Insights

For the 26th and 27th time last week something thrilling happened.

There seems to be growing concern about the dollar's recent weakness - some might even call it hysteria.

Even with 30 years of navigating the currency markets as trader, advisor and analyst, I still argue that consistent success in predicting currency rate moves is difficult to achieve.

For those of you who never really get away from it all, I highly recommend a vacation. I'm talking about a full-fledged separation from the work life, a break from the daily grind.

Last month the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced a pilot deal to sell $1.3 billion in mortgage securities in exchange for $856.2 million from the debunked Franklin Bank after the lender was taken over by the agency.

As there is more talk of optimism returning to the global economy, a debate continues about how the currency market will react to economic growth.

As the global economic downturn morphed into a full-blown collapse last year, global central banks rolled up their sleeves and got to work.

The financial world has ended at least seven times in the last 20 years. While each of those world endings was different, none of them truly represented the end of the world.