Currency Analysis & Opinion

The AUD/USD could be on the verge of a major move lower, mainly due to a potential appreciation in the US dollar. Economic data in the US is continuing to improve and some of the doves at the FOMC...

Market OverviewThe US dollar remains strong as the positive US data releases begin to rack up and FOMC members lean hawkish. The ISM Non-Manufacturing data beat forecasts to join Monday’s beat...

Crude oil’s fundamental outlook continues to improve: as well as the planned OPEC oil output cut, we have seen surprise inventory destocking in the US for five straight weeks now. In addition to...

Another trading day, another drop in the value of sterling. At the time of writing it is below 1.27. The market seems to have de-coupled from the economic data, which actually suggests that the UK...

Market OverviewFinally after weeks of dull sideways trending markets, finally there have been some decisive moves that traders can begin to back. The big driver has been the dollar strength of the...

Market OverviewDespite the major markets being stuck in a series of ranges in recent weeks are we finally starting to get some ground with some key technical breaks? The main mover has been the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The two primary themes in the foreign-exchange market Tuesday was sterling weakness and U.S. dollar strength. In many ways,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Monday’s sharp sell-off in sterling gave investors a taste of the volatility they can expect in the foreign-exchange...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said the U.K. would begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017 and the pound was hit hard. Both technically and fundamentally the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.This past week was suppose to be a quiet one in the foreign-exchange market but between OPEC’s decision to cut oil...

Market OverviewRisk appetite has taken a sharp move lower again as the positivity surrounding the OPEC deal has quickly been replaced by concerns over European banks again. Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn),...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The biggest story in the financial markets Thursday was Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) amid growing fear that it's about to become the...

Relief is in the offering for traders caught on the wrong side of the EUR/GBP trade. Clive Lambert, Director at FuturesTechs details the bearish technical outlook for EUR/GBP and USD/JPY pair while...