What Gold and Oil have in common besides being two great commodities to invest in , are gold and oil prices related some how and if yes how and why ? Oil feature contract exploration date , oil have a slightly negative influence on gold , and gold have a slightly positive influence on oil , but market forces are preventing this , and the last nugget you should remember is " Do not depend solely on a movement in gold prices to affect oil"
Monday, June 15, 2009
Commodities and Currencies Russia having hard time getting out of the Dollar
crude oil losing steam China Japan and Russia still hooked on US Dollar good demand to US Treasuries , China and Russia do not know where else to invest , Gold is not an alternative , there is just enough gold in the world ...
Howard Simons, of Bianco Research, and Meg Browne, of Brown Brothers Harriman, discuss whether the weak dollar is the reason for a run-up in commodity prices.
Howard Simons, of Bianco Research, and Meg Browne, of Brown Brothers Harriman, discuss whether the weak dollar is the reason for a run-up in commodity prices.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Russia has full confidence in the Dollar
June 13 2009 Russia has full confidence in the dollar and there are no immediate plans to switch to a new reserve currency, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said.
“It’s too early to speak of an alternative” to the dollar, Kudrin said in Lecce, Italy, in a television interview today after meeting with finance chiefs from the Group of Eight nations. The fundamentals of the dollar are still in “good shape.”
Russia’s central bank said on June 10 some reserves may be moved from U.S. Treasuries into International Monetary Fund debt, reiterating comments made last month by Kudrin. That drove Treasuries and the dollar lower. Kudrin said yesterday that Russia’s announcement on May 26 to buy $10 billion of IMF bonds did not represent “a significant change” in his country’s stance on the dollar.
The dollar declined against a majority of the most-traded currencies as Brazil and Russia joined China in saying they would shift some $70 billion of reserves from U.S. Treasuries into multicurrency bonds. The dollar’s drop also reflected concern that record debt sales and deficits will erode the value of the U.S. currency.
The dollar dropped 0.4 percent to $1.4016 per euro yesterday, from $1.3968 on June 5. The U.S. currency fell 0.2 percent to 98.43 yen, from 98.64 yen a week earlier. The euro was little changed at 137.89 yen, from 137.81 yen.
Dollar MFV $84.28 with the trend line at $85.00.
“It’s too early to speak of an alternative” to the dollar, Kudrin said in Lecce, Italy, in a television interview today after meeting with finance chiefs from the Group of Eight nations. The fundamentals of the dollar are still in “good shape.”
Russia’s central bank said on June 10 some reserves may be moved from U.S. Treasuries into International Monetary Fund debt, reiterating comments made last month by Kudrin. That drove Treasuries and the dollar lower. Kudrin said yesterday that Russia’s announcement on May 26 to buy $10 billion of IMF bonds did not represent “a significant change” in his country’s stance on the dollar.
The dollar declined against a majority of the most-traded currencies as Brazil and Russia joined China in saying they would shift some $70 billion of reserves from U.S. Treasuries into multicurrency bonds. The dollar’s drop also reflected concern that record debt sales and deficits will erode the value of the U.S. currency.
The dollar dropped 0.4 percent to $1.4016 per euro yesterday, from $1.3968 on June 5. The U.S. currency fell 0.2 percent to 98.43 yen, from 98.64 yen a week earlier. The euro was little changed at 137.89 yen, from 137.81 yen.
Dollar MFV $84.28 with the trend line at $85.00.
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