Chart Review: Canadian Dollar Ready to Retake Advantage Over USD

Earlier in the day, I tweeted: Finally time to short $USDCAD. At 50DMA and a 2-week post-QE3 relief rally seems “long enough” For two weeks since the Federal Reserve announced QE3, the dollar index has had a nice relief rally. Notice that the dollar index has hit its first test at the 20-day moving average … Read more

Bank of Japan Maintains the Global Printing Campaign

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on September 19, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) In “Enhancement of Monetary Easing” the Bank of Japan (BoJ) rushed to match the Federal Reserve’s renewed commitment to printing money to resolve economic malaise. This is not the intervention I … Read more

Federal Reserve Printing Got You Down? Sprinkle Precious Metals On Your Portfolio

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on September 16, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) For those who have paid attention to the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, it is no surprise that money-printing continues to be the response to persistently poor economic performance. … Read more

Commodity Currencies Already Reverse QE3 Gains

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on September 17, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) I am still working on a revision for the commodity crash playbook to take into account the new QE3 regime, but the trading action is already moving faster than I can … Read more

Morgan Stanley Helps Shorts Crowded in Skullcandy, Creates Buying Opportunity

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on September 14, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.) Skullcandy (SKUL), a developer and distributor of audio accessories, is back in focus. Morgan Stanley (MS) slammed the company with a downgrade from overweight to equal weight and a cut in … Read more