DB US Dollar Index Bullish Powershares (UUP) 25.80 $UUP
Divergence Theme Continues To Shape Investment Climate
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:54AM CDT
The key fundamental fact that is shaping the investment climate was underscored last week. The ECB announced that it will begin its accelerated asset purchases on March 9. The following day the US reported a sufficiently robust employment report to...
FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
The Market Is Simply Not Expecting This To Happen
Capitalist Exploits - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:42AM CDT
To succeed in investing you essentially have to beat the majority of other investors. This will not be achieved by thinking like everyone else. You will have to think and act differently to everyone else. How do most people think when it comes to...
CYB: 25.17 (-0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), FXI: 41.26 (-0.44)
February Employment Report: Jobs Power Ahead, Wages Tread Water
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:24AM CDT
By Rob Waldner Payrolls rose by 295,000 in February and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% in an unambiguous show of strength by the labor market. 1 The strong payroll gains suggest the U.S. economy continues to power ahead and the labor...
UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Week Ahead In FX - Could The Eurogroup Meeting Derail The USD Rally?
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 1:55AM CST
By Alfonso Esparza The second week of March does not have the packed economic agenda of last week, but still has the potential to drive volatility higher as important data will be released later in the week. Politics and central banks will make...
GDAY: 24.58 (-0.60), ULE: 15.85 (-0.54), FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), URR: 17.49 (-0.65), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), CROC: 56.50 (+0.50), EUO: 26.63 (+0.82), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), EUFX: 44.59 (+0.78), ERO: 41.31 (-0.59), FORX: 43.12 (unch), DRR: 61.69 (+1.60), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
Bullish Dollar Momentum Stretches Near-Term Technicals
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 11:11PM CST
The strong US employment report offset some of the disappointing data in recent weeks. It reinvigorated confidence that the Federal Reserve will move to raise rates later this year. This coupled with the confirmation of the ECB's launch of its new...
FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), FXF: 98.95 (-1.14), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
No Reason To Worry About Jobs Growth
Calafia Beach Pundit - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 10:42AM CST
Blogging has been light this week and will be light next week, since I am in the midst of our annual Guys ski trip-this week in Park City and next week in Big Sky, Montana. I am still following things, nevertheless, and was somewhat amused to see...
UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Friday's Sell-Off: Assessing The Damage And Opportunities
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 12:42AM CST
HYG: 90.62 (-0.58), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), O: 48.73 (-2.07), XLU: 43.39 (-1.34), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), KRE: 40.61 (+0.31), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), GLD: 111.86 (-3.14), PFF: 39.70 (-0.36), BIL: 45.72 (-0.01), BKLN: 24.10 (-0.04), XLF: 24.23 (-0.18), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 3:14PM CST
GDXJ: 23.43 (-1.83), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), UNG: 14.37 (-0.02), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), BRF: 16.65 (-0.43), TAN: 43.79 (-1.33), ILF: 29.30 (-0.79), EWZ: 31.93 (-0.87), GDX: 18.58 (-1.50), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
The Buck Doesn't Stop Here
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:40PM CST
By Rick Golod The bull market in the U.S. dollar is still in the early stages, in my opinion. The dollar is currently trading meaningfully below the two previous cycle peaks: 25% below its high before the 2001 "tech wreck" and 50%...
UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Target Range For Fed Funds, Not A Fixed Point
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 11:48AM CST
A key shift at the Federal Reserve that many in the market have not grasped is that the Fed funds target is a range now not as fixed point as in the past. Yet many continue to calculate fair value for the Fed funds futures contract the same way they...
UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
2015: What Is Oil Really Telling Us?
ChartProphet - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 11:39AM CST
HYG: 90.62 (-0.58), SGG: 34.15 (+0.13), USO: 18.24 (-0.47), JO: 24.65 (+0.91), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), JNK: 39.22 (-0.22), EEM: 39.26 (-0.61), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), GLD: 111.86 (-3.14), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), XLK: 42.39 (-0.53), JJC: 31.16 (-0.60), XLE: 76.78 (-1.40), FXI: 41.26 (-0.44)
East Coast Shovels Out, But Jobs Data Sizzles
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 8:06AM CST
Despite poor weather that appears to have affected other February data, the US jobs report is stronger than expected. The economy grew 295k net new jobs, nearly all accounted for by the private sector (+288k). Some of the other details were not as...
FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Dollar and Treasury yields spike after strong jobs print
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 7:43AM CST
TLH: 134.28 (-1.69), TBX: 30.44 (+0.31), DFVS: 34.87 (+0.67), TBZ: 29.73 (+0.47), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 73.31 (-1.42), TLO: 71.35 (-1.58), UBT: 77.54 (-3.76), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), TBT: 47.16 (+2.00), DLBS: 22.90 (+1.24), ZROZ: 116.40 (-4.61), ITE: 59.82 (-0.19), TYO: 18.62 (+0.55), TTT: 42.68 (+2.49), SCHR: 53.39 (-0.37), GSY: 49.99 (-0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (unch), TYBS: 23.17 (+0.55), FIVZ: 79.61 (unch), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15), VGIT: 64.25 (-0.43), DTYL: 74.69 (unch), IEI: 122.17 (-0.69), TYD: 43.97 (-1.28), PST: 24.72 (+0.52), IEF: 105.49 (-1.09), UST: 55.20 (-1.14), TENZ: 85.01 (-1.04), EDV: 120.41 (-3.85), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), DTYS: 22.80 (+1.38), TYNS: 30.41 (+0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), TMV: 31.99 (+2.02), LBND: 54.39 (unch), SBND: 4.98 (+0.28), TBF: 25.45 (+0.56), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), VGLT: 76.36 (-1.56), FORX: 43.12 (unch), TMF: 80.59 (-5.80)
It Is All About The ECB And U.S. Jobs
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 6:11AM CST
There are two main forces at work as the week winds down. The first is the ECB's confirmation of its asset purchases. This has renewed the rally in European peripheral bond markets and re-accelerated the euro's slide. The second is the US monthly...
ULE: 15.85 (-0.54), URR: 17.49 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), EUO: 26.63 (+0.82), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), EUFX: 44.59 (+0.78), ERO: 41.31 (-0.59), DRR: 61.69 (+1.60)
Debate Around The 2015 Rate Hike Intensifies
Sober Look - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 6:07AM CST
Following Janet Yellen's Senate Banking Committee testimony, the Fed seems to be quite deliberate in preparing for a rate hike in 2015. It's hard to imagine taking such action in the disinflationary environment we find ourselves in, but market...
FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SINF: 47.80 (unch), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), RINF: 31.40 (+0.27)
Bulls And Bears Await U.S. Jobs Report
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:22AM CST
By Alfonso Esparza It's been a busy week in the forex market thanks to a bevy of major central bank rate statements and economic data releases. But currency traders won't rest before the major data event of any month: the U.S. nonfarm payrolls...
UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), FORX: 43.12 (unch), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
3 Reasons Not To Invest In UUP
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:27PM CST
The only trade getting as much (or more) attention than crude oil right now is the U.S. dollar. Just recently, the U.S. dollar hit a new 11-year high against the euro and continues to be the trade du jour for currency traders looking to capitalize...
UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38)
GBP Will Likely Still Go Lower Against The USD, And Here's Why
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:41AM CST
FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Where Does The South African Rand Go From Here?
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:20AM CST
EZA: 65.44 (-1.77), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Will Super Mario Stand And Deliver On QE?
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 6:21AM CST
By Dean Popplewell Markets are waiting to scrutinize Mario Draghi’s every word in a couple of hours. Investors and dealers want to know if he will say anything to change everyone’s assessment of the quantitative easing program. The...
FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), FXF: 98.95 (-1.14), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Divergence Theme Continues To Shape Investment Climate
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:54AM CDT
The key fundamental fact that is shaping the investment climate was underscored last week. The ECB announced that it will begin its accelerated asset purchases on March 9. The following day the US reported a sufficiently robust employment report to...
FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
The Market Is Simply Not Expecting This To Happen
Capitalist Exploits - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:42AM CDT
To succeed in investing you essentially have to beat the majority of other investors. This will not be achieved by thinking like everyone else. You will have to think and act differently to everyone else. How do most people think when it comes to...
CYB: 25.17 (-0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), FXI: 41.26 (-0.44)
February Employment Report: Jobs Power Ahead, Wages Tread Water
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 10:24AM CDT
By Rob Waldner Payrolls rose by 295,000 in February and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% in an unambiguous show of strength by the labor market. 1 The strong payroll gains suggest the U.S. economy continues to power ahead and the labor...
UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Week Ahead In FX - Could The Eurogroup Meeting Derail The USD Rally?
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 1:55AM CST
By Alfonso Esparza The second week of March does not have the packed economic agenda of last week, but still has the potential to drive volatility higher as important data will be released later in the week. Politics and central banks will make...
GDAY: 24.58 (-0.60), ULE: 15.85 (-0.54), FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), URR: 17.49 (-0.65), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), CROC: 56.50 (+0.50), EUO: 26.63 (+0.82), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), EUFX: 44.59 (+0.78), ERO: 41.31 (-0.59), FORX: 43.12 (unch), DRR: 61.69 (+1.60), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
Bullish Dollar Momentum Stretches Near-Term Technicals
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 11:11PM CST
The strong US employment report offset some of the disappointing data in recent weeks. It reinvigorated confidence that the Federal Reserve will move to raise rates later this year. This coupled with the confirmation of the ECB's launch of its new...
FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), FXF: 98.95 (-1.14), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
No Reason To Worry About Jobs Growth
Calafia Beach Pundit - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 10:42AM CST
Blogging has been light this week and will be light next week, since I am in the midst of our annual Guys ski trip-this week in Park City and next week in Big Sky, Montana. I am still following things, nevertheless, and was somewhat amused to see...
UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Friday's Sell-Off: Assessing The Damage And Opportunities
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 07, 12:42AM CST
HYG: 90.62 (-0.58), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), O: 48.73 (-2.07), XLU: 43.39 (-1.34), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), KRE: 40.61 (+0.31), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), GLD: 111.86 (-3.14), PFF: 39.70 (-0.36), BIL: 45.72 (-0.01), BKLN: 24.10 (-0.04), XLF: 24.23 (-0.18), VNQ: 80.37 (-2.76)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 3:14PM CST
GDXJ: 23.43 (-1.83), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), UNG: 14.37 (-0.02), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), BRF: 16.65 (-0.43), TAN: 43.79 (-1.33), ILF: 29.30 (-0.79), EWZ: 31.93 (-0.87), GDX: 18.58 (-1.50), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
The Buck Doesn't Stop Here
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:40PM CST
By Rick Golod The bull market in the U.S. dollar is still in the early stages, in my opinion. The dollar is currently trading meaningfully below the two previous cycle peaks: 25% below its high before the 2001 "tech wreck" and 50%...
UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Target Range For Fed Funds, Not A Fixed Point
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 11:48AM CST
A key shift at the Federal Reserve that many in the market have not grasped is that the Fed funds target is a range now not as fixed point as in the past. Yet many continue to calculate fair value for the Fed funds futures contract the same way they...
UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
2015: What Is Oil Really Telling Us?
ChartProphet - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 11:39AM CST
HYG: 90.62 (-0.58), SGG: 34.15 (+0.13), USO: 18.24 (-0.47), JO: 24.65 (+0.91), VXX: 28.03 (+1.15), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), JNK: 39.22 (-0.22), EEM: 39.26 (-0.61), SPY: 207.50 (-2.96), GLD: 111.86 (-3.14), DIA: 178.40 (-2.77), OIL: 11.03 (-0.31), XLK: 42.39 (-0.53), JJC: 31.16 (-0.60), XLE: 76.78 (-1.40), FXI: 41.26 (-0.44)
East Coast Shovels Out, But Jobs Data Sizzles
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 8:06AM CST
Despite poor weather that appears to have affected other February data, the US jobs report is stronger than expected. The economy grew 295k net new jobs, nearly all accounted for by the private sector (+288k). Some of the other details were not as...
FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Dollar and Treasury yields spike after strong jobs print
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 7:43AM CST
TLH: 134.28 (-1.69), TBX: 30.44 (+0.31), DFVS: 34.87 (+0.67), TBZ: 29.73 (+0.47), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 73.31 (-1.42), TLO: 71.35 (-1.58), UBT: 77.54 (-3.76), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), TLT: 123.50 (-2.79), TBT: 47.16 (+2.00), DLBS: 22.90 (+1.24), ZROZ: 116.40 (-4.61), ITE: 59.82 (-0.19), TYO: 18.62 (+0.55), TTT: 42.68 (+2.49), SCHR: 53.39 (-0.37), GSY: 49.99 (-0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (unch), TYBS: 23.17 (+0.55), FIVZ: 79.61 (unch), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15), VGIT: 64.25 (-0.43), DTYL: 74.69 (unch), IEI: 122.17 (-0.69), TYD: 43.97 (-1.28), PST: 24.72 (+0.52), IEF: 105.49 (-1.09), UST: 55.20 (-1.14), TENZ: 85.01 (-1.04), EDV: 120.41 (-3.85), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), DTYS: 22.80 (+1.38), TYNS: 30.41 (+0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), TMV: 31.99 (+2.02), LBND: 54.39 (unch), SBND: 4.98 (+0.28), TBF: 25.45 (+0.56), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), VGLT: 76.36 (-1.56), FORX: 43.12 (unch), TMF: 80.59 (-5.80)
It Is All About The ECB And U.S. Jobs
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 6:11AM CST
There are two main forces at work as the week winds down. The first is the ECB's confirmation of its asset purchases. This has renewed the rally in European peripheral bond markets and re-accelerated the euro's slide. The second is the US monthly...
ULE: 15.85 (-0.54), URR: 17.49 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), EUO: 26.63 (+0.82), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), EUFX: 44.59 (+0.78), ERO: 41.31 (-0.59), DRR: 61.69 (+1.60)
Debate Around The 2015 Rate Hike Intensifies
Sober Look - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 6:07AM CST
Following Janet Yellen's Senate Banking Committee testimony, the Fed seems to be quite deliberate in preparing for a rate hike in 2015. It's hard to imagine taking such action in the disinflationary environment we find ourselves in, but market...
FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SINF: 47.80 (unch), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), RINF: 31.40 (+0.27)
Bulls And Bears Await U.S. Jobs Report
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:22AM CST
By Alfonso Esparza It's been a busy week in the forex market thanks to a bevy of major central bank rate statements and economic data releases. But currency traders won't rest before the major data event of any month: the U.S. nonfarm payrolls...
UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38), FORX: 43.12 (unch), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
3 Reasons Not To Invest In UUP
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:27PM CST
The only trade getting as much (or more) attention than crude oil right now is the U.S. dollar. Just recently, the U.S. dollar hit a new 11-year high against the euro and continues to be the trade du jour for currency traders looking to capitalize...
UUP: 25.80 (+0.31), USDU: 28.59 (+0.38)
GBP Will Likely Still Go Lower Against The USD, And Here's Why
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:41AM CST
FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Where Does The South African Rand Go From Here?
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 8:20AM CST
EZA: 65.44 (-1.77), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
Will Super Mario Stand And Deliver On QE?
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 6:21AM CST
By Dean Popplewell Markets are waiting to scrutinize Mario Draghi’s every word in a couple of hours. Investors and dealers want to know if he will say anything to change everyone’s assessment of the quantitative easing program. The...
FXA: 77.21 (-0.49), FXB: 147.72 (-1.80), FXY: 80.54 (-0.38), FXC: 78.87 (-0.65), FXE: 106.75 (-1.76), FXF: 98.95 (-1.14), UDN: 21.77 (-0.33), UUP: 25.80 (+0.31)
