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12 Jan 2024

Speculators have built their largest short U.S. Dollar position since 2020 and one of the largest in history

Source: barchart

11 Jan 2024

After Bill Gates became friends with Warren Buffett, he began to diversify his portfolio and sold Microsoft shares

Bill Gates' fortune today is 138 billion dollars, if he hadn't diversified it would be 1.33 trillion dollars. Source: alex_avoigt

4 Jan 2024

The international role of the US dollar in one chart

Source: JP Morgan

4 Jan 2024

One of the most important chart of 2023

Source: FT

20 Dec 2023

The U.S. dollar remains king and is now used in 48% of international payment transactions, the highest level in more than a decade

Source: Barchart. Macrobond

12 Dec 2023

Despite all the talk, the world uses USD to trade

Source: DB

29 Nov 2023

Hedge Funds now have the largest long position in the US dollar since February 2022

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

27 Nov 2023

During 25 years before joining the Euro Italian Lira lost 83% against Deutsche Mark. Last 25 years they have been pegged. How much value would the Lira have lost against Deutsche Mark without the peg?

Source: Bloomberg, Michel A.Arouet

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