Currency Analysis & Opinion

A week from today we will finally have the 'meaningful vote,' when the UK parliament will decide whether to approve the Brexit deal which Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated with the European Union...

Today’s biggest market-mover has been the dollar. Yesterday it fell more than 0.5%, as US stocks rallied.Right now, the global reserve currency is pushing higher, wreaking havoc in Asia and...

Although slightly lower today, the EUR/USD has been holding its own rather well despite continued weakness in eurozone data. In part, the exchange rates resilience has been because of ongoing weakness...

Tuesday January 8: Five things the markets are talking aboutEuropean equities have found some support along with U.S stock futures overnight as investors’ await developments on trade talks...

Britain’s parliament is back from holiday, and next week the House of Commons is expected to debate and vote on the European Union Withdrawal Agreement. It seems clear that they will reject it,...

Market OverviewIt is interesting to see that as markets wait for some potentially key development in the US/China trade dispute resolution, there are a number of near to medium term crossroads reached...

Daily FX Market Roundup Jan 7, 2019By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Over the past 30 days, nothing has been more influential to currencies than risk appetite...

Five things the markets are talking aboutIn Asia overnight, investors’ appetite for risk was boosted by ‘dovish’ comments from the Fed, positive U.S jobs data and China’s...

Earlier this month European Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker, announced without hint of irony that 20 years on from the launch of the euro in January 1999, that the euro had become a symbol...

A better risk sentiment makes the dollar stay on the defensive on Monday, with traders continuing to digest Powell's dovish comments from Friday and cheer the positive background on the trade front....

USDJPY – Looking to sell short whilst under 109.70 to 112.00 resistanceBias: Bearish Key Levels: Resistance 112.00 and 109.70. Support 104.60 Price Action: Bullish long tailed pin bar from...

For starter, a few words about the events of the past week, the first working day of which gave unpleasant surprises, which for some were quite pleasant.Not having recovered after the New Year...

Daily FX Market Roundup Jan 4, 2019By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. After a week like the one we’ve had, everyone is wondering if 2019 will be a year...

Friday January 4: Five things the markets are talking aboutYesterday’s +271K surge in the ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) measure of private employment stateside in December provides further evidence that the...