U.S. Dollar

Legendary trader and chartist Peter Brandt, of Factor LLC recently appeared on RealVision TV. The investor shared a very strong conviction trade idea on the dollar versus the Swiss franc. He proposes a long USD, short Swiss franc pair trade based on price graphs and trading opportunities. Peter...

Some exchange-traded funds are really enjoying the diverging policies of major global central banks. For example, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) recently delivered more yuan-depressing stimulus, and market participants are comfortable wagering the European Central Bank will add to its...

Music from four players continues to influence events in the bond market this summer: the Federal Reserve (Fed), China, oil prices, and the U.S. dollar.  The music from these four players has led to a mixed response in the bond market: disturbing for short-term securities, melodic...

In his latest issue of The Gartman Letter, Dennis Gartman discusses the recent FOMC statement and the continuing strength of the U.S. dollar. According to Gartman, the dollar still has plenty of upside remaining. FOMC Gartman points out that, as predicted, the Federal Reserve’s...

The U.S. Dollar Index surged to an 11-month high this week as central banks around the world look to continue pushing stimulus programs. The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future and is being pressured to provide for stimulus for a region on...

ETF Outlook for the Week of August 4, 2014 Last week the S&P 500 suffered a 2.7 percent drop after a series of negative events caused investors to sell first and ask questions later, sending the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) to its lowest level since late May. No one news item sent...

ETF Outlook for Thursday, July 31, 2014 Stocks finished an up and down session yesterday virtually unchanged, as investors had lots of economic news to digest. First GDP for the second quarter came in much better than expected, helping push stocks higher. Then the ADP jobs report was not as...

Unlike equity markets, currencies are open all the time. That means Forex traders mostly get to set their own hours, if they even sleep at all. Forex trader Lydia Idem Finkley is a night owl, so she doesn't like to go to bed early -- but that doesn't stop her from getting to sleep...

The situation in Iraq has become the primary focal point of the markets over the last few days. The question of the day is: Will geopolitics in Iraq become a crisis or a "crisis" for the stock market? 2014 has already seen at least a couple false starts in the "crisis"...

Many people think bitcoin enthusiasts are unjustifiably excited about bitcoin’s potential. There are many reasons for this excitement; the most obvious being that bitcoin-like technologies have the potential to change every financial transaction on the planet and enable never before seen...

Last Wednesday, the Bank of Canada announced it was keeping its interest rates steady at one percent. The Canadian central bank's staying with the status quo was expected, as they have not changed the rate since 2010. Even with the rate change being kept the same other statements caused a...

The U.S. dollar was pressured lower on Friday, after U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a gain of 74,000 nonfarm jobs, the smallest increase in three years. Analysts had expected an incease of 196,000. A decline in labor force participation cast a shadow on news that the December U.S....

Investors appeared to be nervous going in to yesterday's close, a sentiment which continued at today's open. With little encouraging data coming out of the holiday shopping figures, investors and traders nervously await Friday's Labor Department November jobgs report which could help determine...