Currency Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The biggest story in the Thursday's foreign-exchange market was ECB President Mario Draghi’s surprisingly dovish comments...

There are two major currencies that have been on one-way streets lower so far this year, namely the yen and also sterling. The Canadian dollar at least got a break yesterday, the first day of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It is not your ordinary day in the foreign-exchange market when the Russian ruble and the Mexican peso hits record lows while...

Yesterday’s rise in stocks and oil, in part on the back of expectations of further Chinese stimulus, always looked a little strange and so it is that we’ve seen a more negative tone emerge...

European markets saw a decent rally yesterday, following on from a positive Asia lead, as they posted only their third positive day this year, and the FTSE100 its fourth and best day, on the back of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The worst-performing currency over the past 3 months is hands down the Canadian dollar. The loonie lost more 10% of its value...

Since the European stock markets closed earlier today, trading has been rather quiet. US markets are shut due to the Martin Luther King bank holiday and understandably this is having a knock-on effect...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.With U.S. markets closed for Martin Luther King Day, it has been a quiet start to another busy week in the foreign-exchange...

A review of last week’s forecast: The forecast for EUR/USD panned out almost fully – according to the experts and graphical analysis on H1, the pair was supposed to be in a sideways trend,...

The British pound has literally been pounded in recent months after the Bank of England turned dovish following the release of some weaker-than-expected UK data and the growing disinflationary...

Finally some risk appetite is returning to Asian markets which have bounced overnight and this is due to feed into today’s European session. Chinese trade data was better than expected with a...

Crude’s plunge to $30 has been the main reason why the Canadian dollar has been dropping to a fresh decade lows against the US dollar, with the black gold being Canada’s number one...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It has been another busy 24 hours in the foreign-exchange market with GBP falling to fresh 5-year lows and CAD at 13-year lows...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Don’t be fooled by the fragile recovery in currencies because China is still in trouble and poised to bring greater...