Is the Dollar About to Fall Again?

CURRENCY MARKETS. They're ever fickle. One month, investors think the US Dollar is headed into the toilet...that it'll be worthless in no time, writes Steve Sjuggerud in his Daily Wealth.

The next month, they think the opposite...They think the US Dollar is the only safe haven out there when everything else in the investment world is headed into the toilet.

Investors thought the world was going to hell in late 2008 and March 2009. So they clamored for Dollars...and the Dollar hit new highs. Today, with fears about Europe and the Euro, investors have clamored for Dollars again.

I believe times are about to change for the Dollar...

It's time for the Dollar to fall again.

The main reason is simple. At the moment, there's nobody left to buy Dollars. Anyone who wants the US Dollar already has it.

Let me show you a few ways I track this...

First is "sentiment." In short, when sentiment reaches an extreme, it's time to consider doing the opposite. Right now, investor sentiment surrounding the Dollar is about as optimistic as it gets.

Sentiment about the Dollar has only been more optimistic than today just three times in the last five years. And in all three instances, it marked a peak in the Dollar. Take a look...

It is possible that sentiment (as measured by Jason Goepfert's www.SentimenTrader.com) could reach a higher level – that the peak in the Dollar is not here yet. But we should be close.

While sentiment for the Dollar is at a high for this year, sentiment for all the other major currencies (except the yen) versus the US Dollar is at lows for the year.

Each time Dollar sentiment got this high, we saw a major short-term peak in the US Dollar. The Dollar Index fell dramatically over the following two months.

The story is the same when you look at the actual Dollar "commitments of traders"...Large speculators currently have their smallest bets this year on the Euro, the British pound, the Canadian Dollar, and the Aussie Dollar.

Based on the commitments of traders, investors have finally given up on all of these currencies versus the Dollar. Based on this, the next move in all these currencies versus the Dollar should be up.

The US Dollar is not a good value right now...paying no interest. It is widely loved as a safe haven, at the moment. And so far in October, the US Dollar Index is down. So the trend might be starting to confirm the fundamentals.

It's the opposite of the three things we look for in an investment: cheap, hated, and in an uptrend.

With history as our guide, the US Dollar index could lose 5%-10% of its value over the next two months.

But what's the best way to bet against the Dollar right now? Do you actually want to buy the Euro?

No. The safest way to bet against the Dollar is to own gold. When the value of the Dollar falls, the value of gold (priced in Dollars) goes up.

Source; http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/dollar_gold_101120116