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Black Swan Capital - Currency Market Advisors

Bio: John (Jack) Ross Crooks Jr. is the president and Chief Trading Officer Black Swan Capital. Mr. Crooks has nearly 20 years experience in the currency, equity, and futures arena. Jack is a seasoned investment advisor who has held key positions in brokerage, money management, trading, and research. Mr. Crooks was also founder of Ross International Asset Management and General Manager of Plexus Trading, a discretionary money management firm, Ross International specialized in global stock, bond, and currency asset management for retail clients. Prior to entering the investment arena, Jack held various corporate finance positions. Mr. Crooks has written extensively on the subject of global currencies and international economics.

Trading Methodology: Black Swan's approach rests on three areas of analysis: fundamental, technical, and sentiment. Black Swan analyzes macro economic variables to develop an underlying theme. Black Swan also uses pattern recognition, wave analysis, oscillators, and inter-market correlations when examining price analysis over multiple time-frames. Prior to making a recommendation, Black Swan establishes risk/reward parameters by defining a stop-loss and a target for the position-vital to long-term success.

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Black Swan Capital

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    Is the "recovery" back on track?

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    , 07-09-2010 at 10:52 AM (Black Swan Capital - Currency Market Advisors)
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    - Canada added a whopping 93,200 jobs in June, adding to previous gains and coming close to recovering jobs lost during the economic meltdown, according to Statistics Canada on Friday. The unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 7.9 percent from 8.1 percent in May. USDCAD falling sharply on the news.

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    -Strong industrial output figures in the euro zone's three main economies in May point to a consolidating economic pick-up and firm second quarter growth, though analysts warned the recovery may slow in the second half. (Reuters)

    -The pace of economic growth in the world's developed economies slowed for a 10th consecutive month in May, with economic expansion peaking ...

    Updated 07-09-2010 at 10:55 AM by Black Swan Capital

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    Swiss Central Bank Fallout and Some China Chit-Chat

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    , 07-02-2010 at 10:30 AM (Black Swan Capital - Currency Market Advisors)
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    -Switzerland’s central bank may have to consider resuming its battle with currency markets after the franc surged against the euro within two weeks of policy makers ending attempts to counter gains, economists and investors say. (Bloomberg)

    Swissie on a tear for sure against the US dollar…hesitating at the 61.8% retrace from Nov ’09 low today, as speculators take the SNB seriously it seems, especially after this move…

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    …and Swiss is smoking against the euro which is what the Swiss central bank is so concerned about…Swiss firms competing with German variety with that exchange rate disadvantage…

    EURCHF Weekly: I think this ...

    Updated 07-02-2010 at 10:50 AM by Black Swan Capital

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    Bringing down the Communist Party ... and the US Current Account Deficit

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    , 07-01-2010 at 10:42 AM (Black Swan Capital - Currency Market Advisors)
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    -The euro rose broadly on Thursday, recovering early losses as the results of a tender for short-term European Central Bank funds suggested euro zone banks were managing to repay emergency loans. (Reuters)

    -Qu Hongbin, chief economist for China at HSBC, said the economy was clearly cooling after year-on-year growth of 11.9 percent in the first quarter.

    "But fears about hard-landing are overplayed. We expect China to achieve around 9 percent growth in the second half, underpinned by massive ongoing investment and robust private consumption," he said. (Reuters)

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    “Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”

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    Three Concerns: All seem real and leading back to jobs, again.

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    , 06-30-2010 at 10:19 AM (Black Swan Capital - Currency Market Advisors)
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    The European Central Bank said it will lend banks 131.9 billion euros ($161.5 billion) for three months, less than economists forecast and a sign that the region’s financial industry may be stronger than investors estimated. (Bloomberg)

    -Chancellor Angela Merkel faces the biggest test of her second term today in a secret ballot to elect Germany’s largely ceremonial president, a vote that threatens to rattle her coalition.

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    “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
    Henry David Thoreau

    FX Trading – Three Concerns: All seem real and leading back to jobs, again

    Three drivers of yesterday’s big sell ...
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