Author : Marc Chandler

The euro has shed six cents over the past seven sessions.  There are two main forces.  The primary one arguably is within Europe itself.  After an extended flash crash...

The strong upside momentum for the US dollar seen last week is carrying into today's activity.  It was firm in the holiday-thinned trading yesterday but has jumped higher today....

While the markets in the United States and parts of Europe were closed on Monday, four things took place that global investors need to know.  While the markets in...

Emerging markets currencies are somewhat directionless at the moment, caught between an unclear trend for the dollar and oil prices in a broad yet volatile range since the start...

The US dollar's recovery last week may not get the kind of fundamental support that medium and long-term investors would like to see to raise the confidence that the...

The US dollar had a good week. Indeed, the Dollar Index's 3.3% rise was its best weekly performance since last September.  After looking rather bleak, the divergence theme struck...

1) Petrobras reported stronger than expected Q1 earnings, 2) A Colombian court ordered a delay to the sale of the government’s 57.6% stake in hydropower company Isagen, 3) The...

The US dollar had begun the week on a firm note, but those gains have been trimmed in the second half of the week.  The confirmation that a June...

Successful horse-trading got the US Senate closer to granting the President Trade Promotion Authority for the first time since 2002.  Sixty votes needed to push the process to the...

The US Dollar Index advanced in the first three days of the week but is under some pressure today.  The FOMC minutes confirmed what the market had already known,...