Key Takeaways The dollar hovers around a four-year low amid U.S. policy uncertainty and political polarization.Yen strength on intervention speculation dragged the dollar lower, lifting FXY while UUP slid sharply.A weaker dollar may boost commodities, EM and crypto-linked ETFs such as GLD, ECOW and BKCH.A key gauge of the U.S. dollar dropped to its weakest level in almost four years, thanks to a growing yen and mounting concerns over U.S. policy stability, per Bloomberg, as quoted on Yahoo Finance.Policy Un ...

Do I like exchange-traded funds (ETFs)? Based on how much I write about them, I’d say that’s a clear yes. But are they perfect as market-trackers? No way. And with the U.S. dollar showing signs of potential upside down markets, while ETFs might be a good vehicle to play it, that’s not where I’m going to chart the course. Case in point: Here’s the Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP). It has been a reliable tracking device for the U.S. Dollar Index ($DXY), a trade-weighted basket of currencies, s ...