Canadian dollar

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...

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3462, down 0.0009. The pair is trading rangebound. Market chatter about economic data and headline news is making the rounds. Statistics Canada reported that Canadian new car registrations fell to 112,996 in January from 128,352 in December. Statistics Canada is scheduled...

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3458, down 0.0012. The pair is trading rangebound. Market chatter about headline news, U.S. economic data and U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy is making the rounds. Statistics Canada is scheduled to release new motor vehicle sales data at 8:30 a.m. ET.

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3452, up 0.0001. The pair is trading in the middle of the session range. Market chatter about headline news and comments from policy makers has kept both buyers and sellers active in a narrow range. Statistics Canada is scheduled to release new motor vehicle sales data...

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3438, down 0.0028. The pair is trading a little above the session lows, market chatter about the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and global headline news is making the rounds. Some chatter about sellers near 1.3535 and buyers near 1.3400 is showing up.

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3448, down 0.0015. The pair is trading a little above the session lows. Market chatter about weekend global headline news and comments from various policy makers has kept both buyers and sellers active in a narrow range. Statistics Canada is scheduled to release Canadian...

USD/CAD is trading at 1.3451, down 0.0056. The pair is trading at the session lows. Statistics Canada reported that February unemployment fell to 6.6 percent versus 6.8 percent in January and 15,300 jobs were created versus a gain of 48,300 in January. Canada's February labor participation rate...