Forex Crunch » SDR http://www.forexcrunch.com Forex Trading with a Personal Touch Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:16:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= New Reserve Currency Threatening the Dollar Again http://www.forexcrunch.com/new-reserve-currency-threatening-the-dollar-again/ http://www.forexcrunch.com/new-reserve-currency-threatening-the-dollar-again/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:08:52 +0000 Yohay http://www.forexcrunch.com/?p=1195 John Lipsky,  First Deputy Managing Director at the IMF, said that creating a new reserve currency to replace the dollar is possible, and he also elaborated how. This news, that came over the weekend, could hurt the dollar’s comeback.

In a panel in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Lipsky said that such a step would be revolutionary, yet possible and would have advantages. How would it be done?

Read the rest of the article New Reserve Currency Threatening the Dollar Again]]> http://www.forexcrunch.com/new-reserve-currency-threatening-the-dollar-again/feed/ 15 Forex Articles For The Weekend – April 11 2009 http://www.forexcrunch.com/forex-links-for-the-weekend-5/ http://www.forexcrunch.com/forex-links-for-the-weekend-5/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:45:20 +0000 Yohay http://www.forexcrunch.com/?p=743 Here are some interesting forex-related reads that I found on my regular blogs / sites that I read.

  • Kathy Lien explains about seasonality in USD/CAD.
  • Market Skeptics details about the IMFs Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
  • Forex blog discusses how the Chinese Yuan vies for a Reserve Status, and this impacts other currencies.
  • Macro Man talks about how sometimes you should follow George Costanza and do the opposite of logic. There some forex examples…
  • FX360 discusses how currencies react to changes in global trading.
  • Making of a Forex Trader talks about the ups and downs of a Forex trader, from a personal perspective.
  • James Chen talks about Trading Divergences, from his new book.

As always, there’s lots to read and little time. Happy holidays!

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I’ve written in the past about the Dollar Yen Correlation. In previous events, such as the FOMC Trillion dollar printing statement, the dollar weakened, and then the Yen weakened even more.

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