Authers dishes on the weak dollar.

You know our suspicions (and just that – suspicions – as nobody really knows with certainty), which should negate some of this morning’s reversal on the president’s comments that sent shorts scrambling. Unless that is, we see a dramatic turnaround in how the world perceives the Trump administration.

Maybe in for a short-term bounce as the flamethrower seems to have been shelved in  Davos, for now, but longer-term doubtful.

Almost hit the 87 measured move we targeted last week.

John Authers explains why the US dollar is so weak, and how it distorts perceptions of other markets

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