The Wall Street Examiner » Dollar http://wallstreetexaminer.com Be prepared. Stay ahead of the herd. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:01:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ZH: Dollar LIBOR mkt hints that Credit Agricole was Bank X http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1022056-zh-dollar-libor-mkt-hints-that-credit-agricole-was-bank-x/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1022056-zh-dollar-libor-mkt-hints-that-credit-agricole-was-bank-x/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:21:35 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1022056-zh-dollar-libor-mkt-hints-that-credit-agricole-was-bank-x/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/12/01/zh-dollar-libor-mkt-hints-that-credit-agricole-was-bank-x/feed/ 0 Europe: Bernakenstein to the rescue http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1021029-europe-bernakenstein-to-the-rescue/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1021029-europe-bernakenstein-to-the-rescue/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:17:54 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1021029-europe-bernakenstein-to-the-rescue/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/11/28/europe-bernakenstein-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 14 Reasons why we should Nationalize the Federal Reserve http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1016670-14-reasons-why-we-should-nationalize-the-federal-reserve/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1016670-14-reasons-why-we-should-nationalize-the-federal-reserve/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:30:32 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1016670-14-reasons-why-we-should-nationalize-the-federal-reserve/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/11/14/14-reasons-why-we-should-nationalize-the-federal-reserve/feed/ 0 US Dollar Update: Zero Hour Approaches; Bottom Appears Imminent http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/29/us-dollar-update-zero-hour-approaches-bottom-appears-imminent/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/29/us-dollar-update-zero-hour-approaches-bottom-appears-imminent/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:09:00 +0000 Pretzel Logic http://wallstreetexaminer.com/?guid=ad081546d9359d8d9f1725c06162b486 http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/29/us-dollar-update-zero-hour-approaches-bottom-appears-imminent/feed/ 0 Doug Casey Speculation Series – The dollar is a paper abstraction that will dry up and blow away, http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1006249-doug-casey-speculation-series-the-dollar-is-a-paper-abstraction-that-will-dry-up-and-blow-away/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1006249-doug-casey-speculation-series-the-dollar-is-a-paper-abstraction-that-will-dry-up-and-blow-away/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:26:32 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/1006249-doug-casey-speculation-series-the-dollar-is-a-paper-abstraction-that-will-dry-up-and-blow-away/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/07/doug-casey-speculation-series-the-dollar-is-a-paper-abstraction-that-will-dry-up-and-blow-away/feed/ 0 Holiday Retail Sales Set to Slide Amid High Unemployment and Low Consumer Confidence http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/05/holiday-retail-sales-set-to-slide-amid-high-unemployment-and-low-consumer-confidence/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/05/holiday-retail-sales-set-to-slide-amid-high-unemployment-and-low-consumer-confidence/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:00:55 +0000 David Zeiler http://moneymorning.com/?p=56903
Consumer spending continues to be restrained by an unemployment rate that has stayed above 9% for 26 of the past 28 months. Furthermore, rising food and gasoline costs, fears of a new recession, the loss of equity from the housing collapse, and mountains of leftover credit card debt have prospective purchasers tightening their purse strings.

And adding to consumers' woes, income fell for the first time in almost two years in August, dropping a seasonally adjusted 0.1%, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

Now the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) said it expects holiday retail sales to be up 3% this year, down from the 4.1% increase last year, and markedly lower than the 5%-plus gains seen in prosperous economic times.

"This holiday season is going to be challenging," Ken Hicks, chief executive of Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL), told The Wall Street Journal.

Consumers are definitely not in much of a spending mood. The 45.4 September reading of the Consumer Confidence Index, although it was up slightly from August, is far below the 70.4 level it had reached in February. The index usually is over 90 in a thriving economy.

Even more damning, Americans are almost universally pessimistic about the U.S. economy. In a recent CNN/ORC International poll, 90% of Americans said economic conditions were "poor," up from 81% in June.

Another survey, conducted last month by AlixParters LLP, found that 41% of consumers planned to spend less on holiday shopping this year. That's up from 31% last year.

"Consumers are very apprehensive and cautious in spending, and we expect that to continue," Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, told USA Today.

Competing for Dollars

That means holiday retail sales will be captive to bargains and deals more than ever this year, particularly at discount and mid-level retailers.

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]]> http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/10/05/holiday-retail-sales-set-to-slide-amid-high-unemployment-and-low-consumer-confidence/feed/ 0 S&P Could Fall 20%, 2-Year Treasury Hit 0%: Analyst http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/998397-sp-could-fall-20-2-year-treasury-hit-0-analyst/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/998397-sp-could-fall-20-2-year-treasury-hit-0-analyst/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:44:54 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/998397-sp-could-fall-20-2-year-treasury-hit-0-analyst/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/09/13/sp-could-fall-20-2-year-treasury-hit-0-analyst/feed/ 0 Bernanke: "U.S. bank exposure to ChocoZone is… http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996755-bernanke-us-bank-exposure-to-chocozone-is/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996755-bernanke-us-bank-exposure-to-chocozone-is/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:43:05 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996755-bernanke-us-bank-exposure-to-chocozone-is/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/09/07/bernanke-u-s-bank-exposure-to-chocozone-is/feed/ 0 King Dollar Is Being De-Throned http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996221-king-dollar-is-being-de-throned/ http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996221-king-dollar-is-being-de-throned/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:56:26 +0000 Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner http://forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/topic/996221-king-dollar-is-being-de-throned/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/09/05/king-dollar-is-being-de-throned/feed/ 0 A Currency Markets Primer with Four Ways to Pocket a Profit http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/09/01/a-currency-markets-primer-with-four-ways-to-pocket-a-profit/ http://wallstreetexaminer.com/2011/09/01/a-currency-markets-primer-with-four-ways-to-pocket-a-profit/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:00:13 +0000 Larry D. Spears http://moneymorning.com/?p=55428
Average daily trading volume in the global foreign-exchange markets (forex or FX markets) was $3.98 trillion in 2010, according to the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, and estimates put current totals well above $4 trillion.

Daily forex trading dwarfs volumes for all other leading investment vehicles - by a huge margin. Bloomberg estimates average daily trading volume for all U.S. Treasury securities at roughly $300 billion. Stocks barely register at all in comparison; average daily volume on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is just around $25 billion.

Even if you combined the volume of all the world's stock exchanges, it still wouldn't equal the value of daily forex trades.

One reason the forex market can be so huge is that it isn't confined to a physical location, nor does it have a central exchange. Unlike the NYSE, which has a trading floor for stocks and bonds as well as a computerized trading network, the forex market is strictly an "interbank" or "over-the-counter" enterprise.

That means banks and other large currency traders can either deal directly with one another, or they can match their foreign-exchange needs via one of several Electronic Brokering Services (EBS) such as the Society for World-Wide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).

The forex markets also operate 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week - shutting down only on Saturday and early Sunday.

Given the huge volumes, the bulk of currency trading is conducted by banks, Wall Street-type institutions, governments and other truly major players. However, forex markets are structured to allow fairly easy access for individual traders.

This means there are trillions of dollars trading each day that you should be a part of - and here's how.

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