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Most analytical outfits, such as Morningstar or Lipper, wait to collect three years of monthly data before declaring a fund or exchange-traded product "seasoned." Until that point, they won't publish detailed performance or risk statistics.

I can see their point. Sort of. I mean, three years is enough time to capture some sine wave activity in the market, so you may be able see how the portfolio behaves in up and down cycles.

But why wait three years to give potential investors a clue about the product's performance?

After all, you can get an inkling of a portfolio's ability to deliver on its advertised claims by looking at daily data points following the product's launch.

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Biggest % gainers: AUD/CHF up 1%, AUD/JPY up 0.96%, NZD/USD, AUD/USD on yen & dollar selling & Aussie strength.

Biggest % losers: EUR/AUD down 0.98%, EUR/CAD, EUR/GBP, EUR/USD...I think I see a theme here...euro weakness.

High yielding currencies gaining vs. the low yielders on the thought that the Fed will keep rates low for an "extended period".

As the Greeks have to raise the yields on their bonds to attract buyers...the euro tumbles.

Greek government taking bribes: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=ajJ0yYcU43FQ

Morgan Stanley an oil company? Well, they control more oil tankers now than Chevron: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a6LMmx4Aegjc ...

[b][img]http://www.mataf.net/images/_V3img/fleches/down_arrow_16.png[/img] [url="http://www.mataf.net/en/forex/eurusd"]EUR/USD - Euro / US Dollar[/url][/b]
[b]Entry[/b]: 1.4
[b]Stop[/b]: 1.4055
[b]Resistances[/b]: 1.411 - 1.4055 - 1.4025
[b]Supports[/b]: 1.388 - 1.3935 - 1.398

[b][img]http://www.mataf.net/images/_V3img/fleches/down_arrow_16.png[/img] [url="http://www.mataf.net/en/forex/gbpjpy"]GBP/JPY - British Pound / Yen[/url][/b]
[b]Entry[/b]: 146.3
[b]Stop[/b]: 147.4
[b]Resistances[/b]: 149.2 - 148 - 147.2
[b]Supports[/b]: 143.8 - 144.5 - 145.85

[b][img]http://www.mataf.net/images/_V3img/fleches/up_arrow_16.png[/img] [url="http://www.mataf.net/en/forex/usdchf"]USD/CHF ...

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