MONEY GLOBE XMacro for Professionals · Lesson 4
The US dollar and other markets
Why the dollar moves almost everything
Professional - Gold & Platinum
In this lesson
Understand how the US dollar index affects commodities, emerging markets, crypto and the Canadian dollar.
Key takeaways
- DXY measures the US dollar against a basket of major currencies (mostly the euro).
- A strong dollar tends to pressure commodities, emerging markets and crypto; a weak dollar helps them.
- The Canadian dollar is a commodity currency, often strengthening with oil.
- These are tendencies; correlations change — check them.
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