The phrase
"dollar index" refers to a measure that compares the value of the US dollar against a group of other major currencies. It helps us understand how the dollar is performing in the global market.
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Even with the dollar's recent decline, the trade -
weighted dollar index is still higher than it was in mid 2014.
PowerShares DB
US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ETF (UUP) Key Statistics Daily Close 23.72 Long - Term Trend (100 SMA) Bearish Minor Support Level 23.09 Minor Resistance Level 23.98 Major Support Level 20.84 Major Resistance Level 26.83 Minor Buy Signal 24.46 Minor Sell Signal 22.45 Major...
The US
Dollar index hit new highs for the year ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later today, where it's expected they will continue to signal further rate hikes as the US economy grows at a reasonable pace.
The $ 644 million PowerShares DB U.S.
Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP), which tracks the greenback, was trading close to unchanged today, but has steadily rallied since bottoming out in September.
The US
Dollar Index looks in trouble and moving lower while US Treasuries are biased higher.
With the US
Dollar index falling even lower today, below we highlight the historical bull and bear markets of the currency.
As the United States approaches the holiday season, the Dow Jones - FXCM United States
Dollar Index advanced to a high of 10,029.
The US
Dollar Index seems content to move sideways with a downside bias while US Treasuries are biased lower.
From the January peak to the September low, the U.S.
Dollar Index lost approximately 12 %.
If the FED hike their interest, the
U.S dollar index which measures the overall value of the green bucks strength surge higher.
Meanwhile, the U.S.
dollar index also put up strong gains on upbeat domestic data and uncertainty overseas.
The US
Dollar Index initially saw bearish money flow but price turned higher with a break above a falling trendline and bullish bounce ahead of the Fed announcement (the Dollar typically benefits from higher interest rates).
Previously, as the U.S. markets went from strength - to - strength, the U.S.
dollar index continued to weaken.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for food and energy as a percent of total PCE (blue, lhs) vs. trade - weighted
broad dollar index (red, rhs)
The
ICE Dollar Index DXY, +0.21 % fell 0.8 % to 98.109, trading around its lowest level since Nov. 9, just a day after Trump won the U.S. presidential election.
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The US
Dollar Index remains strong as it moves higher while US Treasuries continue to be biased lower.
Here we can see the Dollar strength has continued as the US
Dollar Index reached new highs shortly after the announcement.
The BMO US Equity ETF is significantly more expensive than the Vanguard Total Market ETF (VTI) but is likely to be a significant competitor to the iShares CDN S&P 500 Hedged to
Canadian Dollars Index Fund (XSP).
Now if Fed decides to exit or even taper its QE policy, it will give rise to a highly bullish trend in US
Dollar Index which has already gone higher against its major rival currencies.
We noted the dominant feature on the
weekly Dollar Index chart was the broad between $ 0.93 and $ 1.005.
Dollar index rebounded (stronger dollar, if persisted, will weigh on global funding conditions), and rate hike expectations rose.
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One of the most reliable charts to monitor when trading gold ETFs, spot gold futures, or even physical gold coins, is the US
Dollar Index ETF ($ UUP).
Local currency investing is looking significantly less attractive than dollar investing going forward, though the local currency index has outperformed the hard
dollar index by about 5 % year to date.
The DXY U.S.
dollar index tried to buck a nine - month downward trend in late September, but its short burst of gains did not last through to the end of 2017.
The U.S.
dollar index likewise is almost exactly in the same spot as on that first Monday in February — just a week and a half after stocks peaked.
The U.S.
dollar index appears headed toward a level of 85 going by technical indicators that show «a very bearish situation.»
On Tuesday, the U.S.
dollar index versus a basket of other currencies hit its highest since January.
The performance of the U.S.
Dollar Index represents data obtained from Bloomberg regarding the value of the U.S. dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners» currencies.
ICE Futures Singapore offers cross-currency futures contracts, including the Mini U.S
Dollar Index ® and a range of Asian currency pairs.
The US
dollar index broke an upward sloping wedge downwards as expected, but renewed dollar strength after the BOJ announcements has pulled the index back up to test the broken support and cloud resistance.Red lines — upward sloping wedgeThe US dollar...