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Profits In Currency Options Better Than Stocks

| April 16, 2008 | 0 Comments

Have you looked at the S&P 500 lately?  The S&P 500 is an index of the top 500 companies in the stock market.  It’s supposed to measure how well the market is performing.  Yesterday it closed at 1,334.  This is a stunning number. You see, the S&P 500 first reached the 1,334 level in May […]

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ETFs On Foreign Currencies

| March 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

Raising money for emerging growth companies is not as easy as it sounds.  Believe me.  I spent a significant portion of my career running around the globe meeting with entrepreneurs and introducing investors. For a time I was based in London.  That experience gave me a unique insight into the European continent. While in London […]

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Falling Dollar Benefits Large U.S. Multinational Companies

| March 3, 2008 | 0 Comments

Who would want the US Dollar (USD)?  This is a question investors and traders ask themselves all the time.  The US Dollar continues to fall and nobody can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Look at the chart below.  This is an index of the US dollar against a basket of currencies.  […]

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Falling Dollar’s Effect On Stock Market

| February 20, 2008 | 0 Comments

Lately, the US markets have been whipsawing back and forth.  Up 100, down 100, up 100.  It’s hard to find a trend in markets like these, but I’ve found one . . . the US dollar.  It seems like the US dollar has fallen every day for the last few months. For some people this […]

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