US Dollar

Short Interview with Dave Skarica. We talked a week ago and Dave gave his outlook for the precious metals in 2010. We’ll have lots more interviews in 2010!

Currency Crisis Will Drive Gold By Neil Charnock goldoz.com.au We have a really big flightless bird Down Under called the Emu.  I will not draw absolute parallels between the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the Emu, even in jest, however the Euro looks like it will appear flightless at best this year.  Perhaps the myth … Continue reading

This year will initially see a continuation of the trends established in 2009. I understand that this seems like a bland statement. The stock market reads future trends and outcomes at times and has factored (government sponsored) growth this year. Thanks to the vast overflow and after effect of the stimulus capital flows this will come to pass initially and therefore I consider that the highest probability is that the stock market rally will continue in the first half.

Nonfarm Payrolls This Friday Could Dampen Commodities Overall this week has not been that exciting. Volume is below average as the big money traders slowly get back into action and wait for Fridays economic data to come out. We have seen gold, silver and oil put in a nice rally this week but they are … Continue reading

The White House estimates that the government will have to borrow about $3.5 trillion more over the next three years. On top of that, the U.S. Treasury has to refinance, or roll over, a huge amount of short-term debt that was issued during the financial crisis. Treasury officials estimate that about 36% of the government’s marketable debt – about $1.6 trillion will mature in the next 12 months.

Justice Litle: As the banksters rush to pay back TARP funds and clear themselves for year-end bonuses, the world moves closer to a hyperinflationary depression.

Gold Appears to Have Bottomed and Crude Oil Surges to Again Challenge Critical $80 Level

Could Gold and the Dollar rally together? It is possible in 2010

The rise and fall of paper currency notes relative to one another in the current economic setting reminds me of a seesaw – one currency goes up, then it goes down while its pair currency does the opposite. One currency may rise a little more in net terms over a period of time or vice versa based on various factors.

Last week I interviewed Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville. The main topic of our conversation was currencies and how action in the currency market (specifically the US$) could be a trigger for the next phase of this crisis, which has also morphed into a socioeconomic crisis. We talked about the chances of a … Continue reading