Currency Analysis & Opinion

A look at our Equity CFD offering as first quarter 2016 earning season gets underway in the USA.Alongside the new metals, commodity and index CFDs, we recently introduced and discussed last week....

General market themeOver the past 24 hours the price action in the currency markets was limited as we expected being the beginning of the week and with little in terms of news or reports to trigger a...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It may be a new trading week but the decline in the U.S. dollar continued with the greenback moving lower against most of the...

One of the big themes in recent weeks has been the depreciating dollar. The most recent meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve clearly show there’s a lack of harmony within the FOMC, with...

General market themePrice action on Friday was limited in the major money markets we’re monitoring in our daily report and last week ended with volatility registering really low levels. The same...

First, a review of last week’s forecast: - the forecast for EUR/USD suggested that the battle line for the bulls and the bears would be drawn at 1.1400. However, the fact that they were actually...

Threat of intervention in the Japanese yen - my FX markets plus Bitcoin commentary at the CME today.Below you find the video

General market themeOver the past 24 hours the focus in the currency markets has been on the euro in light of the release of the ECB minutes from their last monetary policy meeting and also Mario...

Market OverviewThe strengthening of the Japanese yen tends to be seen as a signal to the markets that caution is recommended. After all the huge monetary stimulus and negative interest rates, why...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.In just over a week we have seen the dollar fall approximately 600 pips against the Japanese yen to its lowest level since...

The Federal Reserve’s last meeting minutes were released on Wednesday. The key takeaway point from the minutes was this: a lack of harmony among the FOMC policymakers. Since the Fed’s last...

Market OverviewThe minutes from the latest FOMC meeting showed a split committee with regard to the prospect of further rate hikes in the coming months and this has weakened the dollar. Some suggested...

General market themeYesterday’s price action revolved pretty much around the US dollar as traders were waiting for the release of the FOMC minutes from the Fed to assess the bias among its...