Positive eurozone expansion is making the region a more attractive bet for investors and
currency speculators.
While many digital coin «investors» would argue that neither does a dollar, I counter that just about nobody thinks of American cash as an investment, except for perhaps
currency speculators.
Therefore, many
currency speculators rely on the availability of enormous leverage to increase the value of potential movements.
By CountingPips.com — Get our weekly COT Reports by Email The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and
currency speculators reduced their bets for the Euro from a record high level this week while also pulling back -LSB-...]
By CountingPips.com — Get our weekly COT Reports by Email US Dollar net speculator positions fell to $ -23.42 billion this week The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and
currency speculators increased their aggregate bearish bets for -LSB-...]
«Secondly, they want the CBN to fold its arms and allow
currency speculators to drive the naira down to a level at which it will be easy for their paymasters to buy up and take control of the Nigerian economy.
A former Economic Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Ode Ojowu said the measure would further create problems for
currency speculators who had not recover from the sudden appreciation of the Naira.
But to be clear we are stock pickers not
currency speculators.
It's global payment network was started in 2012, and has continued to grow as companies have adopted it, and
currency speculators have taken interest in Ripple.
While some anticipate the loonie could pull back if
currency speculators want to lock in profits, the longer term trend points to a slightly higher dollar.
By now everyone has some awareness of Bitcoin — the rapidly growing cryptocurrency favored by internet geeks,
currency speculators, and those who want anonymity in financial transactions.
That's precisely why a fiat currency system (not pegged to gold) can still work and not be disrupted because of
currency speculators.
Businesses, snowbirds,
currency speculators, forex brokers, and importers in Canada are all trying to forecast where the CAD USD currency rate is headed.
Not exact matches
Small
currencies are also a favourite target for
speculators, which increases volatility, and the króna has been no exception.
After Switzerland's surprise move to unpeg its franc,
speculators are eyeing Denmark's
currency peg, but the Danes likely won't follow suit, analysts say.
Denmark's central bank is reaching for bigger bazookas to battle the
speculators betting it will be forced to abandon its
currency's peg to the euro.
Positioning data shows net long euro positions by
speculators fell last week, albeit from a record high, suggesting investors remain overwhelmingly bullish on the single
currency but are reducing those bets.
At this point, the sentiment that Britain would exit the ERM and devalue its
currency was a self - fulfilling prophecy; if the
speculators believed it enough to put their money behind it, it would eventually come true.
The net position — contracts to buy a foreign
currency at a future date minus contracts to sell the same
currency — is often watched by market analysts, who interpret its movements as a proxy for
speculators» changing views of the short - term direction of exchange rates.
Klitgaard and Weir use data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to analyze the relationship between
speculators» net positions and exchange rates for six
currencies from 1993 to 2003.
But given the international effects, I don't see how China is going to withstand yet more demand for its
currency as
speculators and other foreigners try to buy yuan - denominated assets.
Banks «earned their way out of debt» by lending to global
speculators who used the yen loans to convert into foreign
currency and buy higher - yielding assets abroad — capped by Icelandic government bonds paying 15 %, and pocketing the arbitrage difference.
Foreign countries can prevent their
currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other
currencies used by financial
speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.»
Two weeks ago Brazil moved to deter
speculators from pushing up its
currency, doubling the tax on foreign investment in its government bonds.
That's good news for
speculators who remain near the most bullish on the
currency since 2012.
In fact, the only time that
speculators in
currency futures, as a group, have ever bet more heavily on a rise in the euro was in 2011 when the euro / US $ exchange rate was peaking in the high - 1.40 s. Consequently, it could be argued that sentiment is more conducive to euro weakness than euro strength in the short - term.
It looks very much like
speculators in
currency futures have been buying the euro and selling the SF as a pair trade, undoubtedly to take advantage of the downward trend in the SF / euro exchange rate that got underway in April.
Investors and
speculators in the forex market stand to gain from arbitrage opportunities where
currencies are over or undervalued.
By CountingPips.com — Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Eurodollar Non-Commercial
Speculator Positions: Large
speculators continued to increase their bearish net positions in the Eurodollar futures (interbank dollar deposits, not euro
currency) markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
[11] It may also be useful to adopt the techniques used successfully by Singapore (and now others) to limit the ability of domestic banks to lend to foreigners in domestic
currency, thus making it much harder for foreign
speculators to take large short positions on the
currency.
Bitcoin's meteoric rise has been driven up largely by
speculators who believe, like gold, it could be a haven from the fluctuations of other
currencies.
Globally any
currency is only worth as much as people value it on the Foreign Exchange Market, so the global success of a state - sponsored cryptocurrency may be crippled by risk - averse
speculators.
Worse, instability in the European
currency markets — fuelled largely by rapacious
speculators — has forced the British government to pump billions into the Bank of England to safeguard the pound.
During a debt crisis or a
currency crisis, there will be an appeal against
speculators that are shorting the debt.
For investors who prefer to get pure exposure to gold and leave the
currency plays to the
speculators, Claymore launched an unhedged version of its gold ETF (CGL.C) in March.
Intelligent
Speculator compares investing in one country's
currency or market index... the result is quite surprising!
A
speculator follows the value of
currencies and sees the US dollar index strengthening.
@Intelligent
Speculator: As Returns Reaper points out Canadian investors speculating over the short - term might prefer these ETFs to the US - listed ETFs to avoid
currency conversion.
While some everyday vendors have looked into accepting Bitcoins too, most of the demand for the
currency has been fueled by
speculators, rather than early adopters.
Keynes started out as a foreign
currency and commodity
speculator in 1919, was wiped out twice in 1922, and 1929, and went on to become a Buffett - style concentrated value investor by around 1932.
That «s why these
currency pairs are often traded by
speculators and they are not taking into consideration in Forex trading and a standard brokerage account.
While
speculators have been flocking to virtual
currencies with intense fervour, professional investors have largely taken a more cautious approach.
Fear, perhaps justified fear for many
speculators with too much to lose, amplifies each new regulatory revelation, even when the news is good for the long term adoption of digital
currencies.
Warning that the use of bitcoins as an investment tool is limited because there is no underlying asset and the virtual
currency is subject to high volatility, the central bank said
speculators are at risk, as they would have no legal recourse if there is a loss of confidence in the cryptocurrency or if they are victims of theft from hackers.
So, here's how it's going to work: Normal people who aren't token
speculators will hold fiat, and they will exchange them for tokens at the very last minute via a new third party intermediary payment processor whose job will be to turn whatever stable
currency you have into tokens for the purpose of paying for that service.
Having seen bitcoin tokens explode from less than $ 0.01 to $ 10,000 per token in under eight years had
speculators throwing darts at dozens of virtual
currencies in 2017, grasping for straws at what might be «the next bitcoin.»
It didn't take long for
speculators to sniff out the SEC statement and begin selling their digital
currencies.
Meanwhile, others on Twitter are suggesting that much of Bitcoin Cash's weekend gains was fueled by
speculators in Korea, who could incur large losses if the
currency doesn't regain its momentum.
Forex stands for foreign exchange and is used to describe trading in the
currency market by investors and
speculators...
While bitcoin may have been the worst performing
currency in 2014, it also continues to be the most volatile
currency, creating opportunities for
speculators.