Go long the British pound, the Norwegian krone or the Swedish krona, while shorting the euro.
The British pound, Swedish krona, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar are also trading well above their burger benchmark.
D-mark against the lira, the peseta, the Portuguese escudo and the Swedish krona.
The index reflects the strength of the dollar against a basket of six currencies: the euro, yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Swedish krona.
The index measures the dollar against a basket of other major currencies, including the euro, yen, U.K. pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Swedish krona.
The USDX futures contract is designed to replicate the performance of being short the US Dollar against the following currencies: Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc.
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Other items in the Heritage sale include Crick's endorsed Nobel Prize check in the amount of 85, 739, 88 Swedish krona, dated Dec. 10, 1962, and a white lab coat complete with stains and wear.
One way to get that effect on the Chicago Merc is to make two trades--one in which you are long dollars and short euros, another in which you are short dollars and long, say, the Swedish krona.
Fast-forward two decades and there are dozens of exchange-traded funds and mutual funds that track and speculate on specific currencies, making it easier and somewhat safer to invest in everything from the Russian ruble to the Indian rupee and Swedish krona.
The USDX measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of currencies that includes the euro, yen, pound, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and the Swedish krona exactly the currencies that China is most likely including in its own basket and which are now appreciating as a result.
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