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AUD Declines, Still Can End Week with Gains

The Australian dollar fell today on the speculation that the European leaders will struggle to find an accord regarding measures for dealing with the region’s crisis. Still, the currency is likely to end this week with impressive gains.

The joint effort of the major central banks to bring the costs of dollar swaps down set the tone for the whole week and that tone was positive. The Aussie profited from the good market sentiment and isn’t likely to give away its weekly gains unless some major negative event would happen. The rally was simply too big to easily erased on just one session that left before the end of this week.

In the longer term, though, the outlook for the currency isn’t that great. The leaders of the European countries w

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Money in the Bank: Does It Still Mean “Safe and Sound?”

Bank failures still dominate headlines as the number of failing banks continues at an alarming pace in 2011. The odds are that you’ve seen at least one bank failure in your community since the financial crisis hit in 2008. Some economists claim we’re in a recovery, yet hundreds of smaller financial institutions still suffer from the debt crisis that began a few years back.

Consider this May 25 post from author Kalyan Nandy, on the popular Atlanta real estate site CityBiz:

“Bank failures continue with no end in sight. Last Friday, U.S. regulators closed down three more banks, taking the total number to 43 so far in 2011…Looking back, there were 157 bank failures in 2010, 140 in 2009 and 25 in 2008.

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CRB Index Hits Another New High; Still Down Over 20% From Peak

Although it seems as though a day doesn’t go by where at least one commodity is spiking to all-time highs, it may be surprising to some that the CRB Commodity Index is still down 22.3% from its all-time high in 2008.  After falling more than 57.7% from its peak, the CRB Index has rallied by 83.6%, which is actually a bit less than the S&P 500 which has rallied 96% and is currently down 15.2% from its all-time high.

 

Source: www.bespokeinvest.com