THE "BIG TREND" IN THE EURO IS CLEARLY DOWN Yesterday, we announced it was "currency week" in Market Notes. We plan to show you several important ideas in this extremely important market.
One big idea is that currency trends are different than the ones you find in stocks. The fortunes of a giant, established economy can't turn on a dime like a stock's can. You can think of your average stock as a jet boat… while the currency of an established country is like a giant oil tanker.
Below is a six-year chart of the pan-European currency, the euro. Most folks don't realize it, but the European Monetary Union economy is the size of the U.S. economy. And the euro is its "paper of the realm." As you can see, this tanker is headed in a bad direction…
In early 2008, the Euro Index sat at 159. Since then, it has been locked in a huge, stair-step decline of "lower highs and lower lows." This decline has taken the currency down to 128. Europeans with their savings parked in conventional bank accounts are slowly but surely losing wealth. Given Europe's ugly debt situation and struggling economy, expect this big trend to continue.
Source:
www.dailywealth.com
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