Correlation of U.S. Dollar to Stock Market Over the last couple of months, there has been a particularly strong correlation of the stock market to the US dollar. When the stock market strengthens or weakens, the dollar does the opposite. During the month of May, the stock market dropped sharply. During the same time frame, the dollar strengthened significantly on all the major pairs except for the Japanese yen. The first half of June saw a jump in the stock market. During the same time, the dollar weakened against all [...]
The Power of the US Dollar
The stock market prefers a weak dollar… By Carl Anderson
What is risk Appetite or Risk Aversion?
Risk Appetite- The term “Risk Appetite” refers to low yielding currencies, such as the CHF, and the JPY. When we are longing the Base pair associated with them (GPBJPY, USDCHF, USDJPY, GBPCHF) and shorting the counter pair expecting an uptrend, the term used to describe this action or posture is called Risk Appetite. Risk Aversion- Risk Aversion is essentially shorting the Higher Yielding currencies against the shorter yielding currencies aforementioned, and looking for a down trend in those currencies. Factors that we look for to describe either of these events [...]
Investing in the Iraqi Dinar
What is all this talk about investing in Iraqi Dinar?, people are investing in the new currency, but is it a hoax or is Iraq’s New Money really a way to get rich quick? Let me show you how to stop the fakes or scams and help you to be more educated you how to spot the fakes and explain what the Dinar really costs should you decide to move forward. First of all investing in paperback currencies is not new it has been going on for a long time. [...]
