Currency Analysis & Opinion

Market OverviewTrading sentiment is positive today after strong employment numbers from ADP yesterday afternoon suggest that perhaps we could be in for a strong Non-farm Payrolls. If that were to be...

The EUR/CHF might not be the most important pair at the moment, but it could be on the verge of a potentially large move in the coming days and weeks. The forgotten pair recently came to life as it...

The GBP/USD has seen a muted reaction to the latest data on the UK manufacturing sector and remains just below the 1.29 handle against the US dollar.The PMI reading of 56.7 is above consensus...

The chart of the USD/CHF has “risk-off” written all over it. Yet equity markets continue to remain resilient, with the UK’s FTSE 100, for example, climbing to a new record high...

What a comedy show this is turning out to be. Last night saw sterling tumble after research by the Times newspaper and YouGov suggested that there could be a hung parliament. Today, it retraced all of...

This morning’s YouGov poll has certainly put the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons when it comes to what may result from next week’s UK election vote on June 8th. The survey has suggested...

The dollar remains under pressure in the foreign exchange market. Traders continue to sell the dollar against major currency competitors, despite the release of positive macro statistics. Yesterday,...

Polls pointing to political catastropheThe UK general election taking place on June 8th, just over a week away, is being campaigned over in an almost surreal atmosphere. Polls show that what started...

Market OverviewPolitical risk in the UK and eurozone is impacting negatively on sterling and the euro and subsequently the dollar has started to strengthen. The UK election polls continue to tighten...

NATO and G7 bring radical changesWas this weekend's G7 meeting really all about a change in the relationship between the EU and the US?The battle was climate change but the conflict was more basic....

When UK PM Theresa May first called for a snap election a few weeks ago, sterling's value surged due to the consensus that the Tories would win with a very comfortable majority in the House of...

Merkel becomes isolationistA weekend with Donald Trump... Trump ended his first overseas sojourn as President by attending the G7 summit in Italy where climate change was the primary matter on the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We are coming off the heels of an interesting week for the U.S. dollar. The greenback hit a near-term bottom against European...

The EUR/USD’s recent rally finally came to a halt this week.The world’s most heavily-traded FX pair was initially boosted by robust eurozone PMI data and amid speculation that the ECB was...