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Payout Trader editor and Crisis Strategy Alert senior analyst Charles Delvalle says Russia and Brazil are entering the big leagues.

As you scour the globe for potential post-financial-crisis profit plays, don’t overlook Taiwan. Stock markets around the world have already started to rebound with joy as investors begin to believe that that the unpleasant global recession is finally nearing its bottom.

The dollar fights back! …  Soros sinks the euro…  Bad data yesterday…  And Now… Today’s Pfennig!

Global stocks flat… Oil falls, trades around $53 a barrel…  Europe shares down 0.3 percent, Japan up 1.7 percent… Wall Street facing poor start… Dollar rebounds, bonds rise

MSCI world equity index up 0.9 percent at 192.09, Hopes for interest rate cuts cushion economic gloom, Government bonds rally; oil rises from 3-1/2 year low

Whether you agree with them or not, the bailout programs will keep on coming. Keith Fitz-Gerald looks at the key impact these will have on the dollar, commodities and global stocks. He says we could be in line for a market rebound by mid-2009, and suggests six ways to prepare your portfolio now.

In the currency market, the dollar prolonged its upward arc against the euro. Late Monday, the euro was trading at $1.2452 vs. $1.2641 on Friday. For the time being the US dollar is perceived as the safest place for money fleeing just about every other financial sector.

In the currency market, the dollar slipped against the euro. Late Tuesday, the euro was trading at $1.3653 vs. $1.3492 on Monday. In the latest government move to ‘fix’ the credit problem, the Federal Reserve announced that it would create a Commercial Paper Funding Facility, which will buy commercial paper, in a transparently desperate attempt to revive frozen credit markets and ease borrowing costs.

In the currency market, the dollar pummeled the euro. Late Monday, the euro was trading at $1.3492 vs. $1.3774 on Friday. It was a wild day on the Street, as huge selloffs in the overseas equities markets spilled over into the U.S. The Dow plunged by 800 points at its low, the biggest intraday drop on record, before trimming its losses. And it closed below the 10,000 mark for the first time since October 26, 2004.