US Dollar

The investment community has been fixated on the strength of the U.S. dollar versus rival foreign currencies, such as the euro and yen. The widespread quantitative easing efforts and falling bond yields in both Europe and Japan have prompted a persistent movement towards U.S. denominated assets...

There isn’t much that Peter Schiff and Ron Insana will agree on. Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, is not a fan of the Federal Reserve. He thinks the Fed has put the U.S. in a situation where it will destroy the dollar. But Insana, author of Market Intelligence, says the Fed has...

As one of the more price sensitive areas of the precious metals market, the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) dropped precipitously in 2013 and 2014. Over that two-year time frame, SLV fell 48.72 percent as demand for precious metals waned. In a bid to reverse those fortunes, SLV has jumped out...

For the first time since April 2009, WTI crude breached the $50 mark Monday and briefly traded even lower, going as low as $49.95 per barrel. Though it recently traded above that mark, it was still down more than 4 percent for the day. CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reported on the news and...

Kiana Danial is a forex trader, but she’s also bearish on oil. “Here’s the deal: The U.S. dollar and oil are reversely interconnected,” she explained. “And if I’m saying that I am bullish on the U.S. dollar, I have to say that I’m bearish in oil....

After the Federal Reserve announced the end of quantitative easing, forex trader Lydia Finkley said the U.S. dollar has been trying to stage a breakout. “If you look on the indices it has … but if you against other currencies, particularly the pound, the euro, the [Australian...

Hamzei Analytics HFT Forex strategist Ashraf Laidi said something unusual happened when U.S. equities markets closed down on Monday. "We saw the U.S. dollar falling alongside the stock market," he said. "Why was that?" Laidi joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep this...

Adam Sarhan, founder and CEO of Sarhan Capital, said that the entire energy complex has shifted considerably over the past six to eight weeks. His company is short in crude, and he joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to talk about the recent dip in crude oil futures markets. Geopolitical...

China is more than a casual observer of the current poltical chaos in Washington. It's also the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury bonds, and, if a debt default takes place now or in the near future, China will take one of the largest losses globally. Early last week, Chinese officials...