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Chart Presentation: Confirmation

We are going to make the case for the Canadian dollar declining from close to parity with the U.S. dollar to perhaps as low as .8800 over the next month or two on page 3 today. To start with, however, we are going to return to the topic of 'offsets'. At top right is a cha... Full story ›


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