US Dollar Index erases gains USD/JPY: 77.73.. EUR/USD: 1.3023 Dollar Index erases up gains:The Dollar Index has given up virtually all of its gain and now is just above the flat line at 79.85. The flat trade comes ahead of tomorrow’s FOMC interest rate decision and US Fed Chairman Bernanke’s press conference that may lay [...]

The dollar index, which measures the US Dollar against a basket of six other currencies, traded at 73.666, down from 73.728 in late North American trading on Monday and after falling to 73.65 is now trading over 73.80. The dollar declined at the start of the week after upbeat U.S. economic data boosted investors’ appetite [...]

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is a composite of three major asset class (CMAC) indexes: Dow Jones Global Stock CMAC Index (Stock CMAC), Barclays Capital Bond Composite-Global Index (Bond CMAC), and Barclays Capital Cash Composite-Global Index (Cash CMAC). The Stock CMAC consists of nine pure (non-overlapping) equity sub-asset classes and the Bond CMAC consists [...]

Bad numbers from the ISM only indicate slowdown in growth which should naturally be expected in any recovery. Disruptions to parts supplies caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan are weighing on the expansion globally, however this is only temporary. As Warren Buffett said “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s [...]

Shayne Heffernan has issued a strong buy on iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (ETF) NYSE:EWS with a 2012 price target of . iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange traded fund (ETF). The Funds seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Singapore Index (the Underlying [...]