Author: Dollar Index

* Dovish Fed minutes dent strong dollar scenario * Further Greek debt developments eyed for cues * Greece expected to ask for extension of loan agreement By Jemima Kelly LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The dollar slipped on Thursday after minutes from January’s Federal Reserve policy meeting showed officials were concerned that hiking interest rates Read More

(Recasts, adds details, fresh quotes) * Speculation of SNB buying puts bid under dollar * Dovish Fed minutes had hurt dollar * Greece requests extension of loan agreement By Anirban Nag LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The dollar recovered on Thursday, on talk the Swiss National Bank was buying the greenback, helping it recoup losses Read More

— Posted Thursday, 19 February 2015 | | Disqus In two musings last November, I explored the correlations of metals and oil prices with the US dollar index (Mercenary Musings November 14, 2014; November 24, 2014). My treatment documented strong negative correlation coefficients for DXY with world-exchange traded commodities from mid-July thru late November. I Read More

DailyFX.com – To receive Ilya’s analysis directly via email, please SIGN UP HERE Talking Points: US Dollar Technical Strategy: Holding Long via Mirror Trader Basket ** Support: 11740, 11653, 11513 Resistance:11876, 11963, 12103 The Dow Jones FXCM US Dollar Index may have finally started to turn lower as expected following the appearance of a bearish Read More

* Dovish Fed minutes dent strong dollar scenario * Further Greek debt developments eyed for cues * Greece expected to ask for extension of loan agreement * Pound holds gains after U.K. wage data boost (Adds details, quotes) By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The dollar fell against the yen and euro on Read More

* Dollar nurses wounds versus yen, euro * Further Greek debt developments eyed for cues * Greece expected to ask for extension of loan agreement * Pound holds gains after U.K. wage data boost By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The dollar was on the defensive against the yen and euro on Thursday, Read More

Investing.com – Investing.com – The dollar rose against the other major currencies on Wednesday, recovering from a recent downward streak fuelled by disappointing U.S. economic reports as markets eyed a fresh batch of U.S. data to be released later in the day. The euro slid lower against the dollar, with EUR/USD down 0.38% to Read More

Yeah, and the dog ate my homework. There’s no denying that the nearly completed earnings season has been a disappointment for many companies. But, as far as I can tell, the dollar’s  primary role in that disappointment has been to be a convenient whipping boy for CEOs desperate to blame anything other than themselves. Read More

Talking Points: US Dollar Digesting Losses, Eyeing Key Range Support S&P 500 Sets Record High, Poised to Continue Upward Gold Prices Threaten to Overturn 3-Month Rising Trend Can’t access the Dow Jones FXCM US Dollar Index? Try the USD basket on Mirror Trader. ** US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices look to have reversed downward Read More