Dies soll der Grund für den gestrigen Euro-Anstieg gewesen sein. Macht Sinn: Wenn jemand große Mengen Euro gegen Dollar kaufen muss, weil er sich verspekuliert hat (z. B. weil er bei EUR/USD 1,25 mit starkem Hebel short Euro gegangen ist), treibt dies den Euro hoch - jedenfalls so lange, bis derjenige sich eingedeckt hat. Dies scheint gestern der Fall gewesen zu sein (siehe 1. Artikel unten).
Heute morgen steht EUR/USD wieder bei 1,2540. Habe gestern bei 1,2596 wieder komplett in den Dollar (long) umgeschichtet, weil ich glaube, dass nach dem wahrscheinlichen Scheitern des EU-Referendums nächste Woche in Frankreich der Euro noch eins auf den Deckel bekommt (ich schätze, der Euro fällt weiter 2 cents). Eine "Buy the bad news"-Situation wird es nicht geben, weil immer noch einige kapitalstarke Gurus auf der falschen Seite (long Euro) liegen.
Prominenteste Beispiele sind Bill Gates und US-Superinvestor Warren Buffett (siehe 2. Artikel). Warren Buffett ist mit seiner Firma Berkshire-Hathaway seit Weihnachten short Euro (mit Futures), was ihm beträchtliche Verluste beschert hat.
Auch fundamental sieht es für den Euro ziemlich schlimm aus (siehe 3. Artikel).
MEINE THESE: Die Euro-Stärke mit Kursen bis 1,3650 war im Wesentlichen eine Dollar-Schwäche, die nun durch die sich abzeichnende wirtschaftliche Schwäche im Euro-Raum kompensiert wird. Wenn beide Währungen gleich schwach sind, werden wir bald wieder die Kaufpreisparität (1,09) sehen.
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Hedgefonds deckt Shortposition ein
25.05.05 - 15:54 Uhr - EUR/USD Gerüchte über einen amerikanischen Hedgefonds, der nach Meldung der US-Auftragseingänge langlebiger Güter und im Vorfeld der EU-Referenden in Frankreich und den Niederlanden seine Shortpositionen in EUR/USD eindecke, werden für den kurzfristigen Anstieg des Währungspaares aus dem Bereich 1,2550-1,2555 bis über die Marke von 1,2600 hinaus verantwortlich gemacht. Trotz geringer Handelsspanne ist heute ein überdurchschnittliches Volumen gehandelt worden. Händlern zufolge steht eine amerikanische Investmentbank heute ebenfalls auf der Käuferseite. Im Bereich 1,2500 liegen größere Optionsgeschäfte im Markt, so dass mit einer Verteidigung dieser Marke gerechnet wird. An der Oberseite sehen Händler im Bereich 1,2630-1,2650 sehr viel Angebot. Gegen 15:50 Uhr CET notiert EUR/USD bei 1,2602. (rs/FXdirekt)
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Bet Against Bush's Stock Blows Up By James J. Cramer RealMoney.com Columnist
5/16/2005 11:56 AM EDT
Humbling business, this securities business. To think that both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett got short and loud against the dollar and then to watch the dollar soar reminds us that no matter how much money you may have accumulated, no matter how much information you can get your hands on, you still can be totally and completely wrong.
In his excellent blog, Jeff Matthews this morning marvels at how this, the second-easiest trade after the long GM (GM:NYSE) bond, short GM stock trade, also is blowing up in people's faces.
Frankly, I think this trade is the financial equivalent of the contempt that the press -- and Hollywood -- feel about President Bush. Just as that anti-Bush cohort couldn't believe that Iraq could amount to anything good like democracy, the anti-Bush financial cohort thought that Bush's fiscal policies had to lead to a devastating dollar downturn,.
Of course, timing's everything in this game. We already had the devastating dollar downturn. That was a "done" trade before these two geniuses bet the farm against the greenback.
And, as awful as the Bush administration has been on spending discipline, the Europeans are far worse.
Now, I know that the "out" on the trade is to say "Who would have ever thought that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan would have shown such discipline and raised rates to an extent that buoys the greenback?"
That, however, begs the question of why Greenspan has to raise rates: because portions of the economy, responding to Bush's policies, have been bid up to the point that they are too vibrant.
I think that both Gates and Buffett got emotional about this trade. I think they looked at Bush, the man, found him wanting and decided to bet against his stock, which is the dollar.
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Europe's Woes Make U.S. Not So Scary By James J. Cramer RealMoney.com Columnist
5/25/2005 8:43 AM EDT
Every day, every single day, managers in this country wake up to scary European headlines. They see headlines like Italian confidence drops, or German unemployment soars, or French industrial production plummets. They go on and on and on, every day. It's a constant parade of European horribles.
And then these U.S. managers get to the office, they boot up their machines and all they read about is how our confidence is on fire and our consumers are spending and our businesses away from autos are hiring and new homes sales are soaring.
To me, frankly, we have a very high-quality problem here in the U.S. compared with our European friends. They truly have no growth; they truly have stagflation, an uneven currency, a business environment from hell, vs. ours.
Why no one thinks like that, though, is beyond me. Why does our country always seem reckless? Why is our government always considered profligate and our policies inflationary? Just because our businesses spend and our consumers borrow? They would pray over there for the kind of borrowing we have in our country. They would worship at our productivity altar and would dream of this kind of home ownership.
Sure, we have people flipping condos in Florida, and no doubt there's speculation in Phoenix. Maybe, though, that's just the price we have to pay until the housing supply catches up to the demand. When it does, the people who are levered, or too levered, will jump out of windows and we will have a crash of that cohort.
But can we just for a moment remember what the heck is happening across the Atlantic? It is an economic nightmare over there, and I wouldn't trade a share of our worst stock for a share of their best one right now.
Random musings: Huge short interest on the Nasdaq. Well, that's plain stupid, isn't it?
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