Currency Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Will Payrolls Propel the Dollar to New Highs? USD/CAD Hovers Below 1.25 Ahead of Canadian Employment Report AUD Hit by Record...

There is only one thing driving the EUR this week, and that is the jump in German bond yields. Since the start of this week, EURUSD has followed German bond yields 92% of the time, it is a similar...

FX volatility remains on the high side at the moment, with the move in bond yields playing a major role. Bond yields are being driven higher globally at differing paces which has impact currencies...

More volatility and more attractive price action was the theme of the day yesterday in the major instruments we monitor in our daily report. There was a divergence of price action across the different...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Euro Powers Through 1.12, Is 1.15 Next? Weak Data Worries Dollar Bulls GBP: No Surprises Expected from BoE CAD Hit by Weaker...

Yesterday in our report we were discussing the recent pickup in the volatility of the major currency pairs and money instruments and how it was expected to continue and actually increase and it turns...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The 5 Reasons Why EUR Jumped 2% The biggest story in Tuesday's financial markets was the 2% rise in the EUR/USD. The single...

Economic data from the Eurozone this week has seen a recurring theme of surpassing market expectations with the most recent manufacturing data being a case in point. It wasn’t just the Eurozone...

The main standout in overnight trade has been the Aussie, jumping back above the 0.77 level in the wake of the latest interest rate decision. There was no surprise to see rates being held at 2% and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. 5 Reasons Why Forex is the Market to Trade this Week AUD: What to Expect from the RBA USD/CAD Closes Above 1.25 NZD/USD Drops...

FX League - Week 36. Trend: Momentum:League Table:***17.325 as a neutral score of the week.***CHF, EUR, USD, GBP - BULLISH! CAD, JPY, AUD, NZD - BEARISH!More detailed FX League Chart:Trades for the...

It’s a big week for the EUR as economic data and an ECB meeting all take place in the next few days. To kick things off, German inflation data was released earlier on Monday and suggests that...

As we end May in a rather rainy and blustery fashion here in London, the dollar is having a bad end to the trading month. The latest economic data hasn’t helped things; the US economy shrank...