The irony of all this talk about the strong euro is the Euro (EUR) is not strong, the dollar (USD) is weak. The Euro (EUR) is not going up against the British Pound (GBP), the Euro is not going up against the New Zealand Dollar (NZD). All the currencies are going up against the U.S. dollar (USD), which means the U.S. dollar is dropping, it`s a weak U.S. dollar.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
May 8, 2014
Forex Markets: New Zealand Threatens Markets With QE
In New Zealand there was some worries out of the New Zealand central bank. They threatened to do QE if the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) did not weaken on its own. They`re saying, "We are going to just print NZD if the market does not make them go down."
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
May 7, 2014
U.S. Dollar Weakness: 5 Year Lows Against The GBP
The biggest story of the day that very few people in the financial world seem to be discussing, noticing or even caring about is the weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Nobody has been forecasting a weak dollar other than me. None of the people who routinely show off on the financial networks have been bearish on the dollar, in fact they have been universally bullish.
Why are so many people bullish on the dollar?
Because they believe the U.S. economy is strengthening and they believe that the Federal Reserve will be tightening and they believe therefore that these are bullish for the dollar. They also believe that the U.S. economy is in better shape than the rest of the world because we stimulated it and they did not, or they did not stimulate enough or they practiced austerity and so we are getting the benefits of all the things the Federal Reserve did and other countries have not done that yet, they are going to do that, they will learn from us. So they are going to print more money and so we are going to have a tighter monetary policy.
All this as I have been saying for years is a complete nonsense. And today the dollar is at a new 5 year low against the pound sterling.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Why are so many people bullish on the dollar?
Because they believe the U.S. economy is strengthening and they believe that the Federal Reserve will be tightening and they believe therefore that these are bullish for the dollar. They also believe that the U.S. economy is in better shape than the rest of the world because we stimulated it and they did not, or they did not stimulate enough or they practiced austerity and so we are getting the benefits of all the things the Federal Reserve did and other countries have not done that yet, they are going to do that, they will learn from us. So they are going to print more money and so we are going to have a tighter monetary policy.
All this as I have been saying for years is a complete nonsense. And today the dollar is at a new 5 year low against the pound sterling.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
May 6, 2014
Financials: Bearish Looking Charts
The financials are leading this market down. We have some of the biggest losers in the financials, J.P. Morgan (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup (C). In fact if you look at these charts, these are among the weakest charts out there. And you would think that if the Federal Reserve is continuing to taper and the economy is not as strong as people thought, that should be bad for the financials.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
A Wake-Up Call For The Bond Market
An increase in QE will be a wake-up call for the bond market, and if the bond market does not wake up, the currency markets will wake it up.
Related ETFs: ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year ETF (TBT), iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Related ETFs: ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year ETF (TBT), iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
May 5, 2014
Economic Data: April`s ISM & The Weather Excuse
Economic news out today: ISM non manufacturing for April coming in slightly better than forecast. Of course non manufacturing unfortunately is the lion share of the U.S. economy and so April numbers a little bit higher than March, although just barely. If you are trying to argue that the economy was disaster because of the weather, you would have expected a much bigger jump in the ISM for the month of April.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
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