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TA Analysis: U.S. Dollar Index ETF (UUP)

"If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit," – Johnny Cochran

If this was the end of the mother of all carry trades, the retest of the previous swing would not have occurred on 13% contraction in volume. The contraction of volume suggests waning force at critical resistance.

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Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Dear CIGAs,

With the Dollar continuing to strengthen, gold is facing strong headwinds as carry trades are being unwound today. Chatter out of Europe about Greece’s dire straits (their credit rating was downgraded by Standard and Poors) has traders shunning the Euro and moving into the "safety" (please pause here for a moment and

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The Answers To Today’s Dollar Questions

My Dear Friends,

To answer the many calls and emails I am receiving, please understand that it is my opinion that the dollar market is the most fundamental of all markets.

I will never deny that the dollar can experience contra-trend positive experiences, but I foresee no bull dollar market, nor even firmness for

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Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Dear CIGAs,

Click chart to enlarge today’s hourly action in Gold in PDF format with commentary from Trader Dan Norcini

In The News Today

Dear CIGAs,

Think past economics and ask yourself if S&P opining on anything such as a defense budget is meritorious.

Now we have these damn rating agencies making foreign policy. Do you think the US ever has a secret defense budget?

All governments have secrets. All governments will always have secrets. Defense departments

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Jim’s Mailbox

Dear Jim,

The old golden rule: “Those who have the gold, make the rules.” The new golden rule: “Those that make the rules, makes the rules (and don’t have to produce the gold.)”

I wrote you about that some 3-4 years ago. It seems to be coming true. I talked to CIGA JB Slear

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In The News Today

Thoughts on Real Gold:

Traditional testing in the past has been by density calculation (mass divided by volume), but tungsten-lead alloys can be created that almost perfectly match the density of gold or silver, thereby rendering that test useless. Additionally, surface testing with acid chemicals or surface x-ray fluorescence is also an invalid test

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Jim’s Mailbox

Dear Jim,

Americans are feeling furious. These TARP paybacks are absurd.  We even hear the Treasury Secretary talk about the “profit” we made.  This is such nonsense for the above reasons.  This isn’t like banks went out and created new products and sold them on the market for a benefit to society. What they

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