{"id":31931,"date":"2015-02-18T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=31931"},"modified":"2015-02-17T20:37:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T01:37:53","slug":"the-currency-war-has-expanded-to-new-fronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/the-currency-war-has-expanded-to-new-fronts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Currency War Has Expanded to New Fronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By: Elliott Wave International<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i>Editor's note: This article was adapted, with permission, from the February issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, a publication of Elliott Wave International. All data is as of Jan. 30, 2015. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa480&amp;dy=aa021315&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/signup\/default.aspx?id=99995%26articleid=5346\">Click here to read the complete version of the article, including specific near-term forecasts, for free.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The \"Currency War\" we discussed in our October issue of <i>The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast<\/i> and again in the January issue has expanded to new fronts, as world central banks fought to remain economically competitive by trying to push down the value of their currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore became at least the ninth nation to \"jump on the easing bandwagon\" in January, employing loose monetary measures designed to reduce the value of the Singapore dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Our long term bullish forecast for the U.S. dollar remains on track, and this month the Dollar Index jumped to 95.527, retracing 50% of its decline from 121.020 in July 2011 to 70.700 in March 2008.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/images\/charts\/1502-everyone-loves-USD.png\" alt=\"Everyone Loves the Buck\" width=\"355\" height=\"546\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some chart labels have been redacted to preserve value for EWI's paying subscribers. To get access to the fully labeled chart, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa480&amp;dy=aa021315&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/signup\/default.aspx?id=99995%26articleid=5346\">click here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Short term, the rally is stretched like a taut piece of rope: Prices have closed higher for 30 out of the past 39 weeks. Recently, a 10-day average of a poll of currency traders (courtesy trade-futures.com) showed 93.7% dollar bulls, an all-time record high. Also, Large Speculators in futures and options, who are generally trend-followers, now hold an all-time record net-long position of 72,897 contracts, as shown on the above chart.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme in these measures shows the strength of the rally but also reflects a trend that is ripe for a correction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa480&amp;dy=aa021315&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/signup\/default.aspx?id=99995%26articleid=5346\"><em>Click here to continue reading the complete version of the article as part of a lengthy excerpt from the newest issue -- including specific market forecasts, fully labeled charts and more -- 100% free.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px; border-top: solid 1px #CCCCCC;\"><em>This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa480&amp;dy=aa021315&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/freeupdates\/archives\/2015\/02\/13\/The-Currency-War-Has-Expanded-to-New-Fronts.aspx#axzz3Rf3XC4ks\"><strong>The Currency War Has Expanded to New Fronts<\/strong><\/a>. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Elliott Wave International Editor's note: This article was adapted, with permission, from the February issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, a publication of Elliott Wave International. All data is as of Jan. 30, 2015. Click here to read the complete version of the article, including specific near-term forecasts, for free. 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