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The Value of the U.S. Dollar

Despite the best efforts of Quantitative easing and artificially suppressed rates, the U.S. Dollar is exactly where it was four years ago. Perhaps the bigger surprise is that commercial traders are building a huge long position in the Dollar Index futures contract. We’ll examine the reasons why as well as the effect this may have on other markets related to the U.S. Dollar.