Currency Analysis & Opinion

The Bank of England monetary policy decision will be released on Thursday along with the summary and minutes. As ever, markets will need to be on high alert for leaks ahead of the release given that...

First, about the forecast for the past week: - the forecast for EUR/USD was fully implemented during the first half of the week. According to graphical analysis, the pair first rose to resistance at...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. December’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report completely smashed expectations with 292k jobs created versus a forecast of 200k...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. China’s shortest trading day turned into a long session of pain for currencies and equities. There’s been no let up...

The sell-off in stocks and oil markets has seen the safe haven US dollar rise against most major currencies, except the Japanese yen. The reason for this is because the yen is currently deemed more of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Chart Signals More Losses For CurrenciesCurrencies and equities faced another day of losses as mixed U.S. data, FOMC minutes,...

Simon French, Chief Economist for Panmure Gordon, joined Zak Mir and Mike Ingram on the Tip TV Finance Show to finish the show in style with a macro coverage on a variety of subjects. Topics Covered:...

An estimate that the most recent ADP payrolls would print at only 192,000 jobs was surprised by the real result of 257,000 jobs added to the economy in December, as compared with November’s...

After forming a lower top at 134.57 on last Dec. 4, EUR/JPY started to set back again, before watching increasing of the downside momentum significantly this week by breaking of 130 psychological...

The US Dollar remains in the center of attention during the first trading sessions of the year having started 2016 in a strong manner. The US currency has been posting gains against its major peers...

Instrument in Focus:EURUSD slid below 1.0793 supporting level which could prop it up on last Dec. 7 caused increasing of the downside momentum drove the pair down to 1.0709, before re-stabilizing near...

It’s the yen that has really run away to the upside so far this week (and year), but at the other end of the scale, it’s mostly the commodity currencies that have struggled on the majors....

The New Zealand dollar has received a double whammy of bad news in this first trading week of 2016. First, it was the disappointing manufacturing data out of China, New Zealand’s largest trading...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. During the North American trading session, the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen held onto their gains, reflecting the continued...