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FX Weekly Review, November 14 – November 18: Best Dollar Weeks since Reagan

2016-11-20

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2016-11-20

Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc, November 18, 2016
The US dollar has recorded its best two-week performance since Reagan was President. The weeks after Trump's election continue to see a weakening of the Swiss Franc, while the dollar index is on a steady rise. Still both the euro and the yen have seen worse performance than the Swiss Franc. The euro is currently under 1.07.

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FX Weekly Review, November 07 – November 11: The Trump Reflation Trade

2016-11-13

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2016-11-13

Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc, November 04, 2016
The Swiss Franc Index rose sharply, shortly after the U.S. elections. But then the Trump reflation trade came. Trump may fulfills the wet dreams of many economists. With tax cuts he might extend the U.S. fiscal deficit up to 10% per year. This resulted in: Gains on U.S. stocks, inflows in U.S. Bonds, inflation hedges gold and Swiss Francs.

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FX Weekly Review, October 31 – November 04: Dollar at Crossroads

2016-11-06

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2016-11-06

Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc, November 04, 2016
Swiss Franc Currency Index As visible in the graph, the Swiss Franc index recovered most of its losses against the US Dollar Index for the last 30 days. In the last 30 days, both the USD currency index and the CHF currency index have had a positive performance.

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FX Weekly Review, October 24-28: October Surprise Pushes Open Door

2016-10-30

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2016-10-30

Swiss Franc Currency Index, October 22 2016
The Swiss Franc Index could recover some of the losses as compared to the US dollar index. Still the USD/CHF remains above 0.99. The US dollar rose against most of the major currencies last week, but the upside momentum appeared to be dissipating, even before the FBI's announcement about new Clinton emails. There are a few exceptions like the greenback's performance against the Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, and Swedish krona. The dollar made new...

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FX Weekly Review, October 17-21: Golden Cross in Dollar Index and Deadman’s Cross in the Euro

2016-10-23

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2016-10-23

Swiss Franc Currency Index, October 22 2016
The Swiss Franc index had once again a bad stance against the dollar index. The CHF index was down 1%. The dollar index, however, improved. The US dollar rose against the major currencies last week, except the Australian and Canadian dollars.

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FX Weekly Review, October 10-14: Rates Still Key to Dollar’s Outlook

2016-10-16

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2016-10-16

Swiss Franc Index Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc
The Swiss Franc index had once again a bad stance against the dollar index. The CHF index was down 1%. The dollar index, however, improved. The US dollar rose against the major currencies last week, except the Australian and Canadian dollars.

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FX Weekly Review, October 03-07: Dollar Profits on Strong ISM Index

2016-10-08

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2016-10-08

Swiss Franc Index Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc
The Franc index lost considerably in the last week, in particularly in comparison to the dollar index. Reason was the exceptionally strong U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing Index.

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The Yen in Three Charts

2016-10-04

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2016-10-04

The dollar is taking out a several month downtrend against the yen. The correlation between the yen and the S&P 500 has broken down. The US 2-year premium over Japan has steadily risen.

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FX Weekly Review, September 26-30: Dollar vulnerable at the Start of Q4, CHF collapses at Quarter End

2016-10-02

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2016-10-02

Swiss Franc Index Trade-weighted index Swiss Franc
The US dollar fell against most of the major currencies in Q3. The Norwegian krone was the best performer, gaining 4.4% against the greenback, followed by Aussie and Kiwi. The Swiss Franc collapsed on Friday at quarter end.

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FX Weekly Review, September 12 – 16: U.S. Dollar Resilience Despite Hawkish ECB and bad ISM

2016-09-17

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2016-09-17

The dollar was surprisingly strong this week. This despite a more hawkish ECB, bad U.S. economic data in the ISM surveys.

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FX Daily, August 19: Dollar Recovers into the Weekend

2016-08-19

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2016-08-19

The US dollar is trading firmly ahead of the weekend as part of this week's losses are recouped. The euro is trading within yesterday's range, holding to a little more than a half-cent above $1.13. However, as we have noted, the Asia and European participants appear more dollar-friendly than Americans

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FX Daily, August 17: Dollar Snaps Back

2016-08-17

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2016-08-17

The US dollar is enjoying a mid-week bounce against all the major currencies. It appears that participants in Asia and Europe are giving more credence to NY Fed Dudley's comments yesterday. Although many in the market have given up on a rate hike this year, Dudley reaffirmed his belief that the economy was accelerating in H2 and that the market was being too complacent.

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FX Daily, August 16: Dollar Slumps, but Driver may Not be so Obvious

2016-08-17

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2016-08-17

The US dollar is being sold across the board today. The US Dollar Index is off 0.65% late in the European morning, which, if sustained, would make it the largest drop in two weeks. The proximate cause being cited by participants and the media is weak US data that is prompting a Fed re-think.

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FX Daily, August 15: Dollar Eases to Start the New Week

2016-08-15

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2016-08-15

The US dollar closed the pre-weekend session well off its lows that were seen in response to the disappointing retail sales report. It has been unable to sustain the upside momentum, and as North American dealers prepare to return to their posts, it is trading lower against most of the major currencies. The notable exceptions are the Scandi-bloc, which are consolidating last week's gains, and sterling, which remains pinned near $1.29.

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FX Weekly Review: June 06 – June 10: EUR/CHF Down 2 percent

2016-06-12

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2016-06-12

Two main events that will drive the foreign exchange market. The first is the FOMC meeting. The shockingly weak job growth dashed whatever lingering odds of a move next week. The EUR/CHF has fallen by 2%.

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FX Daily, June7: Another Breakdown of EUR/CHF

2016-06-07

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2016-06-07

Once again both EUR and USD broke down against the franc. The adverse effect of the Friday US jobs reports is visible again. Moreover, CHF appreciated with the Asian block, with AUD and NZD and with the oil price.

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FX Weekly Review May 30 to June 3: Dollar’s Rally Ends with a Bang

2016-06-05

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2016-06-05

The dollar peaked on May 30, but it was not clear until the poor US jobs report sent the greenback reeling on June 3. The EUR/CHF surprisingly increased, despite weak US data. No wonder, speculators had to cover their short EUR positions.

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FX Review May23 to May28: Dollar Set to Snap Three-Month Decline

2016-05-28

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2016-05-28

Many linked sterling's outperformance (+0.8%) to a growing sense that the UK will vote to remain in the EU, despite angst reflected in the elevated cost of insurance (one-month options).  The Canadian dollar (+0.7%) was helped by oil's flirtation wit...

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