'Run' Tag

  • Currency War: Who are the Winners and Losers?

    October 6, 2010

    On September 27, Brazilian Finance Minister, Guido Montega, used the term “currency war” to describe the series of recent Central Bank interventions in forex markets. While he may not have intended it, the term stuck, and financial journalists everywhere have run wild with it. In the current cycle (dating back a couple years), more than [...]

  • CAD/USD Parity: Reality or Illusion?

    February 15, 2010

    In January, the Canadian Dollar (aka Loonie) registered its worst monthly performance since June. Many analysts pointed to this as proof that its run was over, after coming tantalizingly close to parity. Others insisted that the decline was only a temporary correction, a mere squaring of positions before the Loonie’