The U.S. dollar may be losing its appeal as one of the few reliable safe-haven assets in times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty after an 18 month rally, and a further fall by the currency coul...
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One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls last year says he’s learned his lesson and isn’t chasing stocks right now
The young new year has been all about reversion to the mean. Take the ARK Innovation ETF ARKK, -2.94% — Cathie Wood’s flagship fund of mostly unprofitable tech companies has stormed 19% higher in 2023...
As U.S. dollar stumbles, Japanese yen is ‘hottest story in town’. Here’s why.
It’s the comeback currency. The Japanese yen, among the world’s worst-performing major currencies in 2022, roared back to a seven-month high versus a now-reeling U.S. dollar on Friday, as traders bet ...
The U.S. dollar surrendered its status as the world’s premier safe haven in Q4. Here’s how.
The U.S. dollar’s status as one of the few dependable safe havens for investors during this year’s market mayhem started to erode during the fourth quarter, even as the greenback posted its biggest ye...
Why the Bank of Japan’s surprise policy twist is rattling global markets
Anchors aweigh? The Bank of Japan sent shock waves through global financial markets Tuesday, effectively loosening a cap on 10-year government bond yields in a surprise move seen as potentially pointi...
Many investors are betting on an inflation peak. Here’s why a former hedge-fund manager says they’re wrong.
Investors are waking up to big trouble in big China. Stock futures and oil prices are falling after angry anti-COVID zero protests swept the country. “This is a sudden powerful new distraction for mar...
U.S. Treasury says currency-market intervention should be reserved for ‘very exceptional circumstances’ in response to Japan’s September move
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it expects currency-market interventions, like Japan’s in September, should be reserved for exceptional circumstances, as it kept Tokyo on a list of partn...
Japanese Yen Risks Being Rebranded As The ‘Peso’
Haruhiko Kuroda has the Bank of Japan standing pat while central bankers virtually everywhere else are boosting interest rates. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images The deer-in-the-headlights moment tha...
Weak yen to boost travel; no full rebound without China
After more than two years of strict Covid-19 border controls, Japan reinstated visa-free travel to 68 countries on Tuesday. Maki Nakamura | Digitalvision | Getty Images The Japanese yen’s slump ...
Don’t look for a stock market bottom until a soaring dollar cools down. Here’s why.
It will be difficult for the stock market to stop its slide and find a bottom as long as the U.S. dollar keeps soaring versus its rivals, according to market analysts. Global stocks suffered a bruisin...
Yen rallies after Japan unilaterally intervenes for first time in 24 years
The dollar dropped sharply against the Japanese yen on Thursday, in the first intervention to support its currency since 1998, after the Bank of Japan bucked the trend of other central banks by not hi...
A surging U.S. dollar is already sending ‘danger signals,’ economists warn
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to wring out inflation have sent the U.S. dollar soaring to historic highs — further aiding the effort to get price pressures under control. Beware, however, t...
Why the ECB’s jumbo rate hike isn’t helping the beaten-down euro
The European Central Bank went big on Thursday, delivering a historically outsize 75 basis-point interest rate increase in its effort to get a grip on record inflation. Yet the euro, after a brief bou...
Toyota says it will invest extra $2.5 billion in North Carolina plant
A Toyota dealership in Yokohama, Japan, photographed on Feb. 7, 2021. The firm is trying to make headway in the increasingly competitive electric vehicle market. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images ...
2-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 as bond selloff continues
Treasury yields continued to climb on Monday, with the 2-year reaching levels not seen since November 2007, as bonds tumbled in the wake of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks at ...
USDJPY As A Unique One-Look Indicator
TOKYO, JAPAN – JANUARY 01: An employee counts Japanese yen in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro … [+] Ohsumi/Getty Images) Getty Images Traders and investors perpetually seek a one-look mea...
EURUSD And USDJPY Can Reverse Despite An Aggressive Fed
The US Dollar forged an incredible advance heading into the Federal Reserve’s May announcement. The central bank said it would dramatically escalate its monetary policy regime by hiking its benchmark ...
Trading the winners and losers from the dollar at two-year highs
Wall Street may be underestimating the dollar’s jump to two year highs. “With each passing day the dollar goes higher. That creates more of a headwind for the multinationals in the market ...
A surging U.S. dollar is creating an ‘untenable situation’ for the stock market, warns Morgan Stanley’s Wilson
The U.S. dollar’s unrelenting surge is raising worries over corporate earnings, warned a closely followed Wall Street analyst, who noted that similar performances by the currency have historically led...