Following a day that saw negative US Durable Goods Order data and a less-than-optimistic Fed Beige Book report, the combination of euro strength, dollar weakness was no surprise.

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This is the optimistic outcome that this intelligent book is rooting for.

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Yet overall his book seems a touch too optimistic.

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This was offset by a Beige Book that was a bit more optimistic.

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