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Austerity isn’t working in Europe (http://topics.bloomberg.com/europe/). Greece (http://topics.bloomberg.com/greece/) is collapsing, Italy and Spain (http://topics.bloomberg.com/spain/)’s output is declining, and even Germany (http://topics.bloomberg.com/germany/) and the U.K. a ..

an interesting article on Europes problems and why the "crisis" might be with us for a long time to come.... <http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2012/01/europes-debt-crisis> "The World Bank report shows that Europe has deep structural flaws to contend with. Perhaps most  ..

The currency markets are getting alot of attention lately from investors with good cause as this is one sector that - if managed properly- can provide good levels of growth & profit for those who participate. Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to relive it. One thing  ..

At Wealth Builder FX, business is great ! For us the "economy' is speeding up, not slowing down. Our business is booming. Outside, some of the herd are talking themselves into a 'recession' . Many actually enjoy it. They are slowing down and complaining. They are wallowing in the m ..

Well after breathing a sigh of relief that the United States was able to get over their political speed bumps and approve a higher borrowing ceiling to allow them to keep paying their interest bills, the attention is once again focused on the sovereign debt issues in Europe and in particular, G ..

So… here we are again… facing another scenario in the financial markets where no one has a clue at what will really transpire if the United States defaults on its debt. I did say in an earlier article in this very blog that the fundamental problems of the last GFC were not properl ..

THE Russian Central Bank will pour up nearly five billion dollars into the Australian (http://wealthbuilderfx.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/travel-graphics-200_429295a1.jpg) currency in a fresh wave of support, as Russia moves to diversify its reserves and shift away from the US dollar. The firs ..

Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke acknowledged in a recent speech that the US economy is recovering more slowly than expected. As the US economy recovers from the worst financial crisis and the most severe housing downturn since the Great depression of the 1930’s, it also now faces  ..

In a previous post (October 9, 2010) I said the AUD would probably reach parity or higher with the USD and stay there. (/images/149129-australian-dollar1.jpg) We are now seeing that as our reality ! There has been some discussion recently that the AUD could now get to USD$1.50 or higher over h ..

Commodity prices affect currencies differently depending on the use of those commodities in each country. A lot of that depends on whether a country is an importer or exporter of a particular commodity. Crude oil prices typically are a good example of this. Canada is generally thought of as th ..