Canadian Dollar Continues Its Strength In the Wake of Jobs Report

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 12, 2015. Click here to read the entire piece.) The Canadian jobs report is often overlooked thanks to the bigger headlines on the U.S. jobs report that precedes it. The Canadian dollar (FXC) strengthened marginally in response to the combination … Read more

Strong Economic News Bolsters the Case for the Canadian Dollar

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on April 20, 2015. Click here to read the entire piece.) In my last post on the Canadian dollar (FXC), I claimed that it was time to start buying Canada while at the same time cautioning about an over-extension in the currency … Read more

The Fed Aligns With Other Central Banks On Explaining Oil’s Decline and Its Economic Impact

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on Feb 25, 2015. Click here to read the entire piece.) As every other major central bank has done, the Federal Reserve has taken a crack at estimating the economic impact of the collapse in oil prices. In its semi-annual report to … Read more

A Strong Headline Labor Force Survey Fails to Boost the Canadian Dollar

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on Feb 8, 2015. Click here to read the entire piece.) Canada has produced several strong economic reports over the past several months. For example, even with a 8.8% month-over-month drop in employment in the natural resources sector, January produced a net … Read more