Currency Analysis & Opinion

The global tightening cycle is in full swing, with half-point interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Expectations for changes by both central banks did not...

Investors continued to buy U.S. dollars, driving the greenback to its strongest level against the Japanese yen in more than 6 years. The biggest driving force for USD/JPY right now is U.S. yields...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThis week, we are seeing some cracks starting to appear in some commodity currencies, with global stock indices and some commodity prices like...

On Feb. 22, as Russian troops were amassing along portions of the Ukraine border and the possibility of a Russian incursion began to look probable, the US and U.K. instituted sanctions against Russian...

The U.S. dollar is up for a fifth straight day, boosted by an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve. The Dollar Index, which tracks a basket of six other currencies versus the USD is currently nearing...

Between the big moves that we’ve seen in the euro, yen, and Australian dollar in recent weeks, many traders have understandably shifted their attention away from USD/CAD. The North American pair...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe US dollar has strengthened materially in recent months as interest rates have soared in the US, and the Fed has signaled rate hikes. The...

NFP insightIt’s like a geeky monetary policy riddle: How can a central bank raise interest rates, but be further away from where interest rates are expected to finish the year? As almost...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comGiven the big rebound in equity prices over the past couple of weeks, rising yields, including on the US 10-year Treasury note, and the sharp...

The world’s most widely-followed currency pair is reacting well to one of the most widely-followed technical principles: Polarity.For the uninitiated, the polarity principle refers to the...

There are plenty of geopolitical headwinds roiling global markets right now. Unfortunately for the EU, the eurozone appears to be at the vortex of many of them. And the euro, the region's single...

It’s decision day at the Federal Reserve. A quarter-point rate increase is widely expected, the first since 2018. The market’s focus will be on the Fed’s dot plot and if the dot plot...

When is the Fed meeting?The FOMC’s March monetary policy meeting will conclude at 2:00pm ET on Wednesday, March 16.What will the Fed do?Despite (or perhaps partially because of) the military...

Japan's yen opened lower this morning, extending its drop to 0.5% versus the US dollar. It was the sixth straight day of gains for the USD/JPY pair.The JPY fell to its lowest level since Dec. 15,...