There is a direct correlation between commodities and currency, the higher commodity prices rise the higher a currency rises. This ahs been the case with Australian and New Zealand dollar: The currency have been rising on the global rise in commodities.

There are Australian ETFs and New Zealand Dollar ETFs that have been created to take advantage of this currency trends.

FXA – CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust

BNZ – WisdomTree Dreyfus New Zealand Dollar ETF

ADE – ELEMENTS Australian Dollar / USD Exchange Rate ETN

Australian and New Zealand Dollar ETFs

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Jim Rogers Long Positions

Jim Rogers is long commodities and long US dollar

Jim Rogers short positions

Jim Rogers is short long dated US treasuries, short emerging markets, short US technology and short one major US bank.

Watch the whole interview at CNBC.

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This time, gold has, so far, only multiplied five times — from 255 to 1430. If gold was to repeat its 1970 performance and multiply 24 times, it would rise to over 6,000. But there’s a difference between the two gold bull markets: This time the other half of the world’s population (China, India, Asia) has been added to the mix. And this time, the very viability of fiat currencies is a part of the picture.

Richard Russell has since 1958 been editor-publisher of the Dow Theory Letters, which “cover the U.S. stock market, foreign markets, bonds, precious metals, commodities, economics — plus Russell’s widely-followed comments and observations and stock market philosophy.

Source: Kingworldnews.

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Marc Faber is famous for predicting 1987 stock market crash. He advised his clients to get out of the stock market one week before the October 1987 crash.

Marc Faber Current Market Predictions & Forecast

1. US is going to go bankrupt – His current tag-line is: ‘buy a $100 US bond and frame it to teach your children about inflation by watching the US bond value diminish to almost nothing over the next 20 years’
2. As world population expand, food prices will continue to rise – Faber advises stock pickers to play on future food and water shortages by buying into companies with exposure to agriculture and water treatment technologies.
3. Commodities – Gold and other metals are still long term buys.
4. One of his most controversial forecast is imminent dirty war between US  and China over access to limited oil resources.

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Marc Faber Track Record

His market advice since 2000 is quite accurate.Faber predicted the rise of oil, precious metals, other commodities, emerging markets and especially China in his book Tomorrow’s Gold: Asia’s Age of Discovery. He also correctly predicted the slide of the U.S. dollar since 2002 and the 5/06 and 2/07 mini-corrections.

Marc Faber Investment Advice & Investment Tips

1. Don’t confuse luck with insight – Faber is famous for advising his clients to get out of the stock market one week before the October 1987 crash. However Faber said that this prediction was “accidental”.
2. Market Timing is very difficult
3. There is no value in US bonds – His current tag-line is: ‘buy a $100 US bond and frame it to teach your children about inflation by watching the US bond value diminish to almost nothing over the next 20 years.
4. Buy gold and other metals – He has said that investors should consider holding part of their wealth in the form of precious metals “because they can be carried”.
5. Faber believes there are few value investments available, except for farmland and real estate in some emerging markets like Russia, Paraguay, and Uruguay

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Investment prediction 2011

The following is a round up of some of the boldest investment predictions for 2011, from around the cyberspace.

S & P 500 Investment Prediction / Forecast 2011 From Barron

In the December 20th edition of Barron’s, leading strategists gave their forecasts for the S&P 500.

Those ranged from a low of 1,250 by Douglas Cliggott of Credit Suisse (CS) to a high of 1,450 by David Kostin of Goldman Sachs (GS).

Commodities Investment Prediction For 2011 From The Street

Commodities have been on a run for a long time now, some investors have started having the feeling this is another bubble. Peter Schiff, head of Euro Pacific Capital, speaking to the street.com, sees the bubble bursting sometime after the first quarter. He said commodity investors aren’t taking seriously enough the slowdown in China’s economy. He also said commodity prices are driven so much by speculation.

Home Price Forecast / Prediction 2011 From WSJ

The consensus estimates survey of 114 economists is that home prices will only rise by 0.8% next year, meaning that prices by the end of 2011 could be little different from where they were at the end of 2009. See WSJ Article

Dow Jones Industrial Average prediction 2011

2010 was a good year for DJIA. It soared 76 percent the past 21 months.  Will DJIA top 14000, I couldn’t find an answer to that.

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Four Reasons Why the black gold will hit $100 in 2011.

1. The continued falling dollar, there is a link between the dollar and oil. They move in opposite directions. as Dollar goes down, the price of oil goes up.
2. The US Fed Bank continues printing dollars. The past few years have shown that the more cheap money in the system, the more money flows into commodities, in particular energy.
3. The OPEC will continue protecting their cash cow. The cartel members may seek a higher price by as the depreciation of the greenback erodes the profitability of their dollar-denominated oil export.
4. Growth in Emerging markets means demand for oil will remain strong going forward.

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In a bull market an investor buys share hoping to sell in the future at a higher price in the same way an investor who understands shorting a market sells borrowed shares hope they fall in price when the do he buys back the share and makes a profit from the difference.SO

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