Currency Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time this year by 25bp and the U.S. dollar tanked. To the casual market...

The slide in UK wages has overshadowed an otherwise decent jobs report as the rate of unemployment fell to a 12-year low. As a result, the GBP/USD came off its highs. Traders are taking no chances...

Market OverviewThe dollar has just pared some of its recent gains today as traders prepare for a crucial monetary policy meeting of the FOMC which should conclude tonight with a hike of 25 basis...

While my colleagues in New York managed much better than expected, as the city sidestepped the worst of the winter storm Stella, there was little inspiration during Tuesday’s North American...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The Federal Reserve is gearing up to raise interest rates for the first time in 2017 and instead rising, U.S. yields fell,...

Market OverviewThe fundamental and newsflow events are beginning to already rack up and drive significant uncertainty into the minds of traders. Sterling is coming back under pressure as the UK looks...

Let’s make no mistake about it: today’s not going to be the most important day of the week. It will be Wednesday and Thursday when most of this week’s action will likely take place,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We may be nearing the end of the third quarter but this week will be one of its most important weeks. The Federal Reserve is...

Over the last two weeks, we have seen the pound fall by around 3.5% against most major currencies, this has been due to both weak economic data, and a loss of confidence from investors as the date...

As we reported the possibility on Thursday morning, ahead of the ECB meeting, the EUR/USD has indeed staged a rally (click HERE for details). The sellers apparently started to exit their EUR/USD...

The EUR/CHF has been a forgotten currency pair, but is the worst days behind it now? The franc has been stubbornly strong against the euro. But with the ECB’s next policy move likely to be to...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Investors took profits on their long U.S. dollar positions on the back of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. Job growth...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar extended its gains ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. Expectations for job growth have increased...

As expected, the European Central Bank has decided to leave its monetary policy unchanged: the main refinancing rate has been kept at zero, deposit facility rate at -0.40% and marginal lending rate at...