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  • US labor data confirms another round of easing is on the way...

    * Labor data confirms another round of easing...

    * The euro's future moves to the German courts...

    * China growth fears increase...

    * Gold pauses, but remains in an upward trend...

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  • Trichet Signals For A Rate Hike!

    In This Issue.

    * Euro rallies to 1.40!

    * Gold & Silver play catch-up.

    * Jobs Jamboree Friday!

    * Brazil GDP soars!

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  • A Jobs Jamboree for Friday!

    In This Issue..

    * G-20 Gives the green light to risk takers....
    * Currencies rally on the day...
    * A discussion on capitalism...
    * Yen continues to weaken...

    Good day... And a Happy Friday to one and all! A Fantastico Friday, as I head to my fave city in the country, San Diego. I'll be heading to the airport shortly after sending this out. The currencies rallied nicely yesterday, and I'll tell you why... So, let's go to the tape!

    Well... Remember all the talk about relaxing the FASB mark-to-market rules in the past couple of months? The announcement was made in the communique of the G-20 meeting. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) revised the rules to allow companies to use their 'judgment' to a greater extent in determining the 'fair value' of their assets. The board also made it easier for companies to avoid having to take impairment charges against earnings when they suffer losses on their investments....
  • A New Year!

    * Currencies range trade... * With a bias to buy dollars... * Recession deepens in Eurozone... * India cuts rates... ** A New Year! Good day... Happy New Year! And a Happy Friday to one and all! A Fantastico Friday, I bet it will be, as most people are still on "holiday". I hope your New Year's celebration went well, mine did, spent with good friends, after a simply scrumptious dinner! Yesterday, we spent the day with friends again, as good friend Rick, had everyone and their brother to his new house to celebrate the New Year... I'm worn out! Good thing this is a quick shot work day, and then onto the weekend, because I'm spent! Well, enough of all that! The currencies traded in a very tight range on Wednesday, and I expect more of that today. The bias has been to buy dollars going into the year-end, and it looks as though that might be the case today, as there's been no data to speak of in the U.S., while the Eurozone printed a very weak manufacturing index report, indicating that the Eurozone's recession is deepening. Of course if we compared apples to apples the bias would be to buy euros, but since there hasn't been any "real" economic data in a couple of days from the U.S. this report from the Eurozone gets all the attention....
  • Change... What Change?

    * Currency Volatility! * Trading Theme creeps back! * ADP indicates a bad Jobs Jamboree... * Putting on my thinking cap... ** Change... What Change? Good day... And a Thunderin' Thursday to you! I say Thunderin' because we're expected to get Thunderstorms and rain today here in the St. Louis area... This will be the first rain we've received in some time, so, while it will bring cooler weather our way, it will still be much needed rain! Well... What a volatile day in the currencies yesterday! WOW! Running up and down the dial, all day long! At one point yesterday morning, the euro looked to be in the driver's seat, ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, driver's seat, yeah... Stop it Chuck, this is supposed to be a serious commentary! Yeah right! Well, at least seriousness is sprinkled in from time to time, eh? Anyway... What I was getting at before slipping off into a song by Sniff-n-The Tears, the euro was moving higher and higher, and was making the 1.29 and 1.30 handles look like picket fences when you pass them going 80 mph!...