I will be on vacation for the next week but then I will be headed to Sydney for the very first time. I know that there are many Australians reading my blog and I would be delighted to meet you in person. Here is my itinerary. Hopefully we can cross paths:
Friday October [...]

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In my report on last month’s Japanese election, I noted that the newly-appointed Japanese finance minister, Hirohisa Fujii, had spoken out against forex intervention. With that, it seemed the matter was closed.
But not so fast! Over the following few weeks, Fujii (as well other members of the new administration) moved to clarify his position, backtracking, [...]

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The Brazilian Real has been the world’s best-performing currency against the Dollar in the year-to-date, having risen 32% through the beginning of October. At this point, a mere 8% rise would send it crashing through the high that it touched last summer, prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

The currency has now firmly returned to [...]

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I was on CNBC tonight talking about why I believe the Australian and New Zealand dollars are NOT overvalued. On FX360.com I published an article talking about the relative Purchasing Power Parity values of the major currencies and how undervalued the U.S. dollar really is. Enjoy!

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A theme in forex markets (as well as on the Forex Blog) is that as the Dollar has declined, virtually every other asset/currency has risen. The rationale for this phenomenon is that the global economic recovery is boosting risk appetite, such that investors are now comfortable looking outside the US for yield. However, this market [...]

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