Currency Wars

The Gold Report: The beginning of 2015 has been volatile for global currencies, not the least of which was the Swiss National Bank removing its cap on the franc versus the euro. What precipitated that and what does it mean for the Swiss franc versus other currencies going forward? John Mauldin...

Futures Flat On Bank of Japan Confirmations, European Summit, Quadruple Witching U.S. equity futures were little changed in early pre-market trade as the latest European summit to target growth continued and the Japanese upper house of parliament approved the three new Bank of Japan board member...

The U.S. international trade balance plummeted in December as currency movements threw monetary and goods flows out of whack. For the month, the trade balance fell to $38.5 billion from $48.6 billion in November, worse than expectations of a balance of $46.0 billion. Currencies were to blame in...

Global currency wars brewing causing exports around the world to see seismic shifts? Central banks printing money until their eyes bleed? A global race to devalue? No problem!!! Just long these stocks, say analysts at Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS). The bank issued a note Thursday highlighting several...

Investors all remember European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's speech last August where he said that the ECB would do anything in its power to protect the euro. Five months later, credit spreads of peripheral nations ensnared in the debt crisis over those of safer nations have narrowed,...

The German IFO Business Climate Indicator, a broad leading indicator of the health of Europe's largest economy, rose in January and beat expectations of economists. European shares rose, led by those in Germany and the euro climbed on the news. In January, the German IFO Business Climate Index...