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• The IMF/EU Commission Rift on Latvia Seems to Be Deepening

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-13

  Edward Hugh submits: Two weeks ago I drew attention to a revealing press conference given by IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky and European Central Bank governing council member Christian Noyer, where it seemed a rather different posture was being taken on the Latvian question than that which...

  Tags: Emerging Markets, Edward Hugh, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• With Rates on Hold, ECB's Trichet's Quite Complacent for the Moment

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-02

  The Prudent Investor submits: It's summertime and the livin' is... (fill with adjective best describing your situation.) The European Central Bank (ECB) has gone into a wait and see mode, leaving main interest rates unchanged and forecasting a return to mild inflation after Eurostat had issued a...

  Tags: Emerging Markets, The Prudent Investor, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• Are the IMF and ECB Lining Up Against the EU Commission over Latvia?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-29

  Edward Hugh submits: There was a very interesting and revealing press conference given by IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky and European Central Bank governing council member Christian Noyer in Paris on Thursday. Christian Noyer said that, in his opinion, Baltic countries like Latvia would not be helped...

  Tags: Emerging Markets, Edward Hugh, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• Is Hungary Set to Become the Next Iceland?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-20

  Edward Hugh submits: Iceland, why on earth Iceland? Well, the issue I have in mind concerns the independence and viability of central bank monetary policy (especially in a small open economy like Hungary's) and the role interest rates, and investor sentiment, and yield differentials, and oh yes, I almost...

  Tags: Emerging Markets, Edward Hugh, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• What Last Weekend's EU Summit Did and Did Not Achieve

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-03-04

  Edward Hugh submits: Well reading the press on Monday morning it would have been fairly easy to reach the conclusion that nothing really happened yesterday in Brussels, and that a great opportunity was lost. The latter may finally be true, but the former most certainly is not. Let's look...

  Tags: Emerging Markets, Edward Hugh, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• Will Europe Come to the East's Rescue?

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-02-24

  The Sovereign Society submits: By Eric Roseman Since January, deflation in the economies of East and Central Europe, including the Baltic Republics and the Balkans, has started to pick up steam as banks crash, stock markets collapse and local currencies plunge. by The Sovereign Society

  Tags: Emerging Markets, The Sovereign Society, CurrencyShares Euro Trust

• Do Foreign Currency ETFs Have a Place in Your Portfolio?

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-31

  Ray Hendon submits: Whether you know it or not, you are probably investing in foreign currencies now.  If you own an ETF or mutual fund in any international equity or fixed income product, you are taking a currency risk.  It’s not an indirect risk; it’s as direct as it...

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