Marc To Market's blog

If there were no puppet masters in Washington DC or the Kremlin, what would happen next week?  

Some may herald the new ISIS coins as the successor of the dollar.  Fat chance.  It may not be fiat money, but is still not viable currency outside of where ISIS rules by sword.  

A look at the price action of the dollar, S&P 500 and US 10-year yields as if analysis matters. 

Swiss referendum is unlikely to be enacted into law, and if it is, there are several measures the SNB can do to limit its impact.  Expect the SNB to defend the euro floor/franc cap. 

Non-bombastic overview of the forces influencing the capital markets in the week ahead.  

What if global capitalism is not about to collapse?  What if the sun rises next week, and the great apocolypse called for and predicted does not materialize yet, what then for the dollar?  

What if we were as skeptical of the reports on the ECB as we are of the Fed ?

When Calpers buys an international asset for its investors, is it intervening in the forex market on behalf of the US?

A look at the currency market as if analysis mattered.  

The week ahead, as if it mattered.

Overview of the capital markets as if they were not managed by an evil cabal.

If there is a cabal running things, they are not doing a good job.  Maybe they are not really running things.  Here is what next week looks like if we did not know it was all pre-determined.  

No heavy ideological axe to griind or conspiracy theories to propound, just a simple look at the price action in the capital markets.

Here is why the center will hold.

While some are focused on the demise of the dollar, the fact is that it has been appreciating and this is causing some confusion.  See if this helps clarify what is happening.