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G20 Unlikely To Bolster Buck. By Katie Martin
Will the Group of 20 industrial and developing economies come to the rescue of the dollar? Don't bet on it. It's tough to imagine a better setting for world leaders to talk up the wobbling buck, as the G20 starts its two-day meeting in Pittsburgh later Thursday with the dollar looking shaky against other major currencies.

Bank Buyers Could Derail Swiss Franc Sellers. By Katie Martin
If any bank knows what it's talking about when it comes to the Swiss franc, it surely has to be UBS. After all, it's Swiss, and it's the second-biggest foreign exchange bank in the world. So it's worth paying attention to the bank's assessment that the currency is going to keep on climbing despite the Swiss National Bank's clear distaste for franc strength.

Vultures Circle Around Sterling. By Katie Martin
These are dark days for sterling bulls. As the market absorbs the idea that U.K. interest rates are going to stay super-low super-long, the currency is fast becoming possibly the least popular in the developed world.

Consolidation Is The Vogue Trade. By Gary Stride
Ask traders where the dollar is going next and most will say down, a very few may say up, but very few will say nowhere.

Sterling On the Rocky Road To Parity With Euro. By Nicholas Hastings
Talk of parity between the euro and the pound is on its way back. The single currency's rally this summer has already lifted it close to GBP0.90 and another surge towards GBP1.00 is likely to emerge now that sterling is being seen as a funding currency.

Carry Mantle Has Fallen On The Dollar For Now. By Nicholas Hastings
The new carry trade will carry the dollar down even more now. Instead of rallying, as many had hoped, the U.S. currency now looks exposed to further heavy selling as global interest rate rises are postponed and investors use the dollar to fund their renewed appetite for higher-yielders.

Pulling The Carpet From Under The Pound. By Nicholas Hastings
Sterling supporters must be losing faith fast. Over the last week or two, their spirits have been lifted by stronger U.K. data and hopes that the Bank of England might be turning more hawkish.

China Trade War Will Eventually Hurt the Dollar. By Nicholas Hastings
Contrary to immediate market reaction, an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China will not be good news for the dollar. At the moment, the U.S. currency is benefiting from fears of increased protectionism. Not only does this pose a direct threat to the global economic recovery, which raises the level of risk aversion, but it plays into the hands of the U.S., which has least to lose in a trade war.

Waiting For the Dollar To Fall Under Y90. By Nicholas Hastings
The credit crunch has turned the yen from a nine-stone weakling into the Incredible Hulk. Instead of being the butt of carry trades - being hit because Japanese interest rates were too low as it was the case only a year ago - the yen is now going from strength to strength.

Looking For China To Help The Dollar? By Nicholas Hastings
Where is China when the dollar needs it? In the past, Beijing has been quick to object to any sharp fall in the currency - complaining that its decline is threatening the value of China's assets in the U.S.