What Now For The Dollar? Seeking Alpha The Dollar Index rallied for ten consecutive sessions through February 14. Despite a series of stronger than expected US data, and confirmation from the leadership of the Federal Reserve of rising confidence that full employment is at hand and that p...
Week Ahead: Dollar Higher Ahead Of Fed Minutes Seeking Alpha Notes from Fed to boost Dollar on short US trading week | The U.S. dollar is higher against most major pairs ahead of the Presidents' Day long weekend. American economic fundamentals had a strong week, but failed to gain traction given the rise of po...
Yellen Helps The Dollar Extend Its Streak Seeking Alpha The Dollar Index's ten-day rally was at risk yesterday, but Yellen's reiteration of the commitment to continue to lift rates gradually helped extend the streak to eleven sessions. This surpassed the streak around the election (November 7-November 18)...
Why Aren't You Short The Dollar Yet? Seeking Alpha The last few years have witnessed a pretty dramatic recovery from the depths of the financial crisis. Since the dark days of 2009, we have seen the civilian unemployment rate drop from around 10% to the current reading of 4.8%. The recovery has been ...
The Dollar's Underlying Trend Resumes Seeking Alpha For the last several weeks, we have been looking for the dollar correction that began around the Fed's rate hike in the middle of December to be completed and for the uptrend to resume. The precise timing of the turn is difficult to get right, but ou...
Asian shares fall back as investors await comments by Yellen Reflector TOKYO (AP) — Shares in Asia fell back after an early rally on Tuesday, as investors awaited comments to Congress by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen. China’s latest inflation data were equivocal, coming just after lunar new year holidays, and had little impact. | KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 1.1 percent to 19,238.98 and the ...
Stocks inch to new records; S&P; 500 up 4 straight weeks The Roanoke Times NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes inched ahead to record highs Friday, barely, after a late-afternoon push erased losses from earlier in the day. It caps the fourth straight week of gains for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, its longest such streak since July. | Reports through the week showed that the economy is improving and corporate profits a...
