Perhaps the next catalyst for mayhem will be the Greek situation. Negotiations concerning the size and manner of a ‘haircut’ on the value of Greek bonds continue on the path toward a masked orderly default preventing the release of the dogs of war that would otherwise have them baying with insurance claims and have some of the European banks collapsing into chaos. Such a scenario is of course probable given the overall reaction by the Greek people themselves; savage tax increases to be followed by the proposed salary and pension reductions will not rest easy with the bewildered and the governmentally  abused. The month of March approaches when things are most likely to come to a head. The European dream, that long awaited ripe faeces, is about to hit the political spin. “Incoming!”        

Originally posted by Esprit The month of March approaches when things are most likely to come to a head.

"Beware the Ides of March!"

Originally posted by expt2233 I am one of the ignorant people this woman refers to in this interview. What are the possible ulterior motives that this woman has?

The lady works for a US company whose prime focus is on US fixed-income securities; she’s selling US government bonds that are, incidentally, destined to show a negative return, hence the hype on the US economy. A Bernanke cheerleader.        

GD, they can come out with any sort of "crisis" story they want to, especially in Europe. This has a tendency to drag down most currencies (exception: USD, CHF, JPY) and equity markets. Almost all the currencies are manipulated to a large degree, especially with central bank "interventions" and pegs (ex. Swiss Franc and the Euro).

Personally, as someone who lives in Brazil, I hate the dollar. It only outperforms other currencies during bad times, or when there is a lot of uncertainty. I also suck at making long-term predictions, so I don't. I probably WILL, in the future, use very little money (leveraged of course) to ride some waves.

I'll be very happy when most of my money is OUT of America and it is my CHOICE of currency I want to use. And I make a ton of money in Brazil that goes into other investments in Brazil.

Forex is a scam, also leveraging is a dangerous casino parity, these two together just equal bad news. If given reason to build up your wealth, and if, somehow you make enough to later invest in longevity. In that case an excuse might serve as a worthy mention at the dinner table. Otherwise finding pennies on the street might be of relative interest to any forex players....