Australian Dollar’s Run May Hit a Short-Term Snag

$3.2 billion. That's the record trade surplus Australia's Bureau of Statistics announced on August 3, thanks in part to Chinese demand for the country's rich iron ore and coal exports. And that's just the latest good news from the island continent that has speculators feeling bullish about the Australian dollar (AUD).

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Consumer Confidence Data Affects the Euro

Yesterday morning I told you that the euro (EUR) had broken above 1.30, and I would check it to see how long it remained there… Well, this time it was more than 10 minutes, and the euro rose to 1.3040… But then the rug was pulled from under the single unit, and back below 1.30 it went… In fact, it fell to just above 1.29, before turning around once again and heading higher, eventually ending the day at 1.30.

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A Euro Short Squeeze

I got home last night, and looked at the currencies, and was in shock at the run the euro (EUR) had yesterday while I was gone… The euro climbed all the way to 1.2673! But before you start to kick yourself for selling into the weakness this week, as many people did, the euro has given back 1.50 cents to 1.2525… The thought was that the single unit had gone too far too fast.

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US Credit Rating: Who Will be the First to Downgrade?

During World War II, there was a saying, that, “loose lips, sink ships”… I think Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, should have taken those words to heart yesterday… You see, the currencies, led by the beleaguered euro (EUR), were rallying, and the single unit was nearing 1.37, when Papandreou made a statement that sunk the rally’s ship… He said, “Greece’s debt problems could soon spread to the rest of Europe and mean a weaker euro”

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