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Would going long AUD/EUR be the same?

I'm looking into shorting the EUR against AUD. Whats the best way to do this? What would I buy?

When you find a good trade, do you use various securities to express it or do you just choose the security you think will perform best? For example, if I think inflation is coming down the road, I would decide to invest in gold. I could either buy a gold etf or buy gold miners, physical gold...

Everyone keeps making a big deal about the unemployment rate. For the past two recessions, we've had a jobless recovery. It seems like we are currently going through a jobless recovery. If we were able to get out of the last recession without jobs , why won't it work this time?

How is it that declining home prices are bad for the average US citizen? I understand there wealth decreases but real estate is usually a long term investment so price can always rebound.

Hey BuyLoSellHi (and anybody else), what are the main reasons you believe will keep the economy in a recession (and/or depression)? So far I've got: unemployment rate - will continue to climb which means more people out of jobs so less consumption savings rate - people are saving more...

How is private demand crowded out?

I don't understand this statement made in an article written today by the WSJ. "Meanwhile, the $1 trillion federal deficit is crowding out private investment..." How is it that the federal deficit affects private investment? Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124762005061042587.html

I was just reading an article and it stated "By the end of 2007, the weakness of the American housing market was infecting sales of cars. Falling house prices caused many people to put off getting a new car." So my question is, how does falling housing prices affect homeowners purchases? Is...