Currency Analysis & Opinion

Market OverviewThose in the market anticipating a “hawkish hold” from the Fed would have been left a bit disappointed and the dollar is still struggling to sustainably recover lost ground...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.After falling to a low of 100.10 during the Asian trading session, USD/JPY staged a strong reversal to end Thursday near 101....

Traditional risk assets have surged higher over the past couple of days in reaction to the latest policy decisions from the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve. Global equities,...

General market themeThe main event of the week was the Fed meeting on monetary policy yesterday, and the central bank disappointed investors with their decision and the forward guidance they offered....

Stock market bulls have got more than what they were realistically hoping for from the Bank of Japan and now better hope that the US Federal Reserve doesn’t ruin the party for them.Global stocks...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. If we could use one word to summarize Wednesday’s rate decisions, it would be 'DISAPPOINTMENT'. The market did not have...

General market themeThe US dollar took control of the major currencies again yesterday just a day before the Fed meeting that is scheduled for today as investors seem to believe that it will be a...

As market participants continue to prepare and position themselves up for the big central bank meetings on Wednesday, most of the attention is understandably going to be on the yen, dollar, gold and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.In the next 24 hours we have 3 major monetary policy announcements but we’ll talk about the first two today and the third...

General market themeLimited trading action in the currency markets yesterday as there was a complete lack of any fresh news, developments or reports to spark investors’ interest. On the back of...

“The fact that everyone is so bearish on British pound tells me there is a possibility of a short squeeze”, says Brenda Kelly, Independent Market Strategist, while discussing the outlook...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We’ve had a quiet start to what should be a very busy week in the foreign-exchange market. Japan was closed for holiday...

Risk is on the menu at the start of this new week with stocks, crude oil and commodity currencies all climbing higher, while the dollar is easing back slightly after Friday’s rally. The weaker...

The EUR/USD has dropped to POC zone on 4H time frame, which is still showing uptrend. August trend line is making an X cross™ with H3 camarilla and weekly pivot point suggesting a possible...