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Evergrande Misses Payment and Some Disappointing Data Reported
September 24, 2021
The dollar rose against most currencies overnight, including gains of 0.7% against the Aussie dollar, Mexican peso and Turkish lira, 0.6% relative to the New Zealand dollar, 0.3% vis-a-vis the loonie and sterling and 0.2% against the Japanese yen. But dips of 0.2% versus the euro and 0.1% against the Swissie suppressed net movement in […] More
Investor Mood Lifted by Vaccine Hopes and U.S. Transition Go-Ahead
November 24, 2020
The U.S. dollar is grinding lower but slowly and in an orderly fashion. The currency dropped 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively, overnight against the New Zealand and Australian dollars overnight but by only 0.2% relative to the euro and loonie, and it held steady versus the yen and sterling. Favorable vaccine news has created a sense […] More
Nine-Week High in Trade-Weighted Dollar Despite Adverse U.S. News
September 24, 2020
The dollar rose overnight to a nine-week trade-weighted high of 94.55. The U.S. currency touched a three-month high of NOK 9.5974 against the Norwegian krone, two-month highs of 1.1633 per euro and CHF 0.9269, and 1-month highs of $0.6516 against the New Zealand dollar and ZAR 17.2230 versus the South African rand. Gold, which tends […] More
Some Encouraging U.S.-Sino Trade News Fans Investor Sentiment Further
August 25, 2020
Equity markets had rallied strongly on Monday and then received a further lift overnight from the news that U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators reported progress and reaffirmed that the Phase I trade deal remains effective. In other overnight developments, The Republican Party National Convention kicked off with loads of fear-mongering directed at the Democratic Party […] More
Dollar Falters Further and Price of Gold Blows Past its Historic High
July 27, 2020
The dollar weakened to a 22-month trade-weighted low overnight, with losses of 1.0% against the Swiss franc, 0.7% relative to sterling and the euro, 0.8% versus the peso, 0.6% vis-a-vis the yen, kiwi and Australian dollar, and 0.3% against the loonie. The Covid pandemic intensified over the weekend both globally and in the United States, […] More
Holiday Closures Hit Pause Button
May 25, 2020
Markets on Monday lacked direction due to holiday observances in the United States for Memorial Day, Great Britain for its late Spring bank holiday, and many Islamic countries where Ramadan’s end is being celebrated. The dollar is unchanged from Friday’s close against the euro, Swiss franc, loonie and kiwi, while changes versus the yen, sterling, […] More
U.S. Fiscal Deal Gives Stocks Only Brief Lift
March 25, 2020
Today will be a very important day to watch U.S. stocks. There has yet to be two consecutive up sessions since the market peaked in mid-February. The big overnight news was a tentative accord between President Trump and the U.S. senate on a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus, which moves next to a full-senate vote today. […] More
Bracing for Impact But Investors Take a Pause
March 19, 2020
The count of identified global coronavirus infections (230,041) and deaths (9,386) has risen by 26,429 and 1,097 in the past 26 hours. Investors are getting a glimpse of just how bad the economic impact could be. The IFO Institute’s monthly index of Germany’s business climate fell 8.3 points in March to a 127-month low of […] More
Three Shocks to Investor Sentiment
January 27, 2020
It’s been a difficult day in the marketplace despite the closure of many markets including China, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan for Australia Day and the Chinese New Year. The safety of investments has displaced the usual priority of return on investment. The dollar advanced overnight by 0.7-0.8% against a number of […] More
Share Prices Strengthened on China Trade Concession and Favorable Corporate News
November 25, 2019
It’s been a risk-on start to this holiday-shortened week. Share prices rose 1.5% in Hong Kong, 1.3% in India, 1.0% in South Korea, 0.8% in Japan and 0.7% in China. European markets so far show gains of 0.4-0.6% in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Switzeraland as well as a 0.8% jump in the British Ftse. […] More
