Currency Analysis & Opinion

General market themeAt the beginning of the week investors’ attention was on Europe and the reports and developments that came out over the past 24 hours. We discussed yesterday the importance...

Okay, maybe not forget it totally as today’s focus has undoubtedly been on sterling on the back of this rising “Brexit” risks. The currency has been pounded today after the London...

There is no doubt about the standout currency this morning, with sterling having gone up the escalators into Friday’s close and down the lift-shaft at the start of the Asia session....

Market OverviewThere are a few mixed signals out today but some early signs of a decent trading day for risk in the offing. The rally in the oil price, a correction in the safe haven plays, the yen...

General market themeOn Friday volatility remained elevated in the major currency instruments but even though we’ve received fresh data from Europe and the US the majors continued trading within...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It has been a very busy week in the forex market with investors mostly focused on the British pound, Japanese yen and commodity...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. For the past 5 trading days we’ve seen consistent weakness in the euro. Unlike some other major currencies that have seen...

General market themeTraders’ attention was on the US dollar yesterday in light of the release of the minutes from the latest Fed meeting on monetary policy. The sentiment in the market was that...

This week’s mixed-bag UK economic data has caused the pound to fall against most major currencies, including the Canadian dollar, which has managed to perform well recently despite the increased...

RBA Governor Stevens said before Christmas we all had to ‘chill’ over the Christmas and new-year period and see what the data said thereafter. So far, the data has held up OK, but the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. While Wednesday's big story was oil, the main focus was the FOMC minutes, which failed to excite. According to the details from...

The most recent report on UK employment follows yesterday’s data on consumer prices in the territory, with both measurements doing nothing to assuage worries about inflation’s distance...