MF Global Analyst Jessica Hoversen shares her thoughts on the U.S. dollar, euro, Swiss Franc and prospects for a third round of Fed quantitative easing (QE3)  in this interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward” program.  (MF Global is the parent company of Lind-Waldock.)

by Jeff Friedman There have been a lot of challenges for the markets in the past few months, from unrest in the Middle East to the disaster in Japan to ongoing Eurozone debt issues to a potential U.S. government shutdown. The big, overarching question for most investors and consumers is how these factors have affected [...]

by John Caruso The U.S. dollar has been on the rise as continued debt troubles in the Eurozone and geopolitical tensions surrounding North Korea have caused investors to move to safe-havens. The U.S. Dollar index futures contract, which represents the dollar’s standing against a basket of six global currencies, rose 5.2 in November and is [...]

by Gord Weisemann Risk is off again in the markets, but the calendar of economic releases, at least out of the U.S. is a little light until the end of the week. The U.S. second-quarter gross domestic product reading comes out on Friday, August 27. I’ve already gone on record saying I expect a noticeable [...]

Friday’s action is bringing us a risk-off signal loud and clear. The carry trade (Yen versus CAD and AUD) is moving aggressively, gold and silver are off sharply, energies are lower and the equity markets are under significant pressure. Speaking of equity markets, I think they’ve taken their last gasp of air before going back [...]

by Jim Comiskey Generally, the U.S. dollar will trade inversely to both gold and the euro currency, so these are good markets to take a look at in tandem. The dollar index futures and euro futures both saw unusual gaps on Monday, April 12, and I’d be looking for these gaps to close to formulate [...]

by Aaron Fennell The disheartening events taking place in Greece over the past few weeks have been a setback to the global financial recovery. You might be surprised  to learn that Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio isn’t actually the highest in the Eurozone. It’s interesting to compare countries’ debt-to-GDP ratios, and see how dire the situation really [...]

by Aaron Fennell It’s been a challenging few weeks for commodities traders. There has been a flight to the U.S. dollar, which has caused corrections in many commodities, particularly gold. The Canadian dollar has been pressing lower and futures broke support at 94c last week. However, I think there are reasons to be bullish both [...]

by Greg Perlin The U.S. dollar has been in a bearish trend for quite some time against the euro, but the charts are telling me this may be changing.