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Loonie's Falling Downside
The Canadian currency faces deepening damage ahead.
Smundy, USDCAD selloff is intense. It could go to the 1.1670 low if S&P can close above 900. 1.1450 is the next target if you think the bear market is over.
Ashraf
Based on my previous analysis posted on April 9th, it does look as if the Canadian has in fact broken out to the downside. With the Negative correlation between Equities and the Canadian, I can see a test against a low set back on Jan 6th 2009 at 1.1755, which it hit this morning. However, due to the continued run up in equities and the target of 950 looming (S&P), this support level may be a wet paper bag, thus pushing the Canadian down to the 1.1530 Fib level. With a possibility of hitting the low set in November 5th 2008 at 1.1458. Your feed back in much appreciated.
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SMUNDY: USDCAD gains on positive trade data from US and CAN as well as stocks pushing to 7mth highs. USDCAD major support at 1.2209--Trend Line support from the October lows. I continue to have a negative bias in CAD.
Ashraf
The USDCAD seems to be teetering on the brink of a downside breakout drawn from mid Oct 2008...even though Canuck economic data seems to be negative for the currency, equities seem to be propping up the CAD. If the S&P continues to rally, at least to the 875 level, the loonie looks like a possible 1.1990 candidate?
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Bought your book yesterday and just started reading it and just have a couple questions on the Canadian dollar. The job data which showed that Canada lost 82K job however the Canadian dollar didn't go down as expected; is it because of the strong correlation between the EUR/USD & USD/CAD?
In the near short term do you see that Canadian dollar go down to $1.24 and below area due to the two month cycle in the equities market?
Ashraf
Ashraf