Euro-dollar parity is still coming. Don’t be fooled by this sudden rebound.
The fundamentals support a fast dive to euro-dollar parity. But the technical traders simply won’t allow it to fall to those levels so quickly.
Here’s why euro-dollar parity will still happen, even if there are some snags on the way down…
The rebound in Q1 Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity (FICC) revenues at big broker-dealers like JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs has emboldened some investors to pile back into the sector. Deutsche Bank's record-breaking $2.5 billion fine for manipulating benchmark interest rates shows that it's probably wiser to stay away.
True, the German behemoth's stock yawned at the news...
Greece is on track to run out of money in two weeks.
Unless officials can alter its current burn rate, the Mediterranean country will hit a cash wall on April 8, according to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Exactly how much does Greece owe?
The country is 323 billion euros in debt ($352.7 billion) - more than 175% of its GDP.
These four charts help to put that number into perspective...
The march to euro-dollar parity continued today (Wednesday) as the currency slipped below $1.06 for the first time since 2003.
In January, our 2015 euro forecast saw euro-dollar parity happening sometime in the first half of 2016.
It's fallen 12.6% in 2015. And it's still got a ways to go...
Last week, the European Central Bank's turn finally came to announce large scale quantitative easing.
As the continent witnesses a battle between deflation and attempts at inflation, will it finally be enough?
Europe is following in the footsteps of the United States, hoping for similar "successful" results.
Instead, it's likely to fall somewhere between the U.S. and Japan.
From the Land of the Rising Sun there is precedent, but it's a forewarning.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting today marks 2015's inaugural meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy makers.
It's only been a month since the last meeting convened. But a lot has changed. It's following big stories in the way of global central, particularly from the European Central Bank.
Deflation in 2015 seems to be upon us. And while falling prices might seem like a good thing, deflation can wreak havoc on the economy.
In a deflationary period, prices will drop, corporate profits will dry up, wages will shrink, and all of this will reinforce the conditions of recessions.
These four charts show that the U.S. has a real deflation problem now...
I've been following one of the biggest "stealth" stories of the year: the rise of China's yuan as it gears up to take its place on the world stage.
Towards this very goal, China has taken steady, calculated steps for some time.
It's also no secret that China and Russia have a "special relationship" that will drive this trend.
The Swiss National Bank's three-year old franc-euro peg is no longer.
Yesterday (Thursday), the Swiss National Bank decoupled its fixed 1.2 CHF/€ exchange rate. This was on expectations that the European Central Bank will announce a quantitative easing policy in next week's meeting.
Here's why the Swiss abandoned the peg...
The euro is falling. Our 2015 euro forecast sees little changing over the next year - and for some time after.
Confidence in the euro is weakening. And the reasons are piling up against the falling currency.
Here's what's in store for the euro in 2015...
When Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe, he never could have imagined this.
Like so many revolutionary inventions, it's proven a doubled-edged sword.
The U.S. Fed has begun winding down its latest QE program (for now), and the baton's already been passed to Japan with its own massive easing campaign.
But lack of inflation and concerns about outright deflation are again gripping Europe.
So the latest "noise" from the IMF and European Central Bank (ECB) is signaling that Europe is about to crank up its own printing press.
While the implications may be serious, the profit opportunities are even bigger...
Last week I was asked by a Wall Street Insights & Indictments reader about a new challenge to the U.S. role in the global economy that few are considering.
It's a dominant role we've held since the latter part of World War II, and for 70 years it's gone largely unchallenged.
Until now.
The question isn't complicated, but it will be disturbing to some...
China's political and economic presence surges daily. Lockstep with that surge is the growing significance of its currency.
Along with China's emergence as the world's second-largest economy, its yuan recently displaced the euro and became the second-most used currency for international trade.
Chinese leaders are intent on internationalizing their currency by growing its acceptance, perhaps even challenging the U.S. dollar as the new reserve currency, a trend I've highlighted here before.
To reach that goal, new yuan trading centers are being established.
But the location of the next major trading hub is almost certainly not where you'd expect.
And the implications will redefine the power centers of global commerce... Full Story
One of the things holding many people back from investing in Bitcoin is the technical knowledge required to buy and sell the actual Bitcoins. But the Winklevoss Twins are about to change all that when their Bitcoin ETF gets approved by the SEC later this year.
The U.S. dollar has been the world's de facto reserve currency for almost 90 years.
But this financial dominance may be nearing its end.
In recent years, China's been floating the idea the yuan should take on the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency.
In fact, the Chinese have already negotiated numerous bilateral trade deals that completely bypass it.
And they've even called for efforts to "de-Americanize" the global economy.
Whatever happens, China's economic rise foreshadows increased influence.
It's a trend that not only has serious implications, but also great profit opportunities, if you know what to expect...
