Question on fundamentals/recent events

I am not very experienced on fundamentals but I am reading a lot so I hope to get there soon. The question I would like answered has to do with recent events in shadow of many analysts comments I've seen months back. Hope you can answer them and thank you very much in advance.

- If the economy is doing so bad, where is the strong USD coming from. Because its regain value like crazy in the last weeks/months.

- I remember reading many posts and comments stating we should not even dream of ever again having cheap $80 barrel oil. We are now back to $70 even $60 barrel oil. Where they wrong all along or what happened. Tied to USD strenght I guess?

- Anybody cares what happen after the US elections? USD up or down?

Any answers/info directly or indirectly related, links or personal comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You

The issue with the dollar and the fact that it is rising doesn't take place in a vacuum. You have to understand that all the world economies are interrelated. Even though or economy is doing that great. The belief is that the eurozone may actually be worse off. The belief is that the ECB has been behind the curve. Also keep in mind that everything is out of wack right now. I would be extremely cautious. The lack of liquidity in the fxmarkets along with the fear out there can eat you alive. Just beginning in fundamental trading right now will be trick because the "fundamental correlations" are not intact. Honestly I think until we can definitely say "this is what we are going to do about housing" the markets will be interesting to navigate,. To say the least. Do yourself a huge favor and shut cnbc off. Close your daily paper. As for oil, global demand is slowing. It is pretty much a supply/demand issue.

Keep in mind this is what I believe. These are my opinion. There are facts and opinions. The market is made up of both.