Sentences with phrase «dollar strength»

Currently we are in a period of dollar strength.

On balance, the bias is towards renewed dollar strength.

And the recent dollar strength appears to have had a profoundly negative impact on commodity prices.

If passed, each of these plans could lead to further dollar strength.

Big declines in many emerging market currencies have helped narrow current account deficits in the emerging world, making countries more resilient to bouts of dollar strength.

Real world events that could produce a rebound in gold and gold stocks include a reversal in U.S. dollar strength, ebbing signs of a U.S. economic recovery, and continuing growth in emerging countries.

Prior to Trump taking office, many prominent investors and analysts were calling for continuation of US dollar strength based on tighter monetary policy and stronger economic growth.

(5) US Dollar weakness and Canadian Dollar strength in H2 2004 and 2005.

In the other direction, a move back below the July 26 and 27 low of C$ 1.2414 would signal a shift in sentiment toward Canadian dollar strength.

It's a given in the market that there's an inverse relationship between dollar strength and the price of commodities, but Citi Research argues that correlation is now gone.

This will be a tough year for earnings partly due to continued dollar strength, said Steve Wood, chief market strategist at Russell Investments.

A strong Labour market is crucial for US dollar strength after a string of softer than anticipated macroeconomic indicators throughout February cooled expectations surrounding US growth prospects.

Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Futures rose 0.22 percent to 2,650.50 by 12:40 GMT, while at 12:00 GMT, the FxWirePro's Hourly Dollar Strength Index remained highly bullish at 149.07 (a reading above +75 indicates a bullish trend, while that below -75 a bearish trend).

Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Futures rose 0.25 percent to 2,633.75 by 10:45 GMT, while at 10:00 GMT, the FxWirePro's Hourly Dollar Strength Index remained neutral at -20.39 (a reading above +75 indicates a bullish trend, while that below -75 a bearish trend).

January CPI came in above expectations at 0.0 % MoM vs. -0.1 % consensus, despite continued weakness of energy prices and dollar strength seen during the month.

The DRS is always hedged against major market corrections, and many of the recent periods of dollar strength came during periods of emerging market crisis.

This growth and inflation outlook also implies that current US dollar strength still has longer to run.

As we observed in 2008 and early 2009, the likely outcome of such credit strains is a flight - to - safety toward default - free Treasury securities (a flight that tends to outweigh supply concerns over the near term), and a tendency toward dollar strength and commodity weakness.

Because of the implications of that for dollar strength going forward we have reallocated our portfolios to a broader swath of dollar - hedged, developed - market equities, but reduced our emerging market exposure.

At Cumberland Advisors, we expect a long stretch of rising US dollar strength compared with most other currencies worldwide.

HOUSTON, Feb 5 - Oil prices settled lower on Monday as rising U.S. output, a weaker physical market and recent dollar strength added to the pressure from a widespread decline across equities and commodities markets.

Broad dollar strength and a rout in commodity prices have seen the ringgit tumble to levels not seen since the Asian Financial Crisis, making it the region's Asia's worst - performing currency with losses exceeding 9 percent year - to - date.

With the potential for higher U.S. budget deficits and debt risking dollar strength, central banks around the globe could be motivated to increase their gold holdings, says Credit Suisse.

Intuition says dollar strength contributes to oil - price weakness.

CLSA analyst Christopher Wood touched on this very topic in his recent edition of «GREED and fear,» writing that «the renewed dollar strength post Trump's victory has not been accompanied by renewed commodity weakness.

And as they do, U.S. investors should preferably gain that exposure via instruments that seek to hedge the foreign currency impact, as dollar strength means equity gains in local currency terms will be muted when translated back into U.S. dollars.

This has been the driver of dollar strength since the elections, and it remains to be seen how much of this is «buy the rumor, sell the fact.»

Rising hopes for an overhaul of the US tax code also helped spur dollar strength.

With estimates coming down aggressively, the U.S. economy recovering and dollar strength moderating, U.S. companies should have an easier time beating estimates this quarter.

A broad selloff in commodities and dollar strength point to disinflationary pressures on the horizon that weaken the argument for a near - term rise in U.S. interest rates, according to some analysts.

But this shouldn't be a huge surprise — we've seen regular occurrences of growth - led dollar strength over the past 3 - 4 decades, since the US has more aggressively adopted its global growth engine role.

Dollar Strength Weighing on Stocks The threat of higher interest rates because of the better than expected U.S. Retail Sales Report, helped knock the stock index futures off their highs.

, a euro that's now almost 25 % weaker vs. the dollar in just three years (not to mention, pronounced dollar strength & euro weakness across the globe), their current positioning in terms of QE super-cycles (rising rates & no fresh bond buying vs. negative rates & continued bond buying), the more recent US earnings - growth drought, the unpredictability of a Trump regime (though we may also see fresh populist risk in Europe this year), etc..

And if the dollar isn't your home currency, it's generally served as a decent portfolio hedge in the risk on / risk off environment of the past few years: For example, when the market's risk off, your portfolio suffers — but dollar strength usually benefits your TLI holding (& vice versa).

The European team expects a significant hit to eurozone growth and heightened European political risks, while its global team expects any number of negative spillovers, particularly from further U.S. dollar strength, which could pull the global economy into the recession danger zone.

So expect further dollar strength in the next day or two and longer term if the price breaks out above 77.45.

This trend was also prevalent last year with Citi analysts argued in March that the inverse relationship between dollar strength and the price of commodities was gone.

With the continued dollar strength that we saw in this current year 2015, as we layered into additional hedges for fiscal»16 they were at less favorable rates.

They boosted wagers on Canadian dollar strength to a net 75,086 contracts in the week ended Oct. 17, near the most in five years.

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...

Dollar strength came into play late in the week but bitcoin price has been able to hold its ground on strengthening expectations that the November upgrade could turn out well.

Dollar strength still not a given... But I don't think there is much downside left on the USD but the price action is still not clearly Bullish USD.

The exchange rate has declined recently and is now around 9 per cent below its mid-February peak against the US dollar; in trade - weighted terms it has fallen by a smaller amount, as some of the fall against the US dollar has been a reflection of recent US dollar strength.

The «Asian contagion» and LTCM crisis of 1997 — 98, the Dot - Com bust of 2001 - 02, and the financial crisis of 2007 - 08 were all times when a «flight to quality» saw large emerging market sell - offs coupled with dollar strength.

The yen's ability to buck the trend of dollar strength in the past couple of weeks has been remarkable, and possibly due to worries over international conflicts and the continuing horror of the Ebola outbreak.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

There always is an element of U.S. weakness in Canadian - dollar strength, and vice versa.

Dollar strength is likely to last only «a fairly finite period of time» as the euro zone and Japan catch up in the second half of 2018, says Marc Franklin, a senior portfolio manager at Conning Asia Pacific.

«Commodity strength is directly related to Canadian - dollar strength,» says Jestin.