Archive - Jun 2013 - Blog entry
June 15th
Currency Positioning and Technical Outlook: Dollar Still Heavy
Submitted by Marc To Market on 06/15/2013 06:50 -0500Tryingto make sense of the price action in the foreign exchange market. The dollar was heavier than we anticipated and there is no compelling sign of a turnaround, but the key is the FOMC meeting.
June 14th
Bernanke And His Game Of Chicken
Submitted by David Fry on 06/14/2013 18:48 -0500We’ll know more next week Wednesday when the Fed meeting concludes with a language parsing contest. In the meantime, stock market volatility is increasing as we’re experiencing alternating triple digit days now.
Haim Bodek's Presentation To TradeTech On HFT And His Controversial Findings
Submitted by CalibratedConfidence on 06/14/2013 16:55 -0500"I am going to hit on some of the landmines that you can encounter within order-matching engines, and then I am going to give a forecast on, at least from my perspective, what’s going to happen over the course of 2013"
France Torpedoes American Movies, Shoots Itself In Foot
Submitted by testosteronepit on 06/14/2013 14:59 -0500France vetoed the launch of free-trade negotiations between the EU and the US (forgot that it racked up a big trade surplus with the US)
IMF: It Ain’t Over Till The Fat Lady Sings
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 06/14/2013 11:56 -0500The International Monetary Fund analysts believe that if budgetary cuts are taken away, then it could trim a substantial slice off economic growth in the US. Forecasts could be lower by as much as 1.75%, meaning that growth prospects would be no better than 1.9% in total for this year.
Can The World Afford Higher Interest Rates?
Submitted by Asia Confidential on 06/14/2013 11:00 -0500The answer is no as higher rates on developed world debt would crush their economies. And it would hurt less indebted emerging markets too.
The Bulls Ignore Japan's Implosion and Pray For More Money Printing
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 06/14/2013 10:54 -0500
The markets in the US have entered a mania in which investors look for any and all excuses to push the markets higher.
HSBC’s Respected Steel Says Gold Over $1,600/oz In 2013
Submitted by GoldCore on 06/14/2013 10:28 -0500James Steel, chief commodities analyst at HSBC in New York continues to be constructive on gold in the medium and long term and sees gold rising to $1,600/oz in the second half of 2013.
Hard Hitting, Bleeding Edge Research Results In 2nd High Level Ouster/Resignation In The UK & Euroland
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 06/14/2013 10:17 -0500Why do these high level guys "unexpectedly" resign as soon as a few secrets are revealed?
Stiglitz: Fed Fell into Trap of QE
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 06/14/2013 07:44 -0500Demand isn’t there at the moment in the economy. Production isn’t being utilized. Any monetary policy will only be temporarily of benefit to the market and keep them happy (as it has done for six months).
Why is Gold Draining out of COMEX Warehouses?
Submitted by Monetary Metals on 06/14/2013 00:59 -0500It is a fact that COMEX gold inventories are falling and silver inventories are rising. Why and does this help predict the next price move?
June 13th
EuRo MeA CuLPa PHaSe...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 06/13/2013 14:07 -0500Bloodied, but here to help...
Bank Of Japan Machinations Crash Into Reality
Submitted by testosteronepit on 06/13/2013 13:01 -0500What you hear is a giant hissing sound. And what you get is capital destruction and wealth transfer.
