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Pound Falls, but may be Oversold

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One of the pitfalls of forex blogging (or all financial reporting for that matter) is that it’s inherently after-the fact. In other words, any information about the past – while relevant – is inherently useless, since it has theoretically already been priced into the asset (or currency in this case). Before I begin my post on the Pound’s recent decline and the factors that wrought it, then, I wanted to offer the caveat that in analyzing past events, we must simultaneously look to the future.

 
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The Credit Crisis Looms - It Is Just A Matter Of Time - Here Are The Facts!

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The market continues to grind higher and today it challenged the high of the year. Trading volume is low and momentum is the driving force. Earnings season is almost over and the economic news is light. There's nothing to stand in the way of this rally for the time being. Solid earnings, strong balance sheets and low interest rates are the focal point. The market will continue to push higher until there is concrete evidence that a credit crisis is imminent.

 
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Greek’s woes passé?

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The market has been grasping at straws with little data to use as fodder, especially in the North American trading sessions. Risk-on, risk-off has been moving on hearsay. China may decouple the Yuan from the dollar, the Greek’s have Obama’s support and equity markets rallying on ‘air’ with little volume. Opposing arguments against a stronger EUR are mounting. Rating agencies are questioning the possibility of a European sovereign default.

 
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Weddings Cost Much More than You Imagine

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The Wall Street Journal says that weddings are much more expensive than people think, stating the following:

Your $18,000 wedding? It may really end up costing you between $90,000 and $200,000.

That's because the biggest cost of every dollar you spend is invisible. It's all the money you'd accumulate if you saved it instead. Over long periods, this cost dwarfs the mere sticker price, often by a factor of several times.

 
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Tuesday links: setups abound

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Setups abound.  (The Reformed Broker)

Is the risk trade back on again?  (The Money Game)

 
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Merkel Urges Regulation as Greece Takes Plea to U.S.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker called for urgent regulation of credit-default swaps to shore up the euro area and prevent a rerun of the Greek financial crisis.

Merkel, speaking to reporters in Luxembourg today before Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets President Barack Obama in Washington, said the European Union must take the lead in curbing the “very speculative elements” of derivatives trading, going beyond previous Group of 20 nations agreements. The U.S. must also be on board, she said.

 
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The Average Trader and High-Frequency Finance

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High-frequency finance can revolutionise economics and finance by turning accepted assumptions on their head and offering novel solutions to today’s issues.

In high-frequency finance:

•The first step involves the collecting and scrubbing of data.

 
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The Path of Least Resistance Is Higher - Look For Small Consistent Profits - Don’t Froce It!

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The market continues to grind higher. The prevailing thought on "the street" is that the credit crisis is overblown. Traders are focusing on solid earnings, strong balance sheets and low interest rates. Economic conditions are not recovering at the pace everyone would like to see, but the consensus is that better times lie ahead. The SPY is within striking distance of a new high for the year. Earnings season is almost over and the economic news is light. That means that the upward momentum will continue and it could be fueled by option expiration.

 
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Portugal Tries to Front Run Bond Vigilantes

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One benefit of the Greek crisis is it appears to have caused a country or two to rethink what they have been doing.  While the US, UK, and Japan are happy to simply print money (devalue the savings of their citizens) to solve their problems, those countries stuck inside the European Union and now in a common currency, no longer have that "out".  [Dec 13, 2009: Bond Vigilantes Prowling Europe]  Hence they actually have to make hard decisions rather than the infi

 
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