The Traderszone Network

Greetings from Palo Alto. Over three years (and thousands of posts……) ago, I wrote Color and the Mania in This Valley. The thrust of my post was:

+ Color.com had received $41 million to develop an app;
+ The app sucked out loud;
+ The company deserved to fail.

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With the USD experiencing its longest stretch of weekly gains since Bretton Woods, it appears, as SocGen notes, that recent currency movements have triggered nostalgia of the pre-crisis world when dollar strength was synonymous with a prosperous global economy. However, given the extreme positioning and potential for policy-maker complacency, SocGen warns the paradox is thus that a strong dollar tantrum could be a more worrying scenario than a Fed tightening tantrum.

The Long USD Trade…

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The massive wave of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong — dubbed by some the “Umbrella Revolution” — may deliver a hard blow to the territory’s economy, and even to China as a whole, some analysts say.
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Fed tightening expectations may spur fears emerging market turmoil will return, but Societe Generale tips a strong dollar as a bigger risk.

Never mind Hong Kong protests, Pimco’s palace intrigue or violent clashes in the Middle East. The crucial influence on our markets right now is what investors are willing to pay for junk.

Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares the best way to play current volatility in the market and says to take some profits the next time it drives stocks up.

GoPro unveiled new cameras Monday and CEO Nick Woodman said the company is better prepared to meet demand this holiday season.