Dollar Value

A Stock Market Held Hostage by the Dollar

Michael Pento | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Currency, Dollar Value, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Yen, Wall Street Crisis, Hedge Funds, Economy, Business News
Michael Pento

In today's artificial and perverse global economy the best short term medicine for the ailing markets would be a weakening U.S. currency

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Cowardly New World

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Dregulation Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Hank Paulson, Bail-Out, Fiscal Stimulus, Dollar Value, Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Recession, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Are we rallying based on the idea that strings attached help and that heavy regulation will triumph over global recession and a public no better able to pay its bills?

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Starbucks and America's First Taste of the Greater Depression

Max Keiser | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

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Max Keiser

Starbucks is the first, but not the last example of how a falling dollar will make most items that Americans over consume too expensive for Americans to buy with their crumbling currency.

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Enough with the Market Forces

Jeff Goode | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush Economics, Dollar Euro, Economic Downturn 2008, John McCain Economics, John McCain Presidential Election 2008, Market Forces, John McCain Economy, John McCain 2008, Dollar Value, Conservative Economics, John McCain George Bush, George Bush Market Forces, George Bush, Home News

After the results of President George W. Bush's "market force" plan hits it's mark will he also brag about the result of getting people to cut back on food? And, at the end of his reign, Bush's delusional thinking will probably even let him claim victory.

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Ten Dollar-Friendly Destinations

MSNBC | Posted 05.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Dollar Value, Weakening Dollar, Weak Dollar, Business News

No, that's not a mirage. The economy is faltering, the dollar is getting clobbered by the euro, and traveling to the far reaches of luxury is costlier...

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An Empire of Debt -- Collapsing Under Its Own Weight

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Falling Dollar, Debt, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Dollar Value, Credit Crisis, Paul A. Volcker, Business News
Hale

The central problems started with the "supply-side revolution," and the policy of borrowing instead of growing is finally catching up with the great debtor that is the US.

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The Dollar's Denial

David McWilliams | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, 2008 Recession, David McWilliams, Recession, Weakening Dollar, Weak Dollar, Euro, Business News
David McWilliams

The dollar's fall is part of the gradual debasement of the US currency as the US government tries to fool its own people about the long-term decline of the United States.

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When is Low Too Low For the Dollar?

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 03.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, US Dollar, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Economy, Dollar Value, Business News
Martin Varsavsky

If trends continue the talk will not be about petrodollars anymore but about peso dollars and how the US joined the rest of Latin America as a nation unable to rise above its financial troubles.

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Soros: Worst Market Crisis In 60 Years

Financial Times | George Soros | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, US Housing Market, Soros, Weak Dollar, Financial TImes, George Soros, Market Crisis, Business News

The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since th...

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Is There Something the U.S. Can Learn from Argentina?

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Argentina, Foreign Debt, Dollar Value, Weakening Dollar, Economy, Business News
Martin Varsavsky

In Argentina, cash really is king as the other forms of payment are practically non-existent. So as the world goes into a US-originated credit crunch, Argentina finds itself in a unique position.

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Dollar Falls For Sixth Day Amid Turmoil In Pakistan

Bloomberg | Min Zeng | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Exchange Rate, Euro Dollar, Benazir Bhutto, Dollar Euro, Business News

The dollar fell for a sixth day against the euro as slowing economic growth and concern that turmoil in Pakistan will intensify made U.S. assets less ...

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Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: Warren Buffet on Index Funds, the Truth on Investment Professionals, and the Falling Dollar

Dan Solin | Posted 12.25.2007 | Business

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Dan Solin

"Investment professionals" who tell you that index funds are not more tax efficient than actively managed funds are either woefully ignorant of the facts or are deliberately misleading you.

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Euro-Wielding Shoppers See U.S. As "Fabulous Discount Mall"

New York Times | KATE HAMMER, JULIA WERDIGIER | Posted 12.16.2007 | Business

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Margaret Dragonette arrived in New York last week -- three nieces, a cousin and loads of empty luggage in tow. By the time Ms. Dragonette, an administ...

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Protect Yourself From The Dollar Drop

Money | Walter Updegrave | Posted 12.05.2007 | Business

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Question: I know I can protect my portfolio against inflation by investing in TIPs and against market volatility by diversifying my investments. But h...

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Ahmadinejad Calls Dollar A "Worthless Piece Of Paper"

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 11.18.2007 | Business

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that OPEC's members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves into a currency other ...

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Market Crisis: It's Not As Bad As You Think

New York Times | David Leonhardt | Posted 11.14.2007 | Business

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Until yesterday's rally on Wall Street, the news on the business pages has sounded pretty grim lately. Stocks are still down 6 percent from their peak...

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Consumer Impulses or Economic Reality?

Byron Williams | Posted 11.11.2007 | Business

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Byron Williams

The combined increase in gas prices along with home heating cost this winter translate to a tightening of consumer budgets--canceling out the good economic news regarding jobs and wages.

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Who's Afraid of a Falling Dollar?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.08.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Falling Dollar, Weakening Dollar, Bond Market, Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Citigroup CEO, Low Wages, Unemployment, Weak Dollar, Citigroup, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

Because of many years of overvaluation we have run up an enormous trade deficit, borrowing from the rest of the world at an unsustainable pace. This borrowing will have to slow, and the way this will happen is through an adjustment in the dollar.

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The Upshot Of The Dollar's Fall

BusinessWeek | Ben Steverman | Posted 11.08.2007 | Business

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But in the complex world of currency markets, things are not always as they appear. While a dollar in the dumps might look like a stain on U.S. pride ...

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Dollar Hits Record Low Against Euro

Voxant | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business

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Can the US be a Superpower with a Mini Currency?

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.02.2007 | Business

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Martin Varsavsky

The good news for the depressed dollar is that the Bush era is coming to an end.

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The Canadian Dollar Makes Its All Time Record

Ian Welsh | Posted 11.01.2007 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Dollar Value, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Oil Boom, China, Canada, Business News
Ian Welsh

As a Canadian it looks like I'm going to have to rewrite my own contracts with US customers so I don't lose even more money to this.

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Next Up: The Aussie Dollar?

Bob Harris | Posted 10.29.2007 | Business

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Bob Harris

It may not be long before the Canadian dollar is joined by the Australian dollar in passing parity in its U.S. exchange rate.

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Oil Hits New High...Dollar Hits New Low

Reuters | Janet McBride and Jane Merriman | Posted 10.26.2007 | Business

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Oil rallied to a fresh record high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the dollar tumbled to a record low, Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran and gu...

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George Bush and Lies About The Economy

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

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Jonathan Tasini

The Wall Street Journal has an interview today with George Bush that gives great insight into the disinformation, lies and, charitably, cognitive d...

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