Thursday, April 16, 2015

"Dollar Dump Sends Oil, Bonds & Stocks Surging"

Concerned reader may have wondered why no oil posts today.
Well..., oil is trading captive to the dollar and despite opening lower the futures seem bound and determined to trade higher.
$56.82 last off of a low of $55.07. The Dollar Index is now down about .80% at 97.52.

From ZeroHedge:
The sudden decision to buy EUR and dump USDs (after a slew of Fed speakers spewed their usual spew) has sparked a buy everything trade across markets as bonds, stocks, and crude are surging...

As EURUSD nears 1.08...

Charts: Bloomberg