U.S. Dollar

There has been a general discussion about the comparison of cryptocurrency vs. U.S. dollar. Everyone has been talking about the prevailing digital currency dominance in recent days. This is why it’s important to be aware of the major aspects regarding both currencies so that investors can...

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “The market has taken us on a roller coaster ride that no one would have believed — from the depths of March 2020, when we dropped to a level last seen in 2016 (e.g., $2,237.40 on the S&P 500) to a 51% rally back to reclaim an all...

The UK government of Theresa May will try to get the Brexit deal approved in House of Commons after crushing defeat two weeks ago. The coalition junior DUP party is reportedly supporting the Plan B for Brexit. The set of amendments the members of the parliament can ask for is wide, but the scope...

Among the hundreds of economic, political or climatological factors weighing on a given commodity market, the single most pervasive and broadly influential signal in futures trading is the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar. The reason for this is simple: the dollar is the primary...

The near-term risk-reward in Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) stock is now more favorable due to recent internal initiatives and quarterly earnings, according to Oppenheimer.  The Analyst Oppenheimer analyst Brian Nagel upgraded Tiffany & Co. from Perform to Outperform and...

Retail stocks were moving higher on Tuesday following President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that the U.S. dollar has become “too strong” in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. His comments prompted a selloff in the U.S. dollar and a subsequent spike in gold; at time of...

“What I find to be most interesting is taking the technicals [that] the algo[rithm] signals and combining them with a fundamental understanding. It's not something you see a lot,” Mark Melin, author at ValueWalk and alternative investment practitioner said during Benzinga’s...

Thanks in large part to the recent Brexit decision, the U.S. Dollar Index is higher by more than 2 percent over the past month. Whether that turns into a more lasting rally for the greenback remains to be seen, but investors have options when it comes to playing a dollar rebound via exchange-traded...

Regardless of which U.S. presidential candidate wins the election in November, the U.S. dollar could get hit pretty hard. According to Bloomberg’s Taylor Hall, currency traders are warning of a repeat of 1995, when a trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan sent the dollar tumbling versus the...

The U.S. dollar is under attack, at least according to Dennis Gartman. In his most recent Gartman Letter, he noted the dollar’s weakness across the board in the last 24 hours is a rare occurrence. “Normally we shall see one or perhaps two currencies that are higher over the course...

Investors have been flocking to safe-haven assets this year, but in the flight to safe currencies, the U.S. dollar has not benefited. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), which serves as an exchange-traded fund proxy for the U.S. Dollar Index, is off slightly year-to-date...

On Friday, Avondale Partners issued a note on the railroad industry, highlighting companies including CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX), Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE: CNI), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE: CP), Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) and Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE...