Dec
28
Hedge Funds Extend Bearish Loonie Bets Post-Fed to 4-Month High
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Positioning after U.S. rate increase suggests more weakness
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Odds of a Bank of Canada rate cut are rising with oil weak
Hedge funds and other large speculators increased bets the Canadian dollar will drop against its U.S. peer in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s first rate increase in almost a decade as renewed weakness in crude oil weighed on the domestic outlook.
Positions that profit from Canadian-dollar weakness outnumbered those in its favor by 56,027 contracts in the week ending Dec. 22, the biggest net-short position in the market since the final week of August, according to data released Monday by the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It’s the first hint of how the market positioned itself following the Fed’s quarter-percentage-point rate increase on Dec. 16…
Hedge Funds Extend Bearish Loonie Bets Post-Fed to 4-Month High
