Abstract
We’re close to the beginning of 2025, with two sturdy years for the U.S. inventory market near being within the books. However may 2025 embrace some imply reversion exterior of the 50 states? To think about that, we’ll begin with a give attention to the Rising Markets ETF (EEM) and the iShares China-Giant-Cap ETF (FXI). Each time we discuss EEM and FXI, we first take a look at the technicals of the U.S. Greenback Index (USD). The 2 ETFs are extremely negatively correlated with the USD and any consideration of those overseas ETFs should be related to at the least a “potential” detrimental outlook for USD. USD started its uptrend in 2011 and peaked in 2016. From 2015 till 2022, USD traced out a sideways, bullish consolidation and broke out in 2022. After peaking in September 2022, USD went sideways earlier than taking off in September 2024 and racing larger from $100 to a current prime of $108. It seems USD has traced out a five-wave advance and has run into chart resistance within the $108 area. Apparently, whereas the Dedication of Merchants (COT) information turned bullish in September, it lastly has backed off and is now impartial. In one other week or two, it is doable the COT information will flip bearish on the USD. So the setup is there for a USD peak, which might
