Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.What was supposed to be a strong week for the U.S. dollar turned into a crushing one for the greenback. Fed Chair Janet Yellen...

The Canadian dollar was trading high when the expectations rose regarding the Bank of Canada interest rate hike. The loonie surged to its highest in more than a year on Wednesday, July 12, after the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Janet Yellen gave dollar bulls fresh hope on the second day of her testimony to Congress. The Fed Chair finally talked up the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Investors have been skeptical of the Fed’s hawkishness in the days leading up to Janet Yellen’s testimony and when...

Key Points: The third leg of the Elliot wave has extended further than expected. It looks like leg four is now underway. Long-term bias remains bearish. The third leg of the loonie’s Elliot wave...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Wednesday is a big day in the foreign-exchange market, particularly for the U.S. and Canadian dollars. The price action of these...

As Bitcoin is set to post its first 3-day consecutive daily drop in nearly 4 months, digital currency traders will want to know more about the biggest potential development currently surrounding...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Next week is Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s semiannual testimony before Congress and the U.S. dollar’s performance tells...

The sharp gains and wildly volatile trading in cryptocurrencies during the first half of 2017 have raised questions over where trading in digital currencies will go during the second half of the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management,It was a difficult day for the U.S. dollar, which retreated from its highs on the back of the FOMC minutes. Investors were...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.What was suppose to be a quiet week in the foreign-exchange market turned into an extremely eventful one that saw many major...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It's almost hard to tell if investors are pro or anti dollar because while USD/JPY rose within a few pips of 113 Thursday,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.In quiet summer months, less liquidity can often mean greater volatility for the foreign-exchange market. We saw a classic...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar is off to a strong start this week as the greenback recovered earlier losses against the euro and British pound...