Recent Commentaries tagged (uup)
Manipulated Market: A Tale Of The Federal...
Sometimes it is scary to see manipulation in full swing in the stock market. Actually, it is always scary to think such blatant manipulation can occur and by the leading powers in the "free" world. Let's set the stage. The markets opened slightly lower. No big deal here. They slowly inched lower ...
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Tags: spy | dia | uup | qqq | etfs
Was Friday’s Price Action in Gold Signaling...
"You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame. You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays." ~ Rise Against. "Satellite" Lyrics ~ Friday morning traders and market participants awaited the key January employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The...
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Tags: gold-trading | dollar-trading | index-trading | spy | uup | gld
Mirror Opposites
The chart below basically says it all. The green and red bars represent the U.S. Dollar Index futures (DX H2), the black and white bars represent the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES H2). Traders can easily see the inverse relationship between these two leading indexes. We can all forget the news...
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Tags: uup | udn | spy | fxe | futures | etfs
Can The Dollar Dip Enough To Save The Day?
This morning, the U.S. Dollar Index futures (DX H2) are trading higher to start the day. As we should all know by now, when the dollar starts off strong the major stock indexes will usually be weak. That is certainly the case this morning as the major stock indexes come under early selling pressu...
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Tags: uup | rio | scco | xom | stocks
It's A Dollar Story
For over ten years now the major stock indexes have traded inverse to the U.S. Dollar Index. That inverse relationship is back in full force today. Anyone can easily see how the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES H2) jumped off the morning lows as soon as the U.S. Dollar Index tumbled lower. All tr...
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Tags: uup | fcx | bhp | clf | vale | stocks
Falling U.S. Dollar Inflates Markets
This afternoon, the Federal Reserve Bank announced that they will keep the fed funds rate at zero to a quarter percent until the end of 2014. This statement by the central bank has caused the U.S. Dollar Index to plummet intra-day. As we all know by now, when the dollar dips the markets flip. Eve...
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Tags: jjc | uup | gld | uso | slv | stocks | etfs
