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Foreign Treasury Buying and the Dollar Rally: Debunking a Th

posted by trade2win 1365 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Special

Here is an interesting theory stipulating that foreign central banks are behind the rally in treasuries and that in turn is causing a rally in the dollar. Please consider Foreign Central Banks Behind Rally In US Treasuries.

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Crude Oil Inventories Decline Slightly

posted by trade2win 1367 days ago in Oil made popular 1367 days ago

DOE (Department of Energy) Crude Oil Inventory, EIA (Energy Information Administration) Weekly Oil Inventory. Measures changes in crude oil production, refinery inputs and utilization, production by product, current inventory level of crude and r

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A New Pattern of Currency Trading?

posted by trade2win 1368 days ago in Special made popular 1368 days ago

Overall, the market has developed a trading pattern lately. A wave of orders hit the currency market soon after the Asian session opened, testing and eventually breaking important price points. Last night was the third night in a row that this ha

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The Dollar and Trade Deficit: How Does Productivity Fit In?

posted by trade2win 1369 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Special

Why is the trade deficit, even taking out oil, so large when the dollar is so weak? Maybe some insights can be gleaned from productivity measures.

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An Eight-Year View of the Dollar

posted by trade2win 1383 days ago in USD, Technical, Special

From a technical perspective, it is still too early to say that the dollar has begun a decisive new uptrend. Since 2001, there have been quite a few 3-4 month countertrend rallies and one full year (2005) in which the dollar looked to be making a

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Why Gold Is the New Currency

posted by trade2win 1389 days ago in USD, Gold made popular 1389 days ago

Thanks to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke’s pro-inflationary policies, the dollar has lost nearly half of its value since 2002. Please take a moment to consider that ... you and I have become roughly 50% poorer in the last six years through no ac

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ADP Report and Fed Announcement Boost Dollar

posted by trade2win 1396 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Employment

Positive economic data has continued to drive the US dollar higher. Payroll provider ADP reported a 9k rise in jobs this month. As one of the leading indicators for non-farm payrolls, this along with stronger consumer confidence numbers is good n

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Are the Tides Turning for the Canadian Dollar?

posted by trade2win 1398 days ago in CAD, Fundamental made popular 1390 days ago

In 2007, the Canadian Dollar was named Time Magazine’s Canadian Newsmaker of the year. Having hit a high of 0.9059 against the US dollar, it smoked its US counterpart. At the time, the Loonie skyrocketed because of a booming economy and skyrocket

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Why Did EUR/JPY Hit a Record High?

posted by trade2win 1405 days ago in USD, EUR, Technical made popular 1403 days ago

Although it has been relatively quiet in the foreign exchange market Monday, the Euro hit a record high against the Japanese Yen. The primary reason why EUR/JPY has rallied 11 percent over the past 3.5 months is because of US growth - not many pe

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Dollar and Euro: Different Week, Same Drivers

posted by trade2win 1407 days ago in USD, EUR, Technical made popular 1406 days ago

It has been a very volatile week for the US dollar, even though compared to the beginning of the week, the exchange rate for the EUR/USD and USD/JPY has remained virtually unchanged.

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Is It Time to Buy or Sell?

posted by trade2win 1408 days ago in USD, Fundamental made popular 1407 days ago

Well, what can you say? Tuesday was a "sell everything" day.....at least until that list included oil....after which it became a "buy everything" day. That is, until there were 45 minutes left in Tuesday's US equity session, at which point it bec

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US Dollar: Back to the Drawing Board

posted by trade2win 1424 days ago in USD, Fundamental

We are back to the drawing board with the US dollar. Strong consumer spending and the lowest unemployment rate in 14 years could force the ECB to backtrack on their words and actually prepare the market up for more than one rate hike in the third

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