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DOLLAR REACHES BREAKING POINT AS BANKS SHIFT RESERVES; LOSES 10.3% IN SIX MONTHS

October 12, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades. Policy makers boosted foreign currency holdings by $413 billion last quarter, the most since at least 2003, to $7.3 trillion, according [...]

Gold Touches a New Record

October 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning “Gold continues to climb…stoked by inflation worries,” says a headline in the International Herald Tribune. Yesterday, it touched a new record – $1,050 – even as the dollar rose, oil slumped under $70 and stocks dipped very slightly. Well, what do you expect? The United States added $1 trillion to its monetary [...]

US Dollar in Need of a Tourniquet

October 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning OK, front and center this morning, gold has soared to another all-time high! When I turned on the screen this morning, gold was flashing a great big $1,055 figure… WOW! But wait! Gold – and silver for that matter – aren’t the only risk assets moving higher… All 16 of the countries [...]

Gold, Silver, Metal Prices: Friday Commentary (10/2)

October 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

A Fundamental Question. Or Two. Or Three. Good Day, Gold relinquished the $1,000 level in the hours prior to yesterday afternoon’s final tick, but it was a slow, stubborn retreat. Such action persisted during the nighttime hours, fueled by additional dollar strength and profit-taking in crude oil. Today’s G-7 meeting in Istanbul might set the [...]

Commodity Currencies Rebound Versus the Dollar

September 30, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning Well… Instead of a “turn around Tuesday”, we’re seeing a whiplash Wednesday! And for once the Big Dog (euro) (EUR) didn’t lead the other little dogs (currencies) off the porch to chase the dollar down the street! No… This time it was the currencies of Australia (AUD) and New Zealand (NZD) that [...]

What Causes a Depression?

September 29, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning It is a gray morning here in London. We sit in the building with the golden balls, look out the window, and wonder… …how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt? How [...]

The New Gold Buyer

September 29, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning “Gold is rising because the post-Breton Woods exchange rate system doesn’t work,” Eric Roseman, our colleague over at the Commodity Trend Alert, matter-of-factly declares. “More than ever, governments are piling up debts, as a result of bailing-out their respective banking systems. There is a price to pay for this profligate spending. And [...]

China could buy IMF gold – Source

September 21, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Asian superpower is said to be considering the purchase but, only the price is right and the return is “relatively high” Read more….

Pimco Says Dollar to Weaken as Reserve Status Erodes

August 19, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

By Garfield Reynolds and Wes Goodman Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) — Pacific Investment Management Co., the world’s biggest manager of bond funds, said the dollar will weaken as the U.S. pumps “massive” amounts of money into the economy. The dollar will drop the most against emerging-market counterparts, Curtis A. Mewbourne, a Pimco portfolio manager, wrote in [...]

China says IMF wrong to question Congo deal

June 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The International Monetar Fund (IMF) must present new arguments to justify its call for changes to a $9-billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal between China and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), China’s ambassador to the country said on Tuesday. IMF officials worry the contract, a key element of President Joseph Kabila’s post-war economic policy, will plunge the central [...]

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