Currencies

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How Currency Manipulators are Impacting the Global Market

The big news rocking global markets early this week was China and its surprise move to devalue its...

What’s That Got to Do with the Price of a Big Mac in China?

One of the best ways to get your head around relative currency valuations is to look at what...

Gold and Oil Plunge: How Long Can King Dollar Last?

This year’s FreedomFest attracted a large number of financial gurus who use the Austrian economics of Ludwig von...

[Greece]

Two Ways George Soros Could Profit from Greece

Master speculator George Soros’ most famous trade was the one that “broke the Bank of England.” That was when...

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Why Currency-Hedged ETFs are Increasing in Popularity

The most recent data from May compiled by State Street Global Advisors, the company behind the Spiders, or...

What King Dollar Means to Investors

On September 14, 2011, I received a little book in the mail called “The End of America,” in...

Why Investors Shouldn’t Fight the Four Feds

Critics of the current global rally in equities make a big issue of how, if central bank stimulus...

How Some Euro-Zone Economies Are Gaining Momentum

During the last few months, I've grown increasingly bullish on the euro zone, and subscribers to my PowerOptions Trader service...

[European Central Bank]

To Hedge, or Not to Hedge, that is the European Question

When Nicholas Vardy asks you to do a guest column for The Global Guru, the first thing that goes through...

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Why Large-Cap U.S. Stocks are Losing Momentum

During the first three months of the year, the S&P 500 Index has barely budged, providing zero upside...