Daily Investment Tips

These days it is hard to find a currency analyst who is long US dollar, but thanks to Euro Crisis and natural calamities in Asia, the US Dollar is still able to hold its own against major currencies.

US Dollar ETF

For currency investors who still believe in the dollar they can purchase a dollar ETF that is long US Dollar.

PowerShares DB USD Index Bullish Fund

PowerShares DB USD Index Bullish Fund, The fund tracks the Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index (USDX) Futures benchmark which is a ruled-based index composed solely of long USDX futures contracts. The USDX futures contract is designed to replicate the performance of being long the US Dollar against the following currencies: Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc.

The PowerShare Bullish ETF makes money when the dollar rises against global currencies.

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2009 has to be the year of commodities. If you are a follower of trend following you must have made lots of cash by trend of gold, Silver & Platinum.

Look at this 2009 Price trends of this metals

2009 Gold Price Trend – up 34%

2009 Silver price trend – up 63%

2009 Platinum price trend – up 56%

2009 Palladium price trend – up an impressive 98%

If your mind was focused on the falling prices of real estate & non-starter stock market recoveries, you might have missed this commodities bull.

Should investors jump in? No! I don’t think just because this metal commodities have done well in the past they will continue doing well.

Strategy for making money in Metal commodities.

Whatever goes up, eventually comes down, one strategy is to focus on shorting the metals or sell the futures contract.

Strategy two, only for the seasoned pro, if you know how to play the speculation game keep buying the futures contract.

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