The end of the week brought us the surprising news that the SEC is bringing civil charges against Goldman Sachs in regard to disclosures for some of their mortgage products. This rocked investor confidence in virtually every product, but my initial guess is this reaction will be temporary. A significant number of commodity markets had [...]

U.S. Dollar Weakness: Get Used to it by Drew Shaw For the foreseeable future, I think the U.S. dollar will remain weak. That being the case, as an investor, there are some interesting currency strategies you can pursue. Canada and Australia are economies driven by natural resources, and should see their currencies strengthen as the [...]

Australia Feels Financial Crisis by Dennis Cajigas and Dan Faretta New Recommendations: Look to sell a rally of the March Australian dollar futures at 66 cents or better, and risk the trade to a close above 68 cents. Take profits on a break to a 60-cent downside objective. We have seen the inauguration of President [...]

Look for Overbought Yen to Correct as Intervention Talk Heats Up By Phil Streible Trading Idea: Buy March 105 Yen Puts The Japanese yen has been rising against most major currencies, and at these lofty levels, I think the government could come in and weaken the yen. Export growth is essential to Japan’s economy, and [...]