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What Would a Grexit Mean for Investors?

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - July 14, 2015

A new bailout bill has been negotiated for Greece and a "Grexit" has been averted.

For now.

So, what would a "Grexit" mean for investors? Here's how to prepare for what may very well be inevitable...

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What Would a Grexit Mean for Investors?

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - July 14, 2015

A new bailout bill has been negotiated for Greece and a "Grexit" has been averted.

For now.

So, what would a "Grexit" mean for investors? Here's how to prepare for what may very well be inevitable...

3 Ways to Play the European Central Bank Easy Money Madness

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - March 5, 2015

The European Central Bank meeting today (Thursday) stuck to the Eurozone's easy money script.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's commitment to super accommodative monetary policy in a sluggish Eurozone is certainly not the medicine Europe needs right now.

But it is has made some already enticing investment opportunities all the more attractive...

Eurozone Quantitative Easing Update: Expect Euro Snapback

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - January 23, 2015

The Eurozone quantitative easing announcement has come and gone.

There are a lot of headwinds on the road to QE-induced euro devaluation. But don't expect the current weakness in the euro to persist.

It's likely to bounce - soon. Here's how to play it for profits...

Why the U.S. Dollar Is Rising, and Why It's Going to Fall

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 11, 2014

Make no mistake about the U.S. dollar's recent strength; the long-term health of the world's reserve currency is still as precarious as it ever was despite the recent pick-me-ups it's received in foreign exchange markets.

Here’s why the U.S. dollar is rising now – but won’t be forever…

Silver Prices This Week Fall Further, but Price Gains Are on the Horizon

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 5, 2014

The news of rate cuts from the European Central Bank (ECB) is giving traders more reason to short the euro.

This looks like a further step toward large-scale quantitative easing in the Eurozone, and the euro is likely to see devaluation at the hands of inflationary cues from the ECB.

Here’s how you should play this currency…

The Biggest Takeaway from the European Central Bank Rate Cut? Short the Euro

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 4, 2014

The news of rate cuts from the European Central Bank (ECB) is giving traders more reason to short the euro.

This looks like a further step toward large-scale quantitative easing in the Eurozone, and the euro is likely to see devaluation at the hands of inflationary cues from the ECB.

Here’s how you should play this currency…

Why to Short the Euro in 2014

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - August 27, 2014

The euro is readying for a substantial devaluation at the hands of oncoming monetary and fiscal stimulus.

But don't think the euro bears haven't already thought of that, as the currency has lost 5.3% since its peaks in May.

Here’s why the euro is worth a short, but also why you should wait before you dive in…

Is George Soros About to Short the British Pound Again?

By kdowdle, Money Morning - February 20, 2013

Shorting the yen has earned George Soros more than $1 billion in profits since November.

Now Soros has set his sights on the second-most-shorted currency in the world - the British pound.

And he may have company, as the Financial Times reports: Along with Soros Fund Management, Tudor Investment Corp., Caxton Associates and Moore Capital - some of the best global macro traders - "see similarities in UK's predicament to that of Japan" and are interested in shorting the pound.

This adds to worries about the pound, which has already fallen 5% this year. And with exports falling, productivity low, and gross domestic product shrinking last quarter, Britain's economic outlook is foggy at best.

"There could be a dramatic weakening of the pound this year," one of the world's top macro hedge fund managers, who declined to be named because he does not want his firm's positions becoming public, told the FT.

For Britain's sake, let's hope that weakening doesn't lead to another "Black Wednesday," Sept. 16, 1992 - the day George Soros "broke" the Bank of England.

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