Fundamentals are strong and the U.S. dollar has helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 hit new highs Friday, the CNBC "Fast Money" pros said, but can the stock rally last?

The basic gist is: It's about weakening yen, strengthening data, increasing US yields relative to the rest of the world (which makes the dollar inherently more valuable), weakening euro, and more hawkish tones from Fed folks. Here's the commentary from ...

CANBERRA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar fell below parity with the U.S. dollar and stayed down during the whole week, which is widely attributed to positive indicators in the U.S.

Strong Dollar Trade Chart 1: The price of Gold began its parabolic ascent as in the summer of 2007 moving from approximately $665 to over $1000/oz.

The US dollar on Friday made a notable rebound against major currencies after data showed US consumer confidence improved. US consumer sentiment index in May stood at 83.7, well above the market consensus of 78.0, according to a joint survey ...

Harare has been using a basket of foreign currencies, since the formation of a coalition government, with the US Dollar and South African Rand being dominant.

Gold Silver GLD IAU SLV Gold dropped in Friday trading as the U.S. dollar resumed its advance and better-than-expected economic reports buoyed investor optimism.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar soared against major currencies on Friday on growing speculation that the Federal Reserve could soon begin to rein in its bond-buying program and after data showed U.S.

It's a broader-based (U.S.) dollar appetite at the moment," said Darcy Browne, Managing Director, Capital Markets Trading at CIBC.

And those rallies resulting from strong US figures via the indirect effect of rallying equities (risk-on) have not lasted either. Broadening pro-USD sentiment may stay for longer than we had thought as the US dollar index has exited from another 9-year ...