Wednesday, May 07, 2008

The US Dollar: A Marathon, Not A Sprint

The US Dollar has come in favor to many Wall Street participants in recent weeks. As shown in the charts below, the short-term action of the currency has been bullish, but the longer-term technical picture remains bleak. Using one of the oldest sports cliches in the book, Dollar bulls need to treat this as a marathon and not a sprint.

At its current level of 73.54, the US Dollar index is trading just off the bottom of its long-term downtrend. The next level for bulls to watch is the top of that downtrend at 77. If the currency can break above there, the marathon for a strong Dollar will be about 10% complete.

Usdollarchart

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Lunch is for wimps

Lunch is for wimps
It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another.