Andrew Busch
Andrew Busch
basis certainty dollar fed groove initially pause people profits provided raising reason saying sell shorts
Initially it provided a basis for people to take profits on their dollar shorts because what the Fed was saying was they may not know with certainty that they will pause (in raising rates) and ....therefore there's no reason to get your groove on and sell dollars.
fueled heels japan russia saying
(South Korea's announcement) comes on the heels of Russia saying the same thing. This has fueled speculation that Japan may do the same,
canada commodity energy gold hurting markets seeing volatility
We're seeing volatility in the energy markets and commodity markets with gold being part of that that's hurting Canada.
begin coming data easing focus high japan later likelihood market next people stop unwind week
People are coming to the realization there is a very high likelihood that the BOJ next week are going to stop quantitative easing or begin to unwind it, and there is a lot of market focus on Japan CPI data later this week.
believe canadian cent continue decline dollar gradual lose parity per pieces somewhere start strengthen territory
The pieces are in place for the Canadian dollar to continue to strengthen and the U.S. dollar to continue to lose ground. I believe that we are in the start of a gradual decline of the U.S. dollar that will take us somewhere in the territory of parity ? we are only 10 per cent away from that now.
jobs moderation number soft support
Today's jobs number would support the idea of a soft landing, or at least moderation in growth.
continues favor yield
The yield differential continues to favor the U.S. dollar.
aid billion fed katrina problems
The Fed is back to tightening, ... $200 billion in aid more than offsets any problems of Katrina on GDP.
bank canada canadian demand dollar gas gold positives prices raised supported year
The Canadian dollar has been supported by a lot of positives this year as prices of oil, gas and gold rose. Bank of Canada has raised rates; that also boosted demand for the currency.
breakdown critical hours next
Next 24 to 48 hours critical for a breakdown for the U.S. dollar.
canadian dollar far gas general gold natural selling
In general if you see oil, gas natural gas and gold all selling off you know the Canadian dollar is probably not far behind.
growth strong
There's strong growth and no inflation. It doesn't get any better than that.
dollar finger greenspan messy painting speaks trading until
Until Greenspan speaks on Wednesday, dollar trading will be like a kindergarten's finger painting -- messy with not a lot thematic clarity,
given market meeting took
Given they have a G-7 meeting this weekend, the intervention took the market by surprise.