Currency Analysis & Opinion

Starting today, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Trump will be holding talks in Washington related to current trade battle between both blocs.As a reminder, the US...

On Wednesday morning, all G10 currencies extended gains against the US dollar, with the exception of the Australian dollar after inflation data fell short of expectations.The Aussie fell as much as...

Market OverviewWith a slight lull in newsflow over trade tariffs and as traders look forward to the tier on events of the ECB and US growth later in the week, markets have begun to consolidate....

Euro Edges Lower Overnight As Trade War Focus Switches to US - EUWall Street had some encouraging headlines to digest overnight, such as Google's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) beat on almost every metric, which...

After last week’s 12-month high in the dollar index, you might wander who or what cut short the rally. The dollar index has stalled this week and is down some 100 pips from Friday’s...

After Monday’s rebound, the dollar was coming under pressure again at the time of writing on Tuesday. As we reported yesterday, the Federal Reserve’s likely two further rate hikes in 2018...

During the Asian session, the US dollar extended yesterday’s gains but quickly lost its advance as risk sentiment continued to improve.After sliding to $1.1655, the single currency bounced back...

Market OverviewAfter several weeks of very little excitement on bond markets, suddenly there has been a jump in longer dated yields. Speculation that the Bank of Japan could be ready to shift monetary...

Donald Trump's dollar bashing has boosted the yen and traders today bid up the Japanese currency on speculation that the Bank of Japan might finally begin scaling back its sizeable quantitative easing...

The USD/CAD slumped on Friday following the release of stronger Canadian data while the US dollar pulled back across the board amid profit taking and after Donald Trump had criticised the Federal...

The week gets off to a slow start as investors continue to focus on trade war developments.Donald Trump did not just sit around over the weekend. Indeed, beside the fact that he showed no sign of...

SummaryThe Bank of Japan is discussing more ‘sustainable’ stimulus. Cue a higher yen and even lower risk appetite. BoJ rethink To an atmosphere already febrile from toxic trade relations...

Market OverviewThe lack of convention behind Donald Trump’s presidency is one of the key factors behind getting him elected to the post, but is also a volatility factor in financial markets. The...