Is Dollar Doomed?

The dollar is on course to post its largest quarterly advance in 15 years.

Bank of America, though, continues to advance a contrarian theory: the rise and rise of the dollar has been a factor of market illiquidity.

One of the earliest sources of support for the US currency seems to have come from rising tensions in the money markets, as exemplified by the record high levels posted by the three-month USD LIBOR-OIS spread. The severe lack of USD liquidity created incentives for foreign banks to buy dollars in the currency markets with funds received from liquidity enhancing schemes of their own central banks, creating a way to meet USD funding needs without paying the soaring interest rates associated with the Eurodollar markets.

Which of course begs the question: now interbank funding mechanisms are normalising (or at least, reserve levels soaring) are we likely to see a collapse in the dollar?

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Cons – Can You Help Me?

this article on the neuroscience of cons

The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you. Conmen ply their trade by appearing fragile or needing help, by seeming vulnerable. Because of THOMAS [The Human Oxytocin Mediated Attachment System], the human brain makes us feel good when we help others–this is the basis for attachment to family and friends and cooperation with strangers. “I need your help” is a potent stimulus for action.

Men’s choices for beautifying the face

so many varieties of mustache.