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Among the hundreds of economic, political or climatological factors weighing on a given commodity market, the single most pervasive and broadly influential signal in futures trading is the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar. The reason for this is simple: the dollar is the primary...

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 U.S. dollar is one of several assets benefiting in significant fashion from the surprise election of Donald Trump as the 45th U.S. president. The Federal Reserve helped the dollar's cause with a December interest rate hike and with expectations abound that more interest rate increases are...

Since Election Day, small-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds have been enjoying a blistering pace, but that rally is eliciting concern among some market observers. For example, the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM) is up 13.3 percent over the past month, but there are signs some of the...

Monday saw the central parity rate of the Chinese Yuan versus the U.S. Dollar hit a six-year low of 6.769 Renminbi per Dollar, as the U.S. currency strengthened on increased expectations of an interest rate hike. Traders said the Asian currency established around 6.77 after a massive sale of U....

It was not long ago that the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) was the king of currency exchange-traded funds. This year, thanks in large part to the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates, the dollar and UUP have almost been reduced to court jester status. What...

Thanks in large part to the recent Brexit decision, the U.S. Dollar Index is higher by more than 2 percent over the past month. Whether that turns into a more lasting rally for the greenback remains to be seen, but investors have options when it comes to playing a dollar rebound via exchange-traded...

Regardless of which U.S. presidential candidate wins the election in November, the U.S. dollar could get hit pretty hard. According to Bloomberg’s Taylor Hall, currency traders are warning of a repeat of 1995, when a trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan sent the dollar tumbling versus the...

For the fourth year in a row, traders subscribing to the old Wall Street adage “sell in May and go away” are off to a rough start. Barring a massive Tuesday selloff, the S&P 500 is on pace to finish the month of May up about 1.4 percent. While most of the “sell in May”...

With the euro stronger against the dollar and the European Central Bank (ECB) dispatching a series of disappointing monetary easing efforts to global investors this year, it is not surprising that eurozone stocks and the corresponding U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds are scuffling. What's Going On...