The euro hit a fresh high for 2009 at $1.5144 as selloff in the greenback took another big jump in New York afternoon trading....Making this pronouncement from a week ago look a bit silly:
I don't have anything concrete I can point to but 1.50 EUR/USD almost feels as if someone has drawn a line in the sand. As more and more money piles into the trade without movement past that line you start to lose the mo-mo traders and the psychology can shift fast.It's either one of those "I may be in error but never in doubt" statements a rookie would never refer back to or it's a Maxwell Smart moment: "Missed it by thissss much".
If the buck were to turn and head back to say, 1.20, the results for equities and gold would be painful.
I'm just sayin'...
[or it's like spring '08 when you said $1.53 and we went to $1.59 in July -ed]
I'm leaning toward Humble Student of the Markets' interpretation:
As good market analysts know, when the public gets on board a story, chances are everyone is already in the trade and the trend is likely to reverse soon. So it is with interest that I got the following viral email entitled "What good is a Dollar?"The answers: Make a penguin
A dragon:
Camera:
Butterfly:
Scorpion:
You get the idea. With investor bearishness on the US Dollar at an extreme reading, who is left to sell?
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