CEW News and Press, WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund From 08/24/21

The dollar spiked to around JPY110.15 yesterday before reversing lower and leaving a bearish shooting star candlestick in its wake. The euro stalled yesterday at $1.1750, a four-day high. Like most of the freely accessible liquid emerging market currencies, the Mexican peso did no...

US equities recovered smartly yesterday from gap lower openings but failed to help stabilize the Asia-Pacific and European shares today. Hong Kong, China, and South Korea led today's retreat, and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell for the fourth week in the past five. Europe's Dow J...

The US dollar rallied after the Federal Reserve signaled that a majority are inclined to reduce the pace of bond purchases this year, even though the short-end interest rate markets took it in stride. The euro flirted with $1.17 yesterday but convincingly broke it in Asia earlier toda...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand appeared poised to hike rates today, but the government's decision to impose a three-day lockdown deterred them. Sterling remains trapped near yesterday's trough that extended to an almost four-week low near $1.3725. The US dollar was consolidating ...

Nearly all the major markets in the Asia Pacific region fell, but India, perhaps encouraged by a large infrastructure initiative unveiling yesterday. China's July data disappointed, and the resurging virus warns of further weakness this month, which has seen a large port shut and regu...

European stocks continue to edge higher, and the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is posting gains for the 10th consecutive session. US futures are firmer after the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials set new records yesterday. Gold has continued to recover from the flash crash at the start of the...

Japan's July PPI rose by 1.1%, more than twice the projected gain, and lifted the year-over-year rate to 5.6% from 5.0%. The euro has been confined to less than a fifth of a cent range so far today, and it is holding in the upper end of yesterday's range. The US dollar is little c...

The dollar recorded a two-month low against the yen on August 4 near JPY108.70 before reversing higher. The Australian dollar is holding above the year's low set last month, near $0.7290, but it shows no enthusiasm for the upside. The US dollar lost nearly 0.5% against the Canadia...

Japan returned from the long holiday weekend and reported a slightly better than expected June current account surplus. Germany's August ZEW survey was weaker than forecast. The expectations component fell to 40.4 from 63.3. The US dollar continues to bump against resistance a lit...

A flash crash saw gold drop more than $70 an ounce in early Asia. Silver was dragged lower too. The euro briefly traded below last month's low ($1.1752) to its lowest level since the end of March. The second consecutive increase of more than 900k US jobs solidifies expectations fo...