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Vietnam Can't Keep Currency Up - Devalues Dong 3rd Time This Year, Widened Trading Bands

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Asian currency war contagion is spreading. Tonight's victim is the Dong with Vietnam 'devaluing' the reference rate (for the 3rd time this year) by 1% to 21,890 and also widened the trading bands from 2% to 3% (since the recently widened 2% band was already broken)...

  • *VIETNAM CENTRAL BANK DEVALUES DONG BY 1%
  • *VIETNAM DEVALUES DONG REFERENCE RATE TO 21,890 PER DOLLAR
  • *VIETNAM CENTRAL BANK WIDENS DONG TRADING BAND TO 3% OF RATE

Chart: Bloomberg

 

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Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:51 | 6441939 Gab Timov
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can't keep the dong up?

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:28 | 6442136 Bastiat
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If you want your dong devalued, get married.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:45 | 6442172 Divine Wind
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The Dong should be pegged to the Baht, though only before Dinar. Rarely afterwards.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:12 | 6442265 ghengis86
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>>long duck dong
Or
>>Dong, duck, long!

??

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:51 | 6442364 OrangeJews
Wed, 08/19/2015 - 00:22 | 6442435 Manthong
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Is it wrong to spend a few dong so that the mai dam will drop her xa rong?

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 01:40 | 6442568 nosam
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The dong is dung now.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 01:29 | 6442557 lunaticfringe
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I get plenty of pussy, just don't tell my wife.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:38 | 6442168 PlayMoney
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I'm long dong

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:56 | 6442225 sun tzu
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Not a good time to be holding the dong

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:08 | 6442260 Mintcoin
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Needed a wider Dong for a Long Time

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:05 | 6442186 Burticus
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Widening the spread on Sum Dum Chick or Yung Poon Tang will keep the dong up.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:55 | 6442223 Mintcoin
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The Dong needs plunge 'protection'

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 00:37 | 6442467 Jumbotron
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So's who's long dong ?

And who's short dong ?

And who's stacking long dong silver ?

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:53 | 6441948 Al Gophilia
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DING DONG! DING DONG! DING DONG!

ding!.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:53 | 6441951 falconflight
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Vietnamese Joooos?  Wow, what a sight.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:20 | 6442288 Tallest Skil
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It's absolutely astounding that ALL of the shills are so mentally defective as to use the same tell. "JOOS" is the best you retards can come up with?

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 11:17 | 6443726 J Jason Djfmam
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Cut the Dong.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:54 | 6441953 LetThemEatRand
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"VIETNAM CENTRAL BANK WIDENS DONG TRADING BAND"

Yeah, that's what a shrinking Dong will say every time.   "If you would just tighten your policy, honey...."

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:57 | 6441975 ebworthen
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Must need a Dong ring, helps with currency turgidity I've heard.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:00 | 6441998 trulz4lulz
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Nobody likes a weak dong.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:18 | 6442085 Killer the Buzzard
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Me love you long time!

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:52 | 6442212 Mintcoin
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Don't touch it - Stay away from the dong, it's going down.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:57 | 6441977 CheapBastard
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I am Long the Dong.

 

Size matters.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 21:58 | 6441982 Berspankme
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My wife has never properly valued my dong. 

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:02 | 6442007 nmewn
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I'll just add, there's nothing worse than a devalued dong.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:20 | 6442095 Cangaroo.TNT
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This is exactly why I would never hold Dongs. 

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:03 | 6442014 joego1
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Those vietnam babes can't keep off you if you ever travel there. They want gringo dong bad.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:00 | 6442238 FedFunnyMoney
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5 dollah we go round the world, GI.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:07 | 6442035 gwar5
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Ding Dong.

  Who's there?

Bang Dai Ho.

  Bang Dai who?

No, Bang Dai Ho.

  Me no bang any Ho's here either! Dong got dinged, me no money!

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:10 | 6442044 billybobtx
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So Long Dong

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:16 | 6442064 Ajax_USB_Port_R...
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<dong>devalue</dong>

<dong>devalue</dong>

                 <dong>devalue</dong>

 

 

 

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:25 | 6442080 Yen Cross
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 I see the VWAP line in the devaluation. I do it with currencies.

 I see the step down, [deviation/sigma] variance.

 The green solidstep down line is "standard deviation" probably based on standard 2%.(one sigma) The lower right axis line merges with the lower trading band, after crossing VWAP.

 For anyone that cares? Paging Pfoney Star? VWAP is the inverse of Bollinger Bands.

 VWAP although Tyler taught me some better indicators, represents the same movements that bands do, without all the mischief.

 I've yet to find a leading indicator or oscillator better than the human eye.

 

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:26 | 6442119 Bryan
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This is the funniest group of comments I have read yet on ZH.  lol

Is that seriously the name of their currency?  Didn't they do a focus group before they picked that name?  lol

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:30 | 6442137 Dog Will Hunt
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Of course they did.  Isn't it obvious what they were focusing on?

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:32 | 6442147 Burticus
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Sum ting wong.

Dong too lo.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:36 | 6442161 Circlehook
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Dammit! You beat me to it! LOL!

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:49 | 6442201 Macon Richardson
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If there was a Nobel Prize for the inane, ZH comments would win every year.  It does amaze me that ZH, a site dedicated to financial and economic news, attracts nothing but adolescent white boys. Amazing!

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:01 | 6442242 Burticus
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Yoo Dum Fuk Hu Wung Poo, Suk Mai Dong Tso Cum Tu Soon.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:48 | 6442361 trip kitchen
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With set-up lines like this, Tylers could have written some good copy for the old comedy teams like Martin and lewis.  The line could have read,  " Vietnam devalues currency third time this year"  but there wouldn't have been much response to that.  Not complaining, just observing.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 11:19 | 6443734 J Jason Djfmam
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Abbott and Costello "Who's on the Dong?"

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 04:21 | 6442715 Rogue Trooper
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Fuk yu too marcon yu cum too soon oneey two two weak say pwofile.... no do /sarc tag. Awwo low is red take dat bwuatch!

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:53 | 6442216 Salah
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"Dong that Dirham!" (as said in the UAE, with that Emirates Air "all-hookers-all-the-time" Ho-City RT)

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 22:56 | 6442226 FedFunnyMoney
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Long dong silver.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:02 | 6442243 mijev
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At a nudist wedding it's easy to see who the best man really is.

Tue, 08/18/2015 - 23:32 | 6442326 yogibear
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A limp dong, oh my.

She no like.

 

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 00:01 | 6442389 Sanity Bear
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Too easy. Pass.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 00:45 | 6442479 tarabel
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The MPC is about to make one hell of a comeback over there.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 01:23 | 6442547 Falling Down
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They need a stronger dong? Just sell them a few F-35's and F-22's.

That'll fix that weak dong.

 

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 03:34 | 6442685 user2011
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I thought vietnam should go the other way.   Making dong stronger can buy more weapons..   Also make Chinese eat more expensive rice.   China need to import rice from Vietnam to have enough food to eat.      Best way to defeat your enemy is to starve them.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 06:09 | 6442778 tool
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When I went there for as holiday and saw how much Dong I could get for 1$AUS I was amazed(I know what your thinking and no). Its like they've gone full Zimbabwe but held in suspended animation, not having their currency collapse.

 

The population also surprise surprise understand the value of storing their wealth in gold. Its funny when they emigrate to Australia they lose that understanding .Western nations are  much more sophisticated in there methods financial manipulation helping most them forget those past lessons.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 07:08 | 6442856 robertocarlos
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Too beaucoup.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 08:51 | 6443157 Shibumi2
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I clicked on the thread for only one reason...to see if the posters on what i thought to be a fairly sophisticated financial blog would take the bait and the easy shot, or rise above it and act like men of sophistication and breeding...

 

Well, I got my answer....

 

Ok, now here's mine...

 

 

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 08:53 | 6443161 Shibumi2
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Bankers cant keep hands off Dong

The Dong also.rises...

 

Hey, this is fun

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 09:04 | 6443188 d edwards
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Sum Ting Wong with my Dong!

 

please Viet Nam, rename your currency the Fred or something! :-D

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 09:27 | 6443286 kralizec
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No Long Dong, it is Short Dong time.

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 10:20 | 6443507 Dawgeatdog
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Vietnamese women have said for years, Vietnamese dong is way overrated. 

Wed, 08/19/2015 - 11:21 | 6443739 J Jason Djfmam
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The Dong Fix can be painful.

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