Canadian dollar

The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, has gained about 3.2 percent year-to-date through Oct. 11.  This is where the greenback stands year-to-date against other major currencies: Euro: +3.4 percent Pound: +2.1 percent...

Currencies are a popular investment class that allow for speculation on price movements, just like bets on other asset classes. Foreign exchange, or forex in short, is a decentralized global market where currency pairs are traded. Currency trading takes place electronically over-the-counter across...

Vexing currency market observers, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is down 8.4 percent year to date. That is an arguably stunning decline when considering the Federal Reserve has boosted interest rates twice this year. UUP, the exchange-traded fund proxy for the U.S....

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this week, marking the second time this year that the U.S. central bank has boosted borrowing costs. That move by the Fed has helped the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), widely viewed as a dud this year among developed market...

The Federal Reserve is expected to continue boosting interest rates throughout the remainder of 2017, and doing so is likely to hurt the Canadian dollar. According to a Bloomberg report, the Bank of Canada isn't expected to match the Fed's rate hikes this year which will put pressure on the "loonie...