Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset ManagementSummer must be here because it was an extremely quiet day in the forex market. Aside from the Canadian dollar’s big move on...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It was another active day in the foreign-exchange market with the greenback, sterling and Canadian dollar experiencing wild...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Tuesday was a lively session in the foreign-exchange market despite the lack of market-moving data as the moves in FX were led...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It has been a fairly slow start to a busy week in the foreign-exchange market. Monday's U.S. dollar traded higher against all of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.On the surface, it appears to have been a great week for the US dollar with EUR/USD peaking below 1.13 and USD/JPY climbing from...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25bp Wednesday and Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s optimism plus hawkishness caught...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It's going to be a very busy week in the foreign-exchange market and Monday's moves show us which currencies are the most...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We are supposed to be in the dog days of summer but with the weather just beginning to warm up here in New York, investors are...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Euro and sterling traders should be prepared for a wild ride on Thursday as U.K. voters head to the polls and the European...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.No major U.S. economic reports were released Tuesday but the weight of recent data sent USD/JPY tumbling below 110. The decline...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.With hours to go before the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy announcement, the Australian dollar extended its...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Friday’s nonfarm payroll report sealed the U.S. dollar's fate. As hiring and wages eased in May, investors scaled back...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We are coming off the heels of an interesting week for the U.S. dollar. The greenback hit a near-term bottom against European...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The Federal Reserve minutes failed to inspire additional gains in the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, which isn’t surprising as we...