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EURo In Past Bear Markets

1darkmatter1 Posted 24 Mar.  in #USD #EU #Euro #Macro #Us #Eurozone #Economics #Fed #Fxe #Uup
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1) The past two major bear markets for the euro were significantly larger than the current one.
2) Currencies are prone to large overshoots.
3) The peak in monetary divergence is not known and even if it was, the incentive structure of interest rates favors a continued decline in the euro.
The first bear market is associated with the policy overshoot with Reagan's stimulative fiscal policy and Volcker's tight monetary policy.The euro's equivalent lost about 58% of its value.
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driven 24 Mar.

Thanks for the great info Alok. I have a few questions:
1) You seem to be quoting from somewhere, what are your sources?
2) I take it that the key message is that you/they expect the Euro to drop to $0.80 - any timeline for this?
3) This seems almost entirely about the US side to this, surely economic activity and policies in Europe are at least as important?

Thanks again.

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1darkmatter1 25 Mar.

Hey Uri, thanks for going through the article!
1) I work for the largest stock pitching journal(yes US based), so me and my team compile a few macro articles along with stock recos. Here I only see technical analysis blogs and therefore I post our team's 1-2 macro articles/day for those interested.

2) you can see it as early as next week. I think we will see that drop before the next quarter.
3) Yes, at the moment..its general consensus that Eurozone is weak and the economic activity and policies are nothing that we dont know and are being discussed and debated for a long time (cont)

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1darkmatter1 25 Mar.

(cont.) and its feasibility has long factored in the currency.

Would like to hear your views on this. Thanks

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driven 25 Mar.

1) Ok, that makes sense.
2) Wow $0.80 by next quarter (or even next week!) seems scary - as you say you think fundamentals are already priced in, you think this drop will be entirely due to market sentiment?
3) I get what you're saying, it just seems to me that if we see the Euro drop as precipitously as you suggest it will have to involve more than just the Fed's actions but rather something serious happening in Europe, either politically or economically.

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Russia Forex Reserves: Down Another Week

1darkmatter1 Updated 22 Mar.  in #USD #Forex #Russia #Ruble #Central Bank #Cbr
Based on weekly data for the week of March 13, 2015, Russian Central Bank forex reserves fell to USD351.7 billion, down USD5 billion on previous week. The reserves are now down 28.7% (USD141.5 billion) y/y. Compared to the same week a month ago, the reserves are down 4.5% (USD16.6 billion).
The rate of weekly changes in reserves (USD5 billion) is slower than in the week of March 6th (USD6.3 billion) but well ahead the 3mo average weekly decline (USD4.61 billion) and 6mo average (USD3.57 billion…
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driven 22 Mar.

I like your handle :) What do think the longer-term outlook is here?

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1darkmatter1 22 Mar.

Thanks driven! what time frame are you looking at? In 2016, the Russian Ruble is expected to increase to 60.00 . In the long-term, the Russian Ruble is projected to trend around 50.00, 34.81 and 38.33 in the years of 2020, 2030 and 2050 respectively, using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model calibrated using analysts expectations.

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