Marc Chandler's Comment & Analysis
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The US dollar gained against most of the major currencies last week. A notable exception was the Japanese yen. Steep equity losses and a drop in bond yields provided the yen with the customary...
The US 10-year Treasury yield has risen 30 bp since Monday's low-water mark. There are a number of reports that try to link the backing up in US yields to purported sales by China. The Chinese sales,...
China appears to be flailing. Its stock market stabilization efforts have failed miserably. It looks as if it has botched another attempt to let market forces have greater sway over the yuan's...
There are two currency pegs that serve as bedrocks. They were not tackled in the series of emerging market crisis that began in the mid-1990s. They did not succumb during the Great Financial crisis....
It was a difficult week for the dollar, stocks and commodities last week, to say the least. The Chinese yuan, which had been a catalyst for some recent volatility, stabilized, and actually finished...
Greece had been a dominant issue for investors for much of the first seven months of the year. The seemingly reversal by Greek Prime Minister Tsipras allowed for Greece to move off the front burner....
The gyrations in the foreign exchange market spurred by the panicked response to Chinese machinations may have been the last spasm before the summer doldrums grip the dollar. The Dollar Index had its...
The Federal Reserve meets in a month. We all can appreciate that one of the most important elements is expectations. How should investors measure expectations? We can take a page from the Fed's...
There are two events this week that will shape the investment climate potentially for the rest of the year. The first is the Bank of England meeting. The following day is the US employment report.Both...
The US dollar rose against nearly all the major and emerging market currencies in the past week. The notable exception among the majors is sterling, where hawkish BOE comments and another rise in...