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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Real Man who wrote (15424)	12/12/2008 10:45:32 AM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Respond to of 71400

i can't wait. nice chalet in swiss land. thank you bernie, my bestest friend.

To: Real Man who wrote (15424)	12/12/2008 10:52:02 AM
From: jvbigo	Respond to of 71400

The noise he hears is a huge bear.. youtube.com

To: Real Man who wrote (15424)	12/12/2008 11:02:24 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Respond to of 71400

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To: Real Man who wrote (15424)	12/12/2008 11:19:00 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71400

Vi Which on your list is the strongest currency Bank Rates - New Zealand NZD 5.00% Bank Rates - Australia AUD 4.25% Bank Rates - United Kingdom GBP 2.00% Bank Rates - United States USD 1.00% Bank Rates - Canada CAD 1.50% Bank Rates - EURO EUR 2.50% Bank Rates - Switzerland CHF 0.50% Bank Rates - Japan JPY 0.30% Clue it ain't the NZ!! Longer term you are probably right about the $ but while there is fear ww, don't bet the farm on a $ short especially against another paper currency.

To: Real Man who wrote (15424)	12/12/2008 1:19:36 PM
From: gregor_us	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71400

I think it makes sense for corporations globally to start doing alot of their borrowings now, in USD. Instead of hedging out the total exposure, they could simply collar the upside risk to USD strength. In terms of carry, funding currencies are often thought of as being used merely for speculation. However, we could see a renewed flood of Yen and USD based corporate and sovereign borrowing. In general, I see funding currencies as global credit cards. When the rates are low and risk is moderate, it's as though everyone's line of credit in the world has been increased. I assume the FED has figured out by now that since they are all-in on their reflationary bet, the simply have to get the USD back to a weakening phase. Of course, there are risks in that. I don't see a currency crisis just yet, with the USD. Actually, there is growing risk that the world reflates and then the true calamity unfolds in 2012/2013/2014. G