quality doesn’t crash (housing prices don’t crash), an external shock affects Aussie bank liabilities.

October 28th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
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Is It Really the End of the Dollar Carry Trade?

But as you’ll learn today, the bankers, the Fed, the media…the whole lot of them…have learned nothing from last year. The hangover was just beginning to set in, so everyone began drinking again heavily. And now the party is wild and out of control. Even the cops are drunk.

October 27th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
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Biggest Factor Affecting Consumer Price Inflation is Growth in Bank Credit

Much will be revealed this week in the Aussie market, although a lot will probably remain obscure too. Producer price data for the September quarter comes out from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Inflation anyone? Maybe not in wages. But certainly in raw materials (energy).

October 26th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
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US Dollar a Sort of Monetary Brand

The dollar has been the “Coca-Cola of monetary brands,” says James Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. But even the best of brands can be lousy investments.

October 22nd, 2009 | Chris Mayer | 4 comments | Continued
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