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COT Report: shorts flee after short interest jumps to record

COT Report: Gold shorts flee after short interest jumps to record | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, there are several changes in speculator positioning across major currencies and commodities. Speci...

This week's COT Report: short interest jumps to another record

COT Report: Gold short interest jumps to another record | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, changes in speculator positioning across major currencies and commodities are limited. The only ch...

Euro vulnerable as slowing growth reveals underlying issues

Euro vulnerable as slowing growth reveals underlying issues | MarketsNow In our last commentary on the euro in late August, we wrote that the common currency was set to weaken further thanks to (1) slowing growth, (2) slowing...

US dollar set to strengthen as US joins global slowdown

US dollar set to rise further as US joins global slowdown | MarketsNow In our previous commentary on the US dollar, we wrote that the buck was set to rise further thanks to our forecast for slowing US growth and inflation. ...

This week's COT Report: speculators add to long euro positions

COT Report: Speculators add to euro long positions | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, there are few notable changes in speculator positioning. The only move worth highlighting can be s...

This week's COT Report: Swiss franc shorts change course

COT Report: Swiss franc shorts change course | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, there are very few notable changes in speculator positioning. The biggest change can be seen in Sw...

This week's COT Report: Speculators increase short bets against the pound

COT Report: Speculators increase their bets against the British pound | MarketsNow In this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, notable changes in speculator positions in major currencies and commodities are fairly limited. The most s...

Shorting the euro remains a great opportunity as European downturn worsens

Shorting the euro remains a great opportunity as European downturn worsens | MarketsNow In our last take on the euro in April, we wrote that the bullish case for the currency was running out of drivers. Specifically, we wrote that decelerat...

This week's COT Report: speculators buy the Japanese yen

COT Report: Speculators buy the Japanese yen | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, changes in speculator positioning across major currencies and commodities are fairly limited. The ...

Our latest commentary on the British pound

British pound set to weaken further, but some hope on the horizon | MarketsNow In our previous piece on pound sterling, we wrote that the currency was likely to weaken thanks to (1) slowing growth across Europe, (2) excessively bul...

This week's COT Report: Speculators now short the

COT Report: Speculators now short the euro | MarketsNow Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, changes in speculator positioning across major currencies and commodities is relatively limited. S...

Canadian dollar outlook now bearish as commodity prices weaken

Canadian dollar outlook now bearish as commodity prices weaken | MarketsNow The Canadian dollar is the best performing major ‘risk on’ currency this year. Against the US dollar, the loonie is down by 4.5% this year. This beats a...