October 16, 2022 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
The dollar broke back STRONG on Friday with, for example, the Invesco DB U.S.Dollar Index Bullish Fund ETF (UUP) gaining 0.69% on the day after dropping 0.66% during the Thursday, October 13, stock rally. Looking at the overnight markets in Asia on Sunday, October 16, it looks like U.S. traders and investors can expect more dollar strength to begin this week. And this is starting to become a big enough problem that it’s adding volatility to the financial markets in general.
August 8, 2022 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend, Morning Briefing, UUP, Volatility |
In the last week, as odds have climbed of a 75-basis-point interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve at its September 22 meeting, the U.S. dollar has reversed its slide during the last two weeks of July.
Stands to reason. Higher U.S. interest rates make dollar-denominated assets, such as Treasuries, more attractive. More dollar buying, stronger dollar.
December 12, 2021 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend, Mid Term |
In late November non-resident cash flows to emerging market assets, excluding China, turned negative for the first time since March 2020 and the Pandemic global economic dip, according to the Institute of International Finance.
November 8, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
... the dollar. The dollar continued to fall last week. The dollar spot index (DXY) of the dollar against a basket of other major trading currencies is now down 4.32% for the year (as of the close on November 6.) More recently, the dollar is down 5.3% since June 29....
February 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, GOLD, Stock Alerts |
Gold is supposed to go up when investors and traders are looking for safe havens and hedges against market volatility. So it makes sense the gold and gold mining stocks are gaining as coronavirus stalks through the land. Gold closed up 0.99% today to $1570.50 an...
February 22, 2018 | Notes You Need |
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical post resembles this one from today: “1:40 p.m.: Amazon (AMZN) has launched its own Basic Care line of more than 60 over-the-counter health products. The products are produced by Perrigo )PRGO), a private-label healthcare manufacturer, for Amazon. Perrigo reports earnings on February 27. “
February 1, 2018 | Daily JAM, Volatility |
Next week would be a heavy lift for a Congress that functioned like a well-oiled machine. Pass a bill to fund the government. Reconcile Republican demands for more defense spending with Democratic demands for an equal increase in domestic programs. Strike an immigration deal that heads off deportation for 700,000 or more children of illegal immigrants. Find even $200 billion for infrastructure spending. And then there’s the little issue of the debt ceiling.
January 17, 2018 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A typical items resembles this from today: “4:20 p.m.: The U.S. Dollar Index gave up a morning gain to fall back to 90.32 before rallying again to close at 90.736, up 0.34 on the day. Some analysts think that the 90 level on the index might give support to the U.S. currency against other major currencies. Others think the dollar is on the verge of falling to a new thee-year low that could open the way to further declines.”
September 23, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The big event this week, as far as financial markets are concerned, will be the Wednesday announcement by the “Big Six” Republican working group of a framework for the long anticipated Republican plan to cut taxes.
March 14, 2017 | Daily JAM, VIX |
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March 6, 2017 | Uncategorized |
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February 17, 2017 | Daily JAM |
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