Euroland PPI and retail sales
Dollar and U.S. Stock Futures Higher as First Full Week of July Gets Underway
July 6, 2026
(132) The biggest dollar advances so far today are gains of 0.5% against the Japanese yen and New Zealand dollar, followed by a 0.3% rise versus the Swiss franc and South Korean won. The U.S. currency is also 0.1% firmer relative to the euro. In pre-open trading, the U.S. Nasdaq and S&P 500 have strengthened […] More
Dollar Continues to Weaken as Trump Monopolizes News Feeds
August 6, 2025
Since late Tuesday, the dollar has fallen 0.4% against the euro, kiwi and on a weighted DXY basis. The greenback has also dropped 0.8% vis-a-vis the Mexican peso , 0.3% versus the Australian dollar and 0.2% relative to sterling, the Turkish lira and Canadian dollar. The SPX, DOW and Nasdaq have risen around 0.5%, but […] More
Softer Dollar… No Respite from Trade War Threat
July 3, 2018
A left-leaning candidate and critic of U.S. President Trump, Andrea Manuel Lopez Obrador, scored a huge win in Mexico’s presidential election with a majority 53% of the popular vote. Terms are for six years. The peso rallied on the news. A U.S. sanction-enforced program against Iran has WTI oil trading above $75.0 per barrel for […] More
The Fickle Nature of Investor Anxiety about a Trade War
April 5, 2018
Flip-flopping attitudes about the likelihood of a full-fledged intensifying trade war between China and the United States continues to be a big source of day-to-day changes in market behavior. There was panic earlier this week. Today, investors believe Trump and Jinping will negotiate a truce and forestall a trade meltdown. One problem with such optimism […] More
