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Canadian Dollar ETF Weakens On Slowing Exports And Fed
Tom Lydon • Thu, May 30 • 3 Comments
USD/CAD Has Been Rallying Prior To Interest Rate Decisions, Only To Fall Afterwards
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Wed, May 29 • 2 Comments
Another Strike Against Canadian Dollar As Public Sector Continues To Lead Job Growth
Dr. Duru • Sun, May 12 • 5 Comments
Canada - Running Out of Luck?
Pater Tenebrarum • Wed, Apr 17 • 14 Comments
Sell The CAD Ahead Of The Bank Of Canada Interest Rate Decision
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Tue, Apr 16 • 2 Comments
Commodity Chart Of The Day: Canadian Dollar - North Of The Border
Matthew Bradbard • Thu, Apr 11
Which Way For The Loonie?
Ralph Shell • Wed, Apr 10 • 1 Comment
Commodity Chart Of The Day: Canadian Dollar - Is The Loonie Set To Fly?
Matthew Bradbard • Tue, Mar 26 • 1 Comment
Do We Still Sell The Loonie?
Ralph Shell • Wed, Mar 6 • 1 Comment
Commodity Chart Of The Day: Canadian Dollar
Matthew Bradbard • Mon, Mar 4
How Do We Trade The Loonie?
Ralph Shell • Wed, Feb 6 • 2 Comments
Can The Canadian Dollar Collapse?
Chris Ferreira • Tue, Jan 29 • 14 Comments
Will The Loonie's Popularity Last?
Ralph Shell • Fri, Sep 28, 2012 • 2 Comments
Commodity Chart Of The Day: The Canadian Dollar (Loonie)
Matthew Bradbard • Thu, Aug 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
Friday's ETF Chart To Watch: CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust
Stoyan Bojinov • Fri, Mar 2, 2012 • 1 Comment
Get Ready For The Breakout In The Canadian Dollar
Simit Patel • Sun, Jan 15, 2012 • 19 Comments
Bank Of Canada Rate Decision Brings CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar ETF Into Focus
Stoyan Bojinov • Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Canadian Dollar Could Strengthen Further In The Coming Days
Marc Chandler • Thu, Dec 1, 2011 • 15 Comments
Bank Of Canada Rate Decision Brings CurrencyShares Loonie ETF Into Focus
Michael Johnston • Tue, Oct 25, 2011
The Best Dollar Investment
Investment U • Sun, Oct 9, 2011 • 3 Comments

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Are EUR Bulls Prepared For The FOMC Decision?
Dean Popplewell • Wed, Jun 19
Market Waits For Bernanke To Turn On The Light
Dean Popplewell • Tue, Jun 18
Squeezed To Square: A False EUR Bid Into FOMC?
Dean Popplewell • Mon, Jun 17
Dollar Downside Not Over?
Marc Chandler • Sun, Jun 16
Economic Surprises Keep Dollar Bid
Marc Chandler • Fri, Jun 14 • 1 Comment
EUR Bulls And Bears End Week Licking Wounds
Dean Popplewell • Fri, Jun 14
Asset Price Recalibration Has The EUR And Yen In Demand
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Jun 13
Annals Of Market Manipulation, FX Edition
Felix Salmon • Thu, Jun 13 • 4 Comments
Euro Facing No Immediate Opposition
Dean Popplewell • Tue, Jun 11
Draghi Failed To Feed The EUR Bear - Is Everything Yen Flavored?
Dean Popplewell • Mon, Jun 10
FX Outlook: Is This All According To The BOJ's Plan?
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Sun, Jun 9
First Phase Of Correction Over, Dollar To Recover
Marc Chandler • Sat, Jun 8 • 5 Comments
Week In FX Americas - Canada Bests U.S. Jobs By A Country Mile
Dean Popplewell • Fri, Jun 7 • 1 Comment
Jobs Data Not Sufficient To Impact Tapering Debate
Marc Chandler • Fri, Jun 7
After Currency Panic Attack: 3 Likely NFP Outcomes
Dean Popplewell • Fri, Jun 7
Euro Confinement A Game Winner Ahead Of NFP
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Jun 6
Euro Data Dulls Major Pairs Ahead Of Jobs
Dean Popplewell • Wed, Jun 5
True Conviction: The Majors To Follow U.S. Data
Dean Popplewell • Tue, Jun 4 • 1 Comment
U.S. Dollar - Are The Greenback's Days Numbered?
Matthew Bradbard • Mon, Jun 3 • 6 Comments
Dollar Bulls Weary Of Yields Backing Up And The Buck Backing Down
Dean Popplewell • Mon, Jun 3

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Market Extra: Bank of Canada still leaning towards rate hikes

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 23, 2012)
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at CNBC.com (Jun 11, 2012)
Market Extra: Oil currencies ride crude’s rollercoaster

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 6, 2012)
Morning Note: Dollar to Continue Deteriorating?

at CNBC.com (Feb 28, 2011)
Halftime: Mideast Aggression Getting Serious for Investors?

at CNBC.com (Feb 16, 2011)
Jim Lowell: Investment detours, not shortcuts

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 1, 2010)
Outside the Box: 10-step inflation survival guide

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 4, 2010)
Weekend Investor: Cash in on currency shocks with these funds, ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 18, 2010)
Halftime Pt. 1: Bet Bullish Because Of Big Ben?

at CNBC.com (Jun 9, 2010)
Jim Lowell: Playing silver and curriences in June

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 1, 2010)
Abandoning Treasurys for safer bets overseas

at MarketWatch.com (May 14, 2010)
Gold Finds Identity Amid Currency Crisis

at CNBC.com (May 11, 2010)
Fed Play: Long Canada's Dollar, Says Gartman

at CNBC.com (Apr 28, 2010)

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CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust is designed to track the price of the Canadian Dollar net of Trust expenses, which are expected to be paid from interest earned on the deposited Canadian Dollars.
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Friday, June 7, 8:51 AM The jobs action is in Canada where May payrolls jumped 95K, the best month of job creation in a decade and flying past expectations for 15K. The unemployment rate fell to 7.1% from 7.2%. The loonie (FXC) jumps 0.6% to $0.9798. We'll keep an eye on stocks in Toronto (EWC) as Canadian equities have been underperformers this year thanks to weakness in commodity prices. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 6, 12:28 PM Unusual given past patterns, the dollar (UUP -1.7%) is being unloaded across the board and in size along with stocks selling off. The euro (FXE +1.5%), cable (FXB +1.8%), the yen (FXY +3.1%), the aussie (FXA +1.1%), and the loonie (FXC +1.3%) are all sharply higher vs. the greenback. The Dow's now off 86 points. 14 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, June 6, 10:20 AM Canada's Ivey PMI for May flies past expectations, jumping to 63.1 vs. consensus 57 and last month's 52.2. It's the highest level in a year for the gauge (which tends to read hotter than the RBC/Markit measure), led by the prices index climbing to 63.2. The loonie (FXC) remains little-changed vs. the greenback, buying $0.9663. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, June 3, 9:52 AM Canada's RBC PMI for May jumps to 53.2 - it's strongest pace in 11 months, and up from 50.1 in April. New Order growth hit an 11-month high, Output moved into expansion territory for the first time in 3 months, Job Creation is at its strongest since August, and Backlogs went into expansion for the first time in 8 months. The loonie (FXC) is flat and buying $0.9647. Stocks: EWC +0.6%, but it's been an underperformed this year, off 1.8% as resource prices and the loonie slide. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 29, 10:23 AM The Bank of Canada keeps policy on hold, maintaining its benchmark rate at 1% in Gov. Mark Carney's final meeting before leaving to head the Bank of England. The statement notes Q1 growth was likely stronger than the bank's April estimate. The loonie (FXC +0.2%) adds a bit to the day's strength, now buying $0.9655. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 22, 10:42 AM Bernanke: Stocks continue with solid gains as the chairman suggests the Fed may never sell the massive assets it's accumulated, instead just letting them roll down. Most interesting are Treasury prices (TLT -1.1%) rolling over - the 10-year yield sunk to 1.89% as Bernanke's soft comments hit the tape, but has reversed to now threaten 2%. Gold (GLD +0.6%) has given up much of its knee-jerk gains, and the dollar (UUP +0.3%) is having none of it, higher across the board, particularly vs. the aussie (FXA -1.1%), yen (FXY -1%), and loonie (FXC -0.6%). 5 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 3:40 PM The loonie (FXC -0.3%) is overvalued by 5-10% given current levels of commodity prices, says BMO's Doug Porter, speaking at a Bloomberg conference on Canada. "We are literally getting hammered by prices in North America," says Enbridge (ENB) CEO Al Monaco at the same event. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Friday, May 17, 9:38 AM Did the Fed tighten while we were getting a cup of coffee? The greenback is soaring against all other currencies, with the dollar bull ETF (UUP) gaining 0.6% - an unusually large move for that vehicle. Strength against the yen (FXY -0.3%) and the aussie (FXA -0.9%) are givens of late, but the greenback is up about 1% vs. both the loonie (FXC) and the swissie (FXF), and about 0.6% vs. the euro (FXE) and cable (FXB). Getting hit are Treasurys (TLT -0.5%), the dollar bear ETF (UDN -0.6%) and of course, gold (GLD -0.7%). 5 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, May 10, 8:46 AM Canada adds 12.5K jobs in April, just shy of expectations for 15K. The unemployment rate remained at 7.2%. The loonie (FXC) weakens a little further, -0.4% vs. the greenback and buying $0.9894. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 9, 3:06 PM The dollar (UUP +1%) is soaring across the board (not just against the yen, where it's now spiked through ¥100 to ¥100.56). The greenback is threatening parity vs. the aussie (FXA -1.1%) for the first time since last summer, and the euro (FXE -1.1%), swissie (FXF -1.4%), loonie (FXC -0.5%), and pound (FXB -0.6%) are seeing sizable declines as well. Commodities? Red. Gold (GLD -1.1%), Silver (SLV -1.2%), Oil (USO -0.6%), Copper (JJC -0.8%). 5 Comments [Global & FX, Commodities, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, May 3, 3:33 PM Canada's surprise choice of Stephen Poloz to replace Mark Carney as BOC governor "sends a fuzzy signal," says Moody's, suggesting the move means the government wants more control over monetary policy. Given the success of Mark Carney, the Harper government's decision to look past his deputy and front-runner Tiff Macklem means it won't be "business as usual" at the BOC. The loonie (FXC) is unfazed. Comment! [Global & FX]
Saturday, April 27, 8:55 AM Staking the fate of his hedge fund on a large short of Canadian banks (BMO, BNS, RY, CM) and the loonie (FXC), Vijai Mohan's arguments of a property price bubble fueled - in part - by an emerging markets growth bubble aren't unfamiliar ones. A third leg: That the country's banks are the world's best capitalized is a falsity, owing to a required "risk-weight" of just 9.9% on mortgages (the U.S. is 35% minimum, Australia 15-20%, Europe 20%). Should regulators impose a higher rate (it's under discussion), the nation's lenders would be forced to raise capital and/or reduce dividends. 15 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 17, 10:25 AM The Bank of Canada holds its benchmark rate steady at 1%, as expected. Also expected, the bank shaves its 2013 GDP growth outlook to 1.5% vs. a previous estimate of 2%. The cut is slightly more than economists' forecasts. The economy is now expected to reach full capacity in mid-2015 vs. an earlier hope for January 2015. The loonie (FXC -0.7%) remains lower, buying $0.9733. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, April 15, 2:42 PM Another popular position unwound today is the yen short trade, with much of the move coming in the past 90 minutes. The dollar (UUP) is off a full 1% vs. the yen (FXY +1.2%), but surging against most all other units. Particularly noteworthy are the "commodity currencies" - the aussie (FXA -1.6%), the loonie (FXC -1%). 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, April 15, 10:02 AM Underperforming today as commodities (DBC -1.7%) take a beating is Canada, the TSX -1.5%. Also seeing little love is the loonie (FXC -0.6%). The move in the MSCI Canada Index ETF (EWC -2.4%) reflects both the loss in shares and the currency. EWC is now off 5% YTD, trailing the S&P 500 by 1500 basis points. Comment! [Global & FX, On the Move]

ltfinger
Week's Returning Downgrades (5/24/13): $CSC, $CUK, $CVLT, $DF, $ELD, $FXC, $HIW, $JO, $PRE, $RNR, $SAAS, $VAC
May 28, 8:42 AM
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SKS1586
$FXC,$FXA,$WRB,$AFG,$SWC,$EXC,$TEVA,$EMC,$DLB,$ADI,$WPRT,$E, $FSYS,$PER,$DVN,$OKE,$WPX,$ETP,$NLY Bought today.
May 22, 4:13 PM
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We End The Week With Some Decisive Forex Moves by: Ralph Shell.$FXC $FXE $FXY $UUP http://bit.ly/18AhJSX http://bit.ly/YAjKuj MarketCurrents
May 11, 12:49 AM
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ltfinger
Returning Upgrades (4/11/13): $ELLI, $FIS, $FR, $FRAN, $FSTR, $FXC, $GHDX, $GIL, $HLS, $HRL, $HRS, $HSIC, $JACK, $JBT, $JCOM, $LPS, $LUX
Apr 12, 10:32 AM
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Valdao Research
Despite mom increase, Canadian Nov '12 nominal retail trade growth not good @ 1.37% yoy http://is.gd/NLit0j $TSX.CA $EWC $FXC
Jan 23, 3:10 AM
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Bradley Fluetsch
Money printing by the Fed to inflate Wall Street at the expense of the public holding record levels of unprotected $s. Buy FXA, FXC even FXM
9/7/12
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Tom Guttenberger
FXC and FXF performance seem overly tied to oil drop and euro fears respectively. Tend to think neither fall off of the cliff.
5/20/12
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humahuaca: agreed. FXC will bounce back above 100 in a few weeks. Carney is going to be talking about tightening again at some point.FXA tougher to say
5/20/12
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Tom Guttenberger: I like FXA less with Austrailia turning to a trade deficit recently.
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Cliff Wachtel
as noted in my comment to post: http://seekingalpha.com/a/cipv like CAD and CAD denominated investments-CAD solid & BoC 2 raise rates FXC
5/14/12
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dak269
Currency gurus...too worried about risk off to mess with FXC...are my fears justified?
1/9/12
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humahuaca: provides a nice steady income. I'd look to buy it at 96 and under, but eventually I think we'll see low 90s. Good luck.
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dak269: Thanks, hum!
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humahuaca
i'm new here, ex FX trader from way back, now trade my own acct, mostly SSO, SDS, TBT, FXP, FXC, some oil and NG ETFs in canada
12/15/11
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Eric Stalee: http://bit.ly/saAs0I
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humahuaca: thanks JCH looking forward to contributing what I can haha I guess campus glass did the same as I did, chose a stock pic from acer
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Tom Guttenberger
FXC and FXF performance seem overly tied to oil drop and euro fears respectively. Tend to think neither fall off of the cliff.
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humahuaca: agreed. FXC will bounce back above 100 in a few weeks. Carney is going to be talking about tightening again at some point.FXA tougher to say
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Currency gurus...too worried about risk off to mess with FXC...are my fears justified?
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humahuaca: provides a nice steady income. I'd look to buy it at 96 and under, but eventually I think we'll see low 90s. Good luck.
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humahuaca
i'm new here, ex FX trader from way back, now trade my own acct, mostly SSO, SDS, TBT, FXP, FXC, some oil and NG ETFs in canada
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neobliviscar
Selling FXC Nov 102 Calls. Enjoyed the Loonie currency bounce, but putting an end cap on it.
10/21/11
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neobliviscar: Adjust that. FXC Nov 101 Calls.
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