Currency Analysis & Opinion

The US dollar finally took its revenge as it reversed the last few weeks’ losses against all its G10 peers. On last trading day session of the week, the buck rose 0.25% against the euro, the...

Sterling was severely shaken by the UK’s first quarter GDP reading, a troublesome figure made all the worse by the fact that the ONS warned March’s Beast from the East – a potential...

Market OverviewPolitics is still a factor to watch in markets as the two leaders of North and South Korea come together for an historic meeting that will hopefully smooth the path towards continued...

Following the conclusion of the ECB’s press conference earlier today, the euro gave up its entire gains before breaking down to head lower across the board. The breakdown of the euro coincided...

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Thursday, but also delivered comments that were generally considered more dovish than expected by euro traders. Among...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The euro went on a wild ride Thursday after the European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement. The single currency...

Understandably, the markets were fairly quiet first thing this morning as investors looked ahead to a few potentially market moving events. Things will kick off with the European Central Bank’s...

The EURUSD pair has fallen lower in recent sessions to trade close to levels not seen since early January ahead of the latest ECB announcement. The ECB are expected to announce this lunchtime that...

Market OverviewThe recent rise of the dollar has certainly been linked strongly to the rise of Treasury yields as yield differentials have suddenly kicked in again as a major driving force in forex...

The US economy has retained strong momentum, generally beating expectations, while the eurozone economy has lost momentum and has consistently underwhelmed expectations over recent months. The ECB...

Though the 3% mark for the benchmark US 10-Year Treasury yield is hardly a magic number, markets and investors are certainly treating it as such. Tuesday saw the yield poke slightly above 3% to a new...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Investors continued to buy U.S. dollars, sending the greenback to fresh multi-month highs against many of the major currencies....

In January 2015, the Swiss National Bank in a move that took everyone by surprise decided to remove the then floor of 1.20 in the EUR/CHF exchange rate, despite repeatedly promising to defend that...

The greenback continued to extend gains on Wednesday amid an upside shift in the US Treasury curve. Since the beginning of the week, the buck appreciated against all major currencies, with EM...