Today is our country’s first day of infamy… Pearl Harbor Day… I hope to visit Pearl Harbor some day, and pay my respects to those American soldiers and sailors who were attacked when we weren’t even at war with the Japanese… A day for us all to stop and think about what happened that day.
[Read more...]China Still Finding Ways to Gain Wider Renminbi Distribution
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday, I told you the currencies were range trading, with the euro (EUR) better bid, after Friday’s Jobs Jamboree crock… Well, about mid-morning, we received word that German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and French President Sarkozy, had reached an agreement on how to handle rogue Eurozone members going forward. They ironed out a new Eurozone Treaty, which will be presented to the Head of the Eurozone on Wednesday, and then on for a vote on Friday… This news was well received by the markets, and they happily marked up the euro, with the other currencies following along.
[Read more...]Did the Jobless Rate Really Fall?
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ll probably be all alone when I make this statement, but, then I don’t follow the trumpeter anyway… What a crock the Jobs report was last week! When will the major media figure this all out? Probably never, because they don’t have real investigative reporters any longer… But here’s what I’m talking about, folks… The Jobs Jamboree reported that 120,000 jobs were created in November… (The previous month was revised upward from 80,000 to 100,000) So… On the outside, things looked OK… But remember, it takes far more than 120,000 jobs each month to support a strong economy.
[Read more...]Rate Cut Week Next Week?
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
OK… It’s a Jobs Jamboree Friday… (Doesn’t it seem like we just did this?) The experts are looking for the economy to have created 125,000 jobs in November… Hmmm… While that would be nice to see, I doubt it has legs to stand on… IF, we really count the jobs created correctly… Remember that in October the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) told us the total jobs created for the month was 80,000? And then I told you that 102,000 jobs were added from the Birth/Death Model… Or as I like to call them…“ghost jobs”… So, that’s what I’m talking about when I say “count jobs created correctly.”
[Read more...]Gaining a Wider Distribution for the Renminbi
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s not a Terrific Tuesday for the currencies and metals this morning… Looks like it’s a completely Risk Off Day, with only renminbi (CNY) and yen (JPY) booking positive numbers versus the dollar, this morning.
[Read more...]Papandreou Calls Off Referendum!
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Eurozone leaders have a long way to go before they get past this debt crisis… And along the way there will be some potholes big enough to swallow a Mac-Truck. But knowing what I know about the resiliency of the region, they will pull themselves out of the pothole, and attempt to move further along the way toward solving the crisis.
[Read more...]Greek PM Begins to Sell the Grand Plan
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Good day… And a Wonderful Wednesday to you! I’m bailing on the trading desk today… Remember when I told you last week about too fast, can’t last with the currencies? Well… I think that was me and coming back to the office… Nevertheless, I’m here to give you the latest news on the currencies, metals, economies, and Chuckisms!
[Read more...]Greek PM to Put Bailout to a Vote
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The euro (EUR) has gotten swatted back to the corner it came from after the Grand Plan was announced last Wednesday night… The single unit is doing the rope-a-dope, and fighting to stay on terra firma, but to no avail… The scary creature from Greece has deep-sixed the euro and thus the other currencies, even yen (JPY), Swiss francs (CHF), and gold…
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Do Investors Pay Attention To Ratings Agencies?
Both Germany and the IMF have cut their growth forecasts for this year. Germany for Germany, and the IMF for global growth… But both are cutting their forecasts because of the same thing… Eurozone weakness, due to the debt problems, which are pushing austerity measures, which will cut growth for certain!
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