Currency Analysis & Opinion

As the US dollar has continued to struggle amid recent US economic data and global trade war concerns, EUR/USD has sustained a prolonged trading range that is not far off its January and February...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.All of the major currencies traded higher Tuesday as U.S. stocks extended their gains. Investors were relieved that Chinese...

After yesterday’s drop on Wall Street, sentiment improved overnight on the back of positive comments from Chinese president Xi Jinping. He struck a conciliatory tone, pledging to open China's...

EUR/USD Sideways range continues EUR/USD sideways trading continues following slight increase at 1.2335. The pair is currently maintained between hourly support and resistance given at 1.2165...

EURUSD A second bullish white soldier as part of a follow on to the previously mentioned key reversal up and bullish engulfing pattern. CABLE A second bullish white soldier as part of a follow on to...

Market OverviewTraders can breathe a sigh of relief as risk appetite has been given a boost this morning as President Xi of China has looked to calm nerves with a speech on his vision of China and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar received very little support from Monday’s rebound in U.S. equities. Last week ended with another round...

According to the latest report from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Swiss labour market continued to improve in March and this in spite of still overvalued Swiss franc. The...

by Vincent MivelazRecent Swiss economic data are rather pleasant to watch compared to world market. March's consumer price index published on Thursday is giving signs of accelerating inflation, given...

Surprising to us, the scandal that that plagued Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to be blowing over. After reaching a height of around half of Japanese voters not supporting Abe's...

Market OverviewDonald Trump’s ability to move markets with a tweet continues as market sentiment has picked up once more this morning after an upbeat assessment from the president over the trade...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The first week of April did not bring big FX moves as the dollar was unchanged against most of the major currencies and, looking...

Wages More Important to Traders Than Job CreationIt’s not often that the see a miss of around 88,000 in the US job creation figures and markets shrug it off but that’s exactly what...

Market OverviewDonald Trump’s presidency should be perpetually prefaced with a caveat. “Progress is being made, but…” always seems to be an appropriate sentence to type for...