To: isopatch who wrote (3155 ) 11/11/2003 10:08:41 AM From: Jim Willie CB Respond to of 108918 the Euro currency, quick comments on technicals but with a few comments on EU, US, Chinese factors weekly chart:stockcharts.com [h,a]waclyyay[df][pb50!d20,2!f][vc60][iUb14!Uh15,5,5]&pref=G we might have a rectangle pause pattern here with bottom level of 107, high level of 119 a breakout would indicate a target of 119 + 12 = 131 but no signs here of any imminent breakout my guess is a bounded range for a few months here, while the JYen catches up across the Pacific the first 18 months of the Great Dollar Decline had not invited any Japanese damsels to the FOREX dance floor no more look for Asian ladies to see their hands grabbed in the next few months, as sellers look past European ladies some indication of a major Elliott Wave upleg from 86 to 119 over a year in time after the triple step, a pullback this summer to 108 the weekly stochastix (error in Can$ earlier, weekly not daily) showed a bear crossover two weeks ago but I dont expect that to show much follow thru the 20-wk MA at 114 might offer some support here we have been dicking around in upper 114's in midrange near 50 on relative strength, showing no bias up or down the 30-35% move from last spring/summer 2002 has had a detrimental impact on the EuroZone economies Germany's exports are down recession is evident in three nations in the EU exports are widely threatened now the EU is subject to huge price competition by Chinese exporters, who have realized a 30-35% pricing advantage in fact, I read of retooling of certain Chinese firms, whereby they target EU markets instead of US markets here is a wildcard prediction:CHINA WILL RELIEVE US PRESSURE BY REPEGGING TO THE EURO AS THE DOLLAR SLIDES VERSUS EURO, THE CHINESE YUAN WOULD APPRECIATE VERSUS THE DOLLAR THIS WOULD BE A DOUBLE VICTORY FOR CHINA ON POLITICAL FRONT, RELIEF FROM US PRESSURE ON TRADE FRONT, GREAT COMPETITIVE COUP FOR EU EXPORTS / jim