A fundamental move would be one reacting to good housing numbers, employment figures, balance of trade gap closing or some sort of predictable or measurable move of the US economy in a good direction, as opposed to an engineered move such as a central bank liquidation or purchase...

Or I could be full of sh*t, and just trying to sound clever to get chicks

Yeah, Pug, chicks go crazy over economists!!! Greenspan had hotties all over him!!

It must work, Andrea Mitchell is 20 years younger than Alan!! And he dated "Baba Wawa" back in the day!!

Balance of payments is one of the fundamentals that moves a country's currency. Paying their balances is what moves chicks in your direction.

lol - I love it! Don't let Mrs. Pug know you're flirting -- hehehe.

Who decides when a dollar movement is due to "predictable or measurable move of the US economy in a good direction?"

From what I can recall, there are basically two schools of thought when it comes to making investment and/or trading decisions:
The technical school basically says that the market moves in trends and these trends, essentially historical performance, are the only true indicator of future performance. The true technical analyst looks solely at actual commodity price, assuming that actual price has already taken into account things like profit/loss, company strength, economic and political factors, etc. before the investor even knows those factors exist. The goal is to analyze marketplace changes in the trends over time, and then act accordingly.
In contrast, fundamental analysis ascribes to all market commodities an intrinsic, or true, value which results from the all of the information one would generally find in a prospectus: profit/loss, corporate governing bodies, balance sheets, forecasted returns, etc. These are assessed and intrinsic value is estimated. The goal then is to compare the estimate to current market price and base decisions to buy/sell on the differences.
It's been quite a while since college economics, thus my need for a professional; plus criteria that are based on more than return rates. Is it even worthwhile to ask if anyone is involved at all in what is commonly termed "socially responsible investing?"

It's all manipulated and therefore not proper and fair for the little man. The Fed and the hedge funds are in it together. Who really are hedge fund managers and investors? How many hedge funds are there? Don't these people get some kind of tax break? How does the average joe blow make 5 maybe 10 million a year. What do they really do but make money. Most of them probably never made anything but money. The average joe blow worker never made any real money but real things for people to use and live in. I sorry if this sounds like sour grapes so I'll shut up. I got to go chase the dear out of the garden.

LA "Is it even worthwhile to ask if anyone is involved at all in what is commonly termed "socially responsible investing?"

Yes, I'm for that and I like to spread around my risk. One night I'll invest in BC's, the next at the Road Kill, ect.