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For instance, the WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (NYSEArca: CEW), which tracks a group of 15 emerging market currencies against the U.S. dollar, was 0.4% lower Thursday. CEW has decreased 4.3% over the past three months and is down 1.5% year-to-date.

“The dollar bull environment is generally a difficult environment for EM currencies as volatility increases, rate and growth differentials tighten,” Andreas Konig, head of foreign exchange for Europe at Pioneer Investments, said in the article.

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