Currency Analysis & Opinion

It was an uncomfortable start to the New Year in many respects, but it’s not possible to pin it down to one particular thing, rather it was a confluence of factors that came to set a risk averse...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The first trading day of 2016 gave investors a taste of the topsy-turvy moves they can expect in the financial markets this...

Turbulence inside OPEC has sparked the latest round of oil volatility, with the first 2016 trading session opening to a quickly rising price of crude due to a diplomatic spat between Iran and Saudi...

As liquidity returns to markets at the start of the New Year, we’re seeing a fairly uncomfortable start, with trading halted in Chinese equities after a 7% fall in the Chinese composite index....

The Aussie was the most negatively impacted currency by the weaker than expected release of Dec Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI, as the Australian economy depends mainly on exporting the raw materials...

Currency markets have been relatively active during the holidays’ season but nothing too exciting took place as there were no fundamental or technical developments on any fronts to turn the...

First, a review of last week’s forecast:- despite the differences between the indicators and graphical analysis, it was suggested that EUR/USD would hold out in the range between 1.1000 and...

It is almost time to start the New Year’s celebrations in Europe; our US traders will have to wait a little longer as the markets there are still open, so there’s still enough time for one...

It is already the end of 2015 and what a year it has been for the financial markets. US equity markets took investors for a wild ride only to end almost where they started; Oil was on a slippery slope...

The Fed's decision to raise its funds rate to 0.5% could form downside pressure on the US equities, as the Fed's weaker accommodative stance can undermine the assets price and slowdown the economic...

After finding support at 1.3811, USDCAD could rise for trading near 1.3872 supported by the pressure on the oil prices which erode the Canadian exports' value causing financial pressure on the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset ManagementJPY Faces Risk Of More QE In 2016 In 2015, the Japanese yen was one of the best-performing G10 currencies. It held steady versus the U.S. dollar...

During the past couple of days we’ve been talking about the limited volatility in the currency markets in light of the holidays’ season and how price action was not anything too exciting....