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    120 days is a quarter. Quarters are often used to dissect past information to predict future outcomes.
    We had a meeting to day to discuss the next half years outlook and one of the presentations was the USD outlook and future trends September2009 to March 2010
    while I cannot post the original material I took some notes and have transferred the relevant data from whence it came . (data is correct up till 3rd August 2009 and back 120 days) The frightening thing is there were very few of the 30 shown where the USD had risen off the boxing mat (retraced some ground)

    USD /EUR
    latest (Aug 3)0.699154 lowest (Aug 3)0.699154 highest (Mar 4)0.796495
    % Fall USD/EUR/120 days cycle 12%

    USD/AUD
    latest (Aug 3)1.18996 lowest (Aug 3)1.18996 highest (Mar 9)1.58241
    % Fall USD/AUD/120day cycle 24.8%

    USD/NZD
    latest (Aug 3)1.49934 lowest (Aug 3)1.49934 highest (Mar 2)2.02533
    % Fall USD/NZD/120 days 25.9%

    USD/BRL
    latest (Aug 3)1.8515 lowest (Aug 3)1.8515 highest (Mar 3)2.41522
    % Fall USD/BRL/120 days 23%

    USD/GBP
    latest (Aug 3)0.593722 lowest (Aug 3)0.593722 highest (Mar 12)0.728212
    % Fall USD/GBP 18.4%

    USD/CAD
    latest (Aug 3)1.06789 lowest (Aug 3)1.06789 highest (Mar 9)1.30561
    % FallUSD/CAD/120 days 18.2%

    USD/DKK
    latest (Aug 3)5.20513 lowest (Aug 3)5.20513 highest (Mar 4)5.93437
    % Fall USD/DKK/120 days 11.5%

    as well as
    Indo Rupiah -19.4%
    Polish Zloty -25%
    Norway Krone -15.3%
    Mex Peso-14.7%
    Ruski Ruble -14.3%

    THE GOOD NEWS - USD is Holding on by a fingernail to a few currencies that ARE Banana republics. Banana fruit therefore will not rise to much

    CONCLUSION - POOM - You have let the Inflation Genie out of the lamp. Deflation in the USA is dead now and you may
    welcome to at least 18% inflation looking forward as well as infecting the rest of the world with commodity shock.
    Oil and commodities in the USD exchange are going to go ballistic.
    Thank you for painting us into a corner Paulson/Bernankie and destroying what hope we had left of a recovery- Why - well you cant fight the Inflation Gene without a sword (interest rates) Try lifting them and its a POOM KA POOM. If the US/ World economy were a Chess game Id say checkmate in 3 moves. You have no Pawns or rear guard pieces left. It was inevitable in the end, the lie is going to kick us all in the wallet
    I Vote Eric Janson as El President'e Supremo
    (The graphs for the famed second derivative look like a triple black Diamond run in Aspen/Snowmass looking forward:eek
    Last edited by thunderdownunder; August 04, 2009, 02:15 AM.

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    Re: The New Banana Republic

    I like this report. It aligns with my current investments.I recently went short the dollar, using several ETF's: FXC, FXY, FXF, FXE, UDN, CYB, MERKX. These positions are along with my gold positions and a short on long treasuries (TBT). I'm still about half invested in cash and short term treasury equivalents.
    Last edited by ThePythonicCow; August 04, 2009, 06:10 AM.
    Most folks are good; a few aren't.

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      Re: The New Banana Republic

      My advise is be careful of shorting long term treasuries. They might rise in an exponential curve if a crunch eventuates. Fear will drive money into the shortest and safest option, short dated bonds."Park it up" You have to understand that ALL investors seek, first, the return of capital and second the return on capital. Shorting long term T's, in my view is a risk if the government is Hamstrung. They have painted themselves into a corner and can't use Interest rates to fight off inflation. long T's offer just that bit more against the degradation of inflation while remaining (apparently) safe
      Other advise was this is a bit of a boom for US companies that export -
      Catapillar, Big Phama et all. We live in Australia so our exports that are denominate in USD settlement will suffer while imports will become cheaper (Excluding China & Japan as the first is unhappily tied to the USD and the second is defying gravity) Japan is an enigma. They are in worst shape than any industialised country. They can't fight inflation yet they are broadside exposed to commodities yet Yen just keeps getting stronger further weakening returns on exports while having increasing inputs. Deflation is dead even there. Short the yen;)
      If the US stockmarket fell 18% over three months there would be sell orders galore but when your currency which is your stock in trade falls that much not a murmur. However Gravity has the last say and when the tide of inflation is on everyones lip it turns and tends to accelerate. Keep safe and liquid cause the first V of a W has formed.
      Correction: The U has formed and the 'I' attached to the RH side is waiting for gravity to do its thing.

      Please read pages 2-5 for a similar view that was expressed today, in no uncertain terms today, by a small company who has near perfect record over 100 years as estate planners. They think alike with only a few Asian influences that need watching.
      http://www.contrahour.com/ItsJustTim...nArmstrong.pdf. Just 2-5 OK- The rest of the article needs tinfoil hats and it will drive you nuts
      They believe the tide has turned or near about, within a month or three.
      They advise Hard hats and Kevlar safety vests until the volatility and debt over hang are worked through and dispensed with properly as they should have been first time round. Closing argument was a stunner
      "Nature tells us that a new crop is only viable with new seed, the remains of old crop must be plowed in as fertilizer to provide a clean field"
      That explains the current green shoots in a new perspective you would have to agree. (Hint for the non Ag lads - they are weeds)
      Last edited by thunderdownunder; August 04, 2009, 06:54 AM. Reason: attachment

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      • #4
        Re: The New Banana Republic

        Originally posted by thunderdownunder View Post
        Short the yen;)
        Could be. Of all my long currency positions, the yen has been the one going against me the most. I'm about to stop myself out of it.

        Certainly your warnings about shorting long treasuries make sense. Last year, long treasuries were quite bullish when stocks tanked. The main reason that I'm in TBT is I am testing out some recommendations of Bert Dohmen, whose newsletter someone else posted here recently. At this point, my TBT position is small; just enough so that I will notice the pain or the gain and begin to form a stronger opinion of how Bert's advice plays out.
        Most folks are good; a few aren't.

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        • #5
          Re: The New Banana Republic

          Isn't 90 days a quarter? 120 x 4 = 480, v. 365 days in a year.

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            Re: The New Banana Republic

            Pardon for confusion. The figures given were for 4 months past and they were looking forward 2 quarters ie; dissecting that information for the effects in the near future
            The future assumptions are for Inflation to increase substantially for most with the US suffering badly as the past $ fall, passes through the pipeline. They assume that the US companies have little room to absorb additional costs as the "fat" has been trimmed. They either pass it on quickly or tank the bottom line. Major Governments cannot fight the Inflation Genie as interest rates are effectively already Negative and to raise them as crushing blunt instrument will do serious damage

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            • #7
              Re: The New Banana Republic

              The US will become a large Detroit and so will most of Europe.

              The social signs are terrible: just watch the youth unemployment figures and the low economic productivity.

              Oddly, the West is in decline... Sad to say.

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