Robert Sinche Quotations

Short-term positions have been squared up a bit ... but now is not the time for a sustained yen rally.

Now, you've got investors who believe they want to have a core short-dollar position in place.

Future Fed tightening is already discounted in the dollar.

I think the housing data continues to allay some of the worst fears on how the economy might slow, and has some impact on how the Fed may act next year.

Some of the recent data we have been getting is decidedly more upbeat. The market looks at this as interesting history, likely to be revised up in future months.

It doesn't really tell us a lot about where we are heading in the first quarter. We doubt this will have much of an impact and once we focus again on recent data, the dollar will probably climb a bit higher.

It's not a dramatic change to Fed expectations -- we've seen yields up a couple of basis points since the (data) -- but it's back toward the upside and that's dollar-supportive.

I don't necessarily believe any of that, but I do think it's better than him saying they're going to raise by 25 basis points every quarter and then have him stand there with his arms out and let the finance ministers take their shots.

The market had bought quite a few dollars back in the last few days and it didn't find a solid reason to continue that process.

The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike rates this Thursday. Cyclical support for the dollar may be starting to soften a little bit.

The market's really just looking at the Fed, the Fed, the Fed.

The markets are coming to grips with the expectation that Japan and other central banks will start raising rates. As the process unfolds, you uncover certain fault lines -- and they usually aren't where you'd expect them. Maybe Iceland was the first casualty.