Deflategate Part II – Discussions with Draghi

By now just about everyone in America is aware of Deflategate, or the alleged air pressure manipulation of footballs in NFL games played in the Boston area. Well, if I were writing a sequel today, it would have nothing to do with Tom Brady and the Patriots, but instead feature the play in the euro driven by the discussions of an influential central bank quarterback, Mario Draghi. Recently, hot air has had some serious implications for the euro/dollar trade and commodities as well, whether it has come from the ECB or the U.S. Fed. I would go so far as to say it has inappropriately inflated the dollar versus a deflated euro. As a result, I see long positions in the dollar using the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish (NYSE: UUP) extended and recommend their disposal. See Deflategate The Sequel here. Article interests PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish (NYSE: UUP), PowerShares DB US Dollar Bearish (NYSE: UNP), CurrencyShares Euro (NYSE: FXE), SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), United States Oil (NYSE: USO).

Kaminis is long USO. Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only.

Short the Dollar – Sell the UUP

Traders with long bets on the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish (NYSE: UUP) have enjoyed a great run this year. However, I believe longs should now close the trade and consider shorting the security, as I have, or take a long interest in the security’s inverse pairing, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bearish (NYSE: UDN). The dollar index was giving way again in overnight trading after dropping in Thursday’s trade. It’s a move I’ve been waiting on for a short while now. My reasoning has been that the Greece euro-zone concern has been overblown, and that as that became apparent to the market, the euro would recover some ground against the dollar. Peace in Ukraine, however fragile, is just a bonus I had not planned on but supports the play. Go short UUP here; I have done so using March at-the-money and June out-of-the money puts. See our report on short the dollar here.

DISCLOSURE: Kaminis is short the UUP ETF. Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only.

The Dollar Drive is Done – Buy the UDN

The dollar move of the last forever or so is ending now in my opinion, so I’m suggesting investors move into securities like the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bearish ETN (NYSE: UDN) immediately. You might also buy puts in the PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish ETN (NYSE: UUP), or look to the commodities that will benefit from a weaker dollar, like energy and other areas, using securities like the United States Oil (NYSE: USO) or the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), which will lag energy due to capital flows from precious metals now flooding into energy. See my full report on the dollar here.

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only.