Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bernanke's Hedged 2010 Recovery Bet, U.S Dollar at Inflection Point.

Today the market had a great catalyst to move it higher. Ben Bernanke said in testimony today that there's 'reasonable prospect' that the recession could end in 2009 and recover in 2010 but he heavily hedged his bet. Read the full Reuters article and watch the CNN video clip below.




I say watch the stock market, U.S Dollar and commodities as indicators. We're at a critical point in the U.S Dollar. If it breaks out to the upside I think global players are still using the USD as a safe haven, factoring in further price deterioration and disregarding the monetary base spike. If it double tops here players are probably starting to price in the movement of stimulus dollars and future inflation. Watch commodities and the stock market as I believe they will price in the purchases made with these dollars (or lack thereof) before it actually occurs. If the global markets can rally with the USD foreign Central Banks must be printing like crazy.

Dollar Is Best Looker in Ugly-Currency Parade: Michael R. Sesit (Bloomberg)


US Dollar Index 6 Month (Source: Stockcharts.com)


US Dollar Index 15 Year (Source: Barchart.com)


Commodity Price Index/S&P 500 (Source: Futuresource.com)




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