We are still hearing an abundance of calls for the death to the US Dollar, which have amazingly continued during this entire rally from 2011 – which we called for back then. But, the dollar has given no indications that it has even been afflicted with an ailment, so the dire prognosis is quite surprising to me.
Rather, we have been in a long 4th wave consolidation, and set up to head higher quite imminently, as we have been suggesting for the last few weeks. Anyone following fundamentals or who has bought into the perceived power of the Fed over the dollar has completely missed this rally since 2011, but Elliott Wave analysis has provided the true clues to this market.
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