Currency Analysis & Opinion

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...

Market OverviewAlthough forex markets appear steady this morning in front of the ECB, there is still a trend of dollar strength still playing out in the markets. The dollar bulls have taken on renewed...

Ample Liquidity dulls marketYesterday’s budget speech from UK Chancellor Philip Hammond was relatively upbeat in that he predicted growth for 2017 to be 2% and for inflation to peak in mid-2017...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Thanks to the strongest increase in private payrolls since April 2014, the U.S. dollar extended its gains against all of the...

USD/JPY Hikes On Strong U.S. dollar performanceJapanese inaugurated early trading session with data not up to expectations with Final GDP q/q at 0.3% compared to 0.2%, while forecasts were 0.4%....

Crude Oil levels Plunges over Houston Energy Meeting, Eyes on U.S. inventoriesFundamentals:Crude oil levels collapsed on Tuesday with a loss $1.08 per barrel -0.2% over fears of Houston energy meeting...

There has been no respite for the pound today, as it takes another dip ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget announcement at 1230 GMT. But could it be sell the rumour, buy the fact for sterling...

Market OverviewMarket sentiment has become increasingly cautious as traders appear unwilling to take a view ahead of the ECB monetary policy meeting (tomorrow) and Non-farm Payrolls (Friday) which...

Unlike crude oil, the USD/CAD currency pair has made a somewhat more decisive move of late. It held above 1.30 handle successfully after several tests and finally broke higher to head towards and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It's been a quiet start to what will surely be a busy week in the foreign-exchange market. There are two monetary policy...

Bitcoin (itBitUSD): A great move up in full Bullish bullet point mode from last month as prices broke through previous all-time highs and made new ones. The only hiccup was the Indecisive Long Legged...