tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27 2010-03-11T17:57:41Z With Currency Currents, you can stay tuned-in to our current global-macro view and our analysis of key investment themes driving currency prices. We consistently focus on the key asset classes responsible for the flow of global capital -- including equities, fixed income, commodities and, of course, currencies. Nothing is off limits to us in this free-wheeling look at the markets. Some days you’ll receive ramblings on trading psychology, while other days we may take an academic approach in explaining esoteric economic issues. Ultimately we have one goal in mind: to help you get a handle on the key investment themes driving global capital flow. Because if you know where the money is going, it increases the probability that your position in the market will be a profitable one. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4130 2010-03-11T17:28:10Z 2010-03-11T17:57:41Z

Waiting on the trade balance for Canada, eh? Well, at 8:30 EST we'll get Canadian capacity utilization, import and export figures and the trade balance.

Jack the Pipper Waiting on the trade balance for Canada, eh? Well, at 8:30 EST we'll get Canadian capacity utilization, import and export figures and the trade balance. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4123 2010-03-10T15:39:47Z 2010-03-10T15:52:58Z

Remember, macroeconomics is like working with Playdough. When you push on one spot, there is a similar or equal reaction in another...

Jack the Pipper Remember, macroeconomics is like working with Playdough. When you push on one spot, there is a similar or equal reaction in another... tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4117 2010-03-09T14:28:16Z 2010-03-09T14:39:42Z

You probably read about it already; maybe you didn't ... Being proposed is a European Monetary Fund (EMF) -- similar to the International Monetary Fund -- that could step in and bail out Eurozone countries facing troubled fiscal situations.

Jack the Pipper You probably read about it already; maybe you didn't ... Being proposed is a European Monetary Fund (EMF) -- similar to the International Monetary Fund -- that could step in and bail out Eurozone countries facing troubled fiscal situations. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4112 2010-03-08T15:33:29Z 2010-03-08T15:46:27Z

Now that global recovery is gaining momentum, according to the pundits, and risk appetite is back on the table, maybe the US dollar index is due for correction

Jack the Pipper Now that global recovery is gaining momentum, according to the pundits, and risk appetite is back on the table, maybe the US dollar index is due for correction tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4104 2010-03-04T13:51:47Z 2010-03-04T14:11:23Z

February US Nonfarm payrolls are reported tomorrow. Typically it's a snooze-fest in the markets for the 24 hours or so leading up to that report.

Jack the Pipper February US Nonfarm payrolls are reported tomorrow. Typically it's a snooze-fest in the markets for the 24 hours or so leading up to that report. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4097 2010-03-03T14:25:41Z 2010-03-03T14:40:07Z

Some analysts have the view that if Greece is stabilized it will prove the euro has passed a major test, and lead to a fresh new rally against the US dollar.

Jack the Pipper Some analysts have the view that if Greece is stabilized it will prove the euro has passed a major test, and lead to a fresh new rally against the US dollar. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4090 2010-03-02T17:20:05Z 2010-03-02T17:48:42Z

From the very first hint at a government stimulus effort in the US, there were plenty voices in the opposition's camp trying to point out the perversity of pumping money into an economy that was already awash with debt and over-leveraged.

Jack the Pipper From the very first hint at a government stimulus effort in the US, there were plenty voices in the opposition's camp trying to point out the perversity of pumping money into an economy that was already awash with debt and over-leveraged. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4083 2010-03-01T16:14:25Z 2010-03-02T05:32:29Z

Ouch! The British pound got hammered this morning...and the euro ain't acting as though the German/French plans to bailout Greece are going so well. Commodity currencies flat...but will likely take their cue from stocks again today.

Jack the Pipper Ouch! The British pound got hammered this morning...and the euro ain't acting as though the German/French plans to bailout Greece are going so well. Commodity currencies flat...but will likely take their cue from stocks again today. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4078 2010-02-26T18:08:19Z 2010-02-26T18:16:24Z

About two weeks ago, I unfortunately had to attend a funeral for my wife's uncle. He was really a great person--fun, intelligent, and a man with real integrity and deep religious conviction.

Jack the Pipper About two weeks ago, I unfortunately had to attend a funeral for my wife's uncle. He was really a great person--fun, intelligent, and a man with real integrity and deep religious conviction. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4073 2010-02-25T19:58:50Z 2010-02-25T20:09:59Z

Quickly, among the reasons we anticipate a multi-year US dollar bull market in the making is interest rate differentials.

Jack the Pipper Quickly, among the reasons we anticipate a multi-year US dollar bull market in the making is interest rate differentials. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4066 2010-02-24T14:49:29Z 2010-02-24T15:09:25Z

Who leads, who follows? Do rising stock prices make Mr. Consumer feel good i.e. wealth effect? Or does the ebb and flow of Mr. Consumer's confidence blaze the trail for stocks?

Jack the Pipper Who leads, who follows? Do rising stock prices make Mr. Consumer feel good i.e. wealth effect? Or does the ebb and flow of Mr. Consumer's confidence blaze the trail for stocks? tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4061 2010-02-23T17:41:10Z 2010-02-23T17:56:11Z

Why is this important? It is important because the IMF's morphing views on this imply emerging markets as a group are still highly dependent on capital flow from the developed world--center to the periphery capital flow (I saw this terminology first utilized by Georges Soros; not sure if he coined this phrase, however.)

Jack the Pipper Why is this important? It is important because the IMF's morphing views on this imply emerging markets as a group are still highly dependent on capital flow from the developed world--center to the periphery capital flow (I saw this terminology first utilized by Georges Soros; not sure if he coined this phrase, however.) tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4056 2010-02-22T15:28:16Z 2010-02-22T15:40:37Z

Winston Churchill once said: "Nowhere is more nonsense talked than by currency experts about foreign exchange." We are in total agreement, and unfortunately guilty as charged, even though we do our best to spew a minimum of nonsense.

Jack the Pipper Winston Churchill once said: "Nowhere is more nonsense talked than by currency experts about foreign exchange." We are in total agreement, and unfortunately guilty as charged, even though we do our best to spew a minimum of nonsense. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4050 2010-02-19T16:36:38Z 2010-02-19T16:53:32Z

Let's just say for example you study very hard an earned a PhD. in economics at a "top" institution. And let's say, given that you had tenure and time to consider pie in the sky stuff, as opposed to being worried about paying your mortgage next month, you develop a very nice theory about how to create a common currency.

Jack the Pipper Let's just say for example you study very hard an earned a PhD. in economics at a "top" institution. And let's say, given that you had tenure and time to consider pie in the sky stuff, as opposed to being worried about paying your mortgage next month, you develop a very nice theory about how to create a common currency. tag:www.babypips.com,2010:/blogs/currency_currents//27.4044 2010-02-18T15:19:21Z 2010-02-18T15:21:35Z

I say nasty because the pound said to us (actually more like screamed), "YOU'RE WRONG!"

Jack the Pipper I say nasty because the pound said to us (actually more like screamed), "YOU'RE WRONG!"