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Currency Manipulators

It’s funny when Schmuck Schumer gets all bent out of shape, talking about how the Chinese are manipulating their currency. It’s like a rapist calling a prostitute a deviant.

The United States is purposely devaluing its dollar, at a minimum by its policies. However, the cynic in me believes there is something more to this decline. The entire program of the Fed is aimed directly at destroying the wealth of its citizenry, while relieving the debt burden of the government. Try traveling to Europe, then get back to me and say “the decline in the dollar does not interest me.”

Like the old Brits, it’s only a matter of time before the US loses reserve status. But don’t expect that to happen right away.

What you should expect, right away, is much higher commodity prices, especially those that trade on a global scale. The reason why natural gas blows is because we have lots of it. It is mainly a US story. Take a look at any other commodity, sans zinc, and there is reason to laugh and cry. Cotton at 140 year highs? Really?

Go flog yourself Mr. O’bama.

It’s gonna be a real treat to see the soon to be elected republicans break all of their promises, over the next few years. As always, one party will blame the other for lack of productivity and corrupt policies will go unchanged. I’m not really bellyaching, since my life is good. Plus anyway, the corruption of the US government is terrible; but we have a pretty big military, which is a nice sidebar. Until some sort of Eden appears, with a monstrous military, I am staying here, in this dumbass country, with you idiots.

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73 comments

  1. Diamond Dave

    FIG

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  2. gappingandyapping
    gappingandyapping

    Maybe we will get a dollar bailout eventually. Its all about doing lines of QE2 off the asses of hookers right now. Anyone who thinks this market is going up for any other reason than dollar destruction has no clue.

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    • Heaterman

      And thaaat’s the way it is. Wednesday October 20th, 2010.

      Pretty much hit’s the nail on the head there Gap. Looking broadly at fundamentals, there is little reason for exuberance, hence what we are seeing is irrational……………I’m jus’ sayin’

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  3. Yogi & Boo Boo

    5 Star post. Just like those generals.

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  4. Vegastrader

    I love it!

    Yep not much will change after the election. Unless all current politicians gets voted out. Both GOPs and DEMs. Power wins we loose.

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  5. Chuck Bennet

    dollar bail out exactly.

    China will forgive pur debt and markets go higher.

    regards

    chuck

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  6. Chuck Bennet

    our debt

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  7. Super B

    America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.

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  8. SteveTheNeighbor

    Mrs. Steve wants me to tell you that Mrs. Fly stopped by the house with some campaign pamphlets. Mrs. Fly said she is volunteering for Obama’s and the Soros group called The Center For American Progress. She wants us to attend the Comedy Central rally in DC in a few weeks. I told her I don’t support the Marxist Obama but she said you were going to be speaking at the rally.
    I guess Mrs. Steve and I will attend just to listen to you but I will not put a Hope and Change bumper sticker on my car like you have on your yellow PT Cruiser.

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  9. Le Fly

    All sixty countries had it coming.

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    • Jakegint

      Especially France!

      __________

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      • Indie

        i resent zat. I will stup all public transport. strike. strike strike. i will not vork for your anglo-saxon capitalist regime. I want my retirement at 45. drink wine, and eat fromage by the mediterané with ze wife and my 16 years old mistress.

        DANS LA RUE!!

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      • DeGaulleflaps

        Ehhh merde!!

        Fuckez Les Salops des Vichy!

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  10. NorCal

    “Until some sort of Eden appears, with a monstrous military, I am staying here, in this dumbass country, with you idiots.”

    Quote of the Year!

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  11. theedge111

    “Until some sort of Eden appears, with a monstrous military, I am staying here, in this dumbass country, with you idiots

    Classic Fly . I love it.

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  12. Swinging for the fences
    Swinging for the fences

    I thought MONEY was the root of all terror

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  13. Quint

    Is this stock market advice? I thought that’s what this site was about.

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  14. drummerboy

    thats the main reason why,right now, i wont revisit lpx. lumber is going parabolic,but it’s not taking the likes of lpx,wy,or pcl anywhere.at close to 260,lpx should be trading in the 11 dollar range.so yea,its all about the buck. but i cant imagine the chinese for giving any U.S. debt,unless of course we give them nancy pelosi, naomi campbell,oprah,whoopi,an joy behar in exchange.

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  15. nomercy

    If you want foreing investors to finance your shit, lower your currency and pump your stock market…they wil buy it ! …then, you fudge them !

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  16. Aristotle

    “Until some sort of Eden appears, with a monstrous military, I am staying here, in this dumbass country, with you idiots.”

    Slide over Mr Fly, let me sit down by you at the table and partake in a juicy rib-eye and some fine wine. We’re all in this together!

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    • Fourty-seven years, five months, twenty-eight days
      Fourty-seven years, five months, twenty-eight days

      Bro, you are certainly setting yourself up for “go fuck a can of corn”.

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  17. Rand

    Here I sit, broken hearted;
    Paid a dime, hearing obama farted.
    Sorry, couldn’t pay for better rhyme.

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    • ruggyup

      Egads, the ravages of time. It used to be paid a nickel. But, that was way before Eliot Sptizer would be denied membership at the Harvard Club.

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  18. Mr. President

    Fly, you MUST look into buying Madoff’s slippers!

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304741404575564333963057358.html?mod=e2tw

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  19. MarshalN

    China is not enough of an Eden for you?

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  20. Damon

    As usual, The Fly reads into the future. F*ckin genius that he is.

    What will happen when austerity measures start here in the good ole’ USA?

    Build an underground shelter, and load up on the ammo, my friends.

    This market is about to take a huge dump.

    Over and out!

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    • Bullish

      Damon, send us a postcard sometime from your bunker… We will be nice and tan up here on the surface

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    • Indie

      austerity measures in USA?!?

      you insane? it will be like france with GUNS!

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      • Heaterman

        No, They will find some way to take away our guns first, then bend us over…………just watch. In the immortal words of the immoral former chief of staff. “Never let a good crisis go to waste”. I hope Chicago elects him as mayor. That would be a match made in……….no, not there, the other place.

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  21. Mr. Partridge

    Consider moving to Canada or Australia – currency rocks..

    PS. no worries, everything is under control… just buy NFLX and watch movies all day long,
    economy and politics are overrated.

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  22. HurryUp-N-Wait

    So $660 million buys you 129 Dow points…..

    Good to know if I ever want to manipulate the markets!

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  23. panamaorange

    Firstly, if a major war kicks off in the middle east, it would be dollar bullish.

    Secondly, it might be started by Israel, Syria, etc–before we even attempt it.

    As far as the markets,
    Two bearish “megaphone tops” have failed in the SPY 60 min chart since September 24th. We are now working on invalidating a third.Ive never seen 3 megaphone patterns fail in consecutive order, while that closely interlinked.We should be at or near major SPY top–right here. Next major downside targets are 1150, then 1130.
    But, before that , we have some lesser volume profile support levels to go through
    http://chart.ly/bkpkvlo

    Before anyone doubts the power of megaphone patterns–remember, i used them to call a 700 point Dow Rally at start of July.

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    • Bullish

      How come you are always waiting for a war? Maybe you should try yoga or something to find a nice state of zen…

      Peace and Harmony on Earth

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    • Mr. Partridge

      May be U should have some fruitloops with milk.

      PS. Dollar will not be bullish for a while, a long one… get used to it.

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      • panamaorange

        War was in the article subject header.

        The dollar will not be bullish for a while? Really?

        So were you bullish on the Euro when i called for it to go to 1.40, back in late may? Because , im pretty sure a 2000 pip rally has priced in QE 2 at this point.

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        • Mr. Partridge

          Yes really…LOL
          I don’t know what you call in May or January, this year or last…this decade or past… I called for 4000 pip rally in CAD and AUD a while ago, but is doesn’t really matter.

          Frankly calling only good for people like Cramer and Kass, who get paid for it. If you pretty sure in something why don’t you place your $$ where your mouth is and make money.

          And by the way, war is on already… a different kind, and it too can last for very long time.

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          • Mr. Partridge

            PS. I am not bullish or bearish on Euro, I am on the right side… 🙂

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          • Yogi & Boo Boo

            Indeud. It’s the only side to be on.

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          • panamaorange

            i see 2 likely possibilities–

            Were printing the top for the year tonight.

            Anyone gloating on the bull side, up here, WILL be doing the walk of shame

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabcM9SOF-E&feature=related

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          • Mr. Partridge

            LOL… bull side .. walk of shame… top for the year…
            I don’t know what it all means… I don’t care about fluctuations.

            “I think it was a long step forward in my trading education when I realized at last that when old Mr. Partridge kept on telling the other customers, “Well, you know this is a bull market!” he really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements – that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.”

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  24. Larry

    Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.

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  25. Squid

    Classic Krull

    Fuck your mother and fuck you also!!

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  26. A Monkey with a Dart Board
    A Monkey with a Dart Board

    First!

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  27. Trading_Nymph

    Well G20 is up this weekend…..Jamie at Live brought up an interesting thought when I was bitching about POMO and how people are SO surprise when the USD drops as soon as Fed buys on POMO days…..he pointed out that USA may try and bargin with China about their Currency with us giving up QE if they give in a bit……just an interesting thought. Anyway, UK is cutting 500,000 employees and we are bitchie little girls with not wanting to give up the Bush tax cuts…does it make any sense at all…nope,….fair…..nope…..the rest of the world should just get together and throw the Rapist in Jail….really sad part, Obama, etc doesn’t even really understand how wrong we really are…or maybe they just don’t care.

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  28. jimmie

    I went all in OTB degenerate style long on NFLX pre-earnings with 1488 shares.

    Chart House for dinner tonite 🙂

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  29. Le Fly

    Jimmie

    You are my idol.

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