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- Many Corporations Crippled By Bad Currency Bets
- Kathy Lien submits: In an interesting twist of fate, currency bets are beginning to cripple the corporate sector. Apparently many corporations did not believe that the dollar would strengthen as much as it has. Tuesday, we learned that Citic Pacific lost more than $1.8B due to leveraged contracts...
- External links 2008-10-22
- Dollar Hits 2 Year High As Equities Continue Sell-Off
- Kathy Lien submits: The US dollar is on steroids Monday morning as the sell-off in global equities sends the dollar to a 2 year high against the Euro. The EUR/USD is within 3 percent of its fair value of 1.20 while the GBP/USD and USD/JPY are now undervalued...
- External links 2008-10-27
- Dollar Hanging on GM's Fate
- Kathy Lien submits: Signs of stability in the US manufacturing sector has failed to turn around the market’s risk appetite. Although the US dollar has weakened marginally against all of the major currencies, if US stocks continue to sell off, we could see the dollar regain strength. ...
- External links 2008-11-17
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- How Would U.S. Bank Nationalization Impact the US Dollar?
- Kathy Lien submits: I want to share my piece on How Nationalization of Citigroup C and Bank of America BAC could impact the US dollar if you haven’t caught it already (so I’m am posting his before I head to the NY Traders Expo). The rally in...
- External links 2009-02-22
- Pros and Cons of a Weak Dollar
- Kathy Lien submits: With traders in the U.S. and U.K. off enjoying their holidays, most people would expect a quiet day in the foreign exchange market. Unfortunately that has not been the case with the EUR/USD and GBP/USD enjoying a 100 pip trading range....
- External links 2009-05-26
- The Canadian Dollar and Oil
- Kathy Lien submits: The only major release on the calendar Friday is the Canadian retail sales report. Consumer spending in the month of April fell for the first time this year, driving the Canadian dollar lower. Spending on cars and gasoline dropped 1.9 percent, reducing overall spending by...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Lehman Spelling Trouble for the Dollar and Carry Trades
- Kathy Lien submits: The US dollar dropped like a rock at the open of the Asian trading session on Sunday. It has been a long weekend for US government officials and the leaders of Wall Street banks. Bank of America BAC and Barclays BCS pulled out talks...
- External links 2008-09-14
- Will the Dollar Rally End in 2009? The Traders Expo New York Transcripts
- Earnings Call ExcerptSpeakers Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT Boris Schlossberg, Director of Currency Research, GFT Thursday, February 5, 2009 About the Speakers Kathy Lien is the director of currency research...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-26
- 3 Things That Could Reverse the Dollar Rally
- Kathy Lien submits: With the US dollar hitting a six month high against the Euro on a intraday basis, everyone in the financial markets are talking about how much further the dollar can rise. However not as many people have entertained the notion of what could trigger a...
- External links 2008-08-19
- How Will the Dollar React to Non-Farm Payroll Report?
- Kathy Lien submits: The US economy has officially entered a recession and the labor market numbers that are due on Friday will confirm that. Not only do we expect the US economy to report its eleventh consecutive month of job losses but the job losses will probably be...
- External links 2008-12-04
- Dollar Rebounds on Central Bank Comments
- Kathy Lien submits: Over the past six weeks, the U.S. dollar has become very oversold and such a strong sell-off begs for a correction. We have said that official rhetoric from central banks would trigger a meaningful bounce in the U.S. dollar and that is the driving force...
- External links 2009-06-03
- A More Dollar Friendly Tone
- Kathy Lien submits: We have started the new trading week on a dollar friendly tone as the market questions the speculation over reserve diversification. The first ever BRIC summit (Brazil, Russia, India and China) begins Tuesday. The nations are expected to collectively tone down their criticism about the...
- External links 2009-06-15
- Looking for Precedent in the Dollar's Behavior During Recession
- Kathy Lien submits: There have been 3 recessions in the past 30 years. In each of those recessions, the dollar weakened in the first six months of the recession, then gained strength in the next six. Twelve months into the current recession, we see this pattern in the...
- External links 2008-12-03
- Why Is the Dollar So Sensitive to Geithner's Comments?
- Kathy Lien submits: How long does will it take for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to realize that his comments move markets? When he first took office, he mistakenly threatened to brand China as a currency manipulator. This caused a wave of volatility in the currency market and sharp...
- External links 2009-03-25
- Dollar Turns After Surprisingly Weak U.S. Consumer Confidence
- Kathy Lien submits: The dollar started the U.S. trading session weaker against higher yielding currencies, but the sell-off is beginning to lose steam as equities struggle to extend their gains. The month, quarter, half year end has led to a tremendous amount of intraday volatility in the EUR/USD...
- External links 2009-06-30
- 5 Reasons the Dollar Rallied
- Kathy Lien submits: The U.S. dollar is back. A quick look across the foreign exchange market Wednesday will reveal broad based dollar strength with no major currency able to remain in positive territory as traders piled back into U.S. dollars. The Australian dollar lost the most ground followed...
- External links 2009-07-30
- U.S. Dollar: Game Plan for Payrolls
- Kathy Lien submits: The U.S. dollar traded higher against all of the major currencies Thursday. This universal demand for the greenback suggests that the dollar’s rally is fueled less by risk aversion and more by a reduction of short dollar exposure ahead of the non-farm payrolls report. We...
- External links 2009-08-07
- What's Behind the Dollar Rally After the U.S. Close?
- Kathy Lien submits: The US dollar skyrocketed after the NY close and the driver is only one thing: risk aversion. Volatility has ripped through the financial markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 344 points and the US dollar surging to a year to date high...
- External links 2008-09-04
- The Impact of a Strong Dollar on Corporate Earnings
- Kathy Lien submits: I have spoke often about the consequences of a strong currency. In the case of the US, the weak dollar in the first half of the year has helped to contribute to Q2 and for some Q3 corporate earnings as well. However I strongly believe...
- External links 2008-12-23
- The U.S. Needs a Weaker Dollar
- Kathy Lien submits: U.S. corporations are beginning to complain about the damage that the strong dollar is having on corporate earnings. Tuesday morning, United Technologies UTX announced plans to lay off 11,600 workers as a rising dollar and deteriorating economic conditions forces the company to reduce costs. Yesterday,...
- External links 2009-03-10
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