Currency Analysis & Opinion

As the week draws to a close, the EUR/USD is still limping, now below 1.06. It could absolutely collapse next week as the dollar appreciates further. The market seems convinced that the Fed will hike...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. November is shaping up to be the best month for the U.S. dollar in 2 years. The greenback is up over 5% against the Japanese...

Market OverviewAfter a few days of dollar consolidation, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen stoked the fire in the belly of the dollar bulls once more yesterday. Yellen see that a rate hike would be...

EquitiesA rapid rise in retail sales in October helped UK stocks gain ground on Thursday despite poorly-received results from Royal Mail (LON:RMG). There was a more mixed performance in European...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Fed Chair Janet Yellen spared the U.S. dollar Thursday by avoiding any talk about her discomfort with the recent surge in U.S....

It has been a relatively quiet day so far as investors await the 13:30 GMT release of US Consumer Price Index. The CPI is expected to have increased to 1.6% year-over-year in October from 1.5% the...

Today's HighlightsThe Dollar Flying High Abe Meets Trump Janet Yellen Today! Please note: All data, figures & graphs are valid as of November 17th. All trading carries risk. Only risk capital...

Market OverviewAn air of caution is beginning to come over markets as the huge run higher on the dollar consolidates with it beginning to run out of steam. For the past couple of days, the excessive...

When it comes to stubbornness, nothing comes close to the AUD/USD. Up until the end of last week, it was neither the buyers nor the sellers who had been able to make a meaningful breakthrough in terms...

Following a report that European oil storages have hit their limits and that oil tankers were being hired in Europe to store excess oil, we saw the oil price retreat over the past week, causing CAD...

Market OverviewThe dollar rally seems to be slowing in the past couple of days as the huge move higher in Treasury yields has just started to consolidate. This means that there could be a short period...

Volatility in the EUR/CHF may not be as excessive as it once was, which may be a good thing for a certain central bank (hint: SNB), but the forgotten currency pair could actually bounce back this week...

Market OverviewThe dollar has been incredibly strong since Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential election, supported by sharply rising Treasury yields. However, the huge dollar bull run...

The new week has started with a bang for the dollar. For the first time since December, the dollar index has moved above the psychologically-important 100 level. Investors had waited patiently for the...