The "UGLY" Beauty Contest
I remember reading one of the report in the local newspaper which the statement made about currency market that this year will be just like the "ugly" beauty contest.According to the report that it is very alarming that the US Federal Reserve chairman publicly say that more interest rate cuts may be necessary because the US economic outlook has worsened. This statement is actually worsened the global economy,evident from the projections made by most countries of a much slower growth pace compared with 2007.
Can a country withstand this impact depends much likely on the rate of dependencies to the US economy. Countries which have greater diversity of market dependencies other than the US has greater chance of surviving through the effect of the US economic recession or may perform at slower growth.
However the beauty of the ugly might turn out to be the winner for some smart traders. So look out for one.