Posted on 07 March 2009. Tags: acquisitions, AIG, American International Group, auto industry, auto meeting, bailouts, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Chrysler, congress, construction, corporate equity, corporate stock, defense, defense contractors, democracy, Economics, equities, federal reserve, federal stimulus, Federalism, financial institutions, foreign currencies, forex, Geitner, General Motors, global New Deal, government structure, hedge funds, House financial services, House of Representatives, IMF, infrastructure, International Monetary Fund, international standards, mark to market, nationalization, Nevada, operate across borders, Politics, President Obama, prevailing wages, private-equity, regulations, Republic, Rob Viglione, Sarbanes-Oxley, SOX, state sovereignty, states rights, stock market, stocks could skyrocket, strings attached, systemic risk, trading partners, Treasury, U.S. dollar, unions, USD, White House
Will stocks skyrocket after this week’s mark-to-market House meeting? Federal stimulus raises concerns over state sovereignty, Obama targets defense contractors, IMF marching towards Global New Deal, feds hold auto meeting to determine government involvement, and the U.S. dollar reaches highest level since 2006…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 16 June 2008. Tags: australian dollar, british pound, canadian dollar, correlation, currencies, currency trading, euro, forex, FXA, FXB, FXC, FXE, FXS, FXY, Investing, japanese yen, mexican peso, portfolio diversification, portfolio management, risk, Rydex, Rydex ETF, swedish krona, swiss franc, yen
Americans should be afraid of the long term value of the dollar. The country has massive fiscal imbalances that only look to be worsening. The social-political trajectory we are on is not likely to change, so a prudent thing to do is start transferring assets out of the country. A great way to do that is to buy foreign currencies. Exchange-traded funds (ETF’s) allow the regular investor to gain exposure to a variety of the world’s largest currencies, including Euro, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Japanese Yen, Swedish Krona, Mexican Peso, and Swiss Franc.
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