Coming Currency Debasement Good for Gold
March 9, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
When I look strictly at what’s actually going on in the world, I have to think that gold will go to at least $2,000 in this cycle and there are very credible scenarios in which it could go to a multiple of that number. Why am I so bullish for the yellow metal? Let me tell you why. Words: 469
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Catalysts Causing U.S. Dollar to go UP
What is underpinning current dollar strength is a shift in market focus toward some of the headwinds facing the global economic environment. That’s swinging the risk appetite pendulum back toward safety, which is positive for the dollar. Words: 692
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Is There a Viable Alternative to the Dollar as the Reserve Currency?
February 19, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
Within the recent retracement of the U.S. currency there has been endless speculation about the future role of the dollar as the world’s primary reserve currency. Moreover, there has even been conjecture that the dollar will no longer exist at some point in the near future but any case made for the vulnerability of the dollar falls short when it comes to naming alternatives. Words: 631
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U.S. Dollar Tied to Equity Market Movements
January 26, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The USD remains on a steady downward path and is likely to continue to face a combination of both cyclical and structural negative forces. Words: 408
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The Dollar is Doomed and the Transition will be Fast and Painful
January 20, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
I would prefer a scenario in which rates rise slowly, and the dollar — as well as the economy — stabilize gently; while the alternative makes me wealthy, unfortunately, its actualization necessarily means I will be forced to watch everyone around me suffer – and that’s a troubling thought. Words: 1367
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What a USD Collapse Would Mean for the World
January 10, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
One of the biggest stories facing us would an end game of events leading to the end of the USD. The implications for the world would be no less than Armageddon – like. I mean it! Words: 717
U.S. Dollar to Drop Below Canadian Dollar in 2010 New Report Says
January 10, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The greenback will continue to devalue, with the loonie now expected to reach sustained parity sometime in the second quarter next year, closing out 2010 at US$1.03. By 2011, it will reach US$1.05. Words: 242
Is U.S. Dollar’s Days of Dominance Dead?
January 10, 2010 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The only possible way for the U.S. to delay national default on its totally unsustainable mountains of debt is to devalue the U.S. dollar by 75% to ensure that the real value of all those trillions in debt becomes sustainable. Even then the viability of the U.S. economy is extremely dubious, unless there are huge reductions in spending to accompany the massive devaluation of the dollar. Words: 385
What are the Alternatives to the U.S. Dollar? Part II
December 29, 2009 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The Japanese yen, the British pound and the euro, as I explained in a previous article, don’t offer any appeal over the dollar. That’s because the currency market is a beauty contest where the least ugly wins and not only is the dollar the least ugly, but it offers refuge when fear and uncertainty grip the markets. Words: 1049
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Which Currency Could Replace US$ as World’s Reserve Currency?
December 26, 2009 by Editor · Leave a Comment
You are, at this point, probably sick of hearing how everyone, worldwide, hates the U.S. currency. The United States is overleveraged, they say, or worse — bankrupt. When social security obligations kick in, surely the U.S. dollar is headed toward zero. But is it? Words: 623
