Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It was an unusually volatile day in the foreign-exchange market. European currencies traded with a heavy bias for the first half...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.1.15. There's no shortage of reasons to explain EUR/USD's strength ranging from stronger Eurozone data, disappointing U.S. data...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar came under heavy selling pressure this past week with the greenback breaking key support levels against the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. After selling off sharply on Tuesday, the U.S. dollar finally traded higher against most of the major currencies but the rally...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Tuesday's biggest forex story was the euro's strong rally. The single currency broke above 1.10 and came within a few pips of...

by Pinchas Cohen After the Washington Post reported yesterday that US President Donald Trump shared classified intelligence secrets with Russia's foreign minister and their US ambassador at a White...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.To the frustration of anyone who believes that USD/JPY should be the purest pro-dollar-anti-dollar trade, the greenback moved...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.There’s a serious misalignment between U.S. data, market expectations and Fed speak. Friday’s U.S. economic reports...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Two major central banks have monetary policy meetings in the next 24 hours and while no changes to policy are expected, these...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar continued to rise against all of the major currencies with USD/JPY extending its gains above 114. A test of 115...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Dollar bulls are in control as Monday's greenback traded higher against all of the major currencies. Their demand took USD/JPY...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It was a great week to be long U.S. dollars versus the Japanese yen and commodity currencies but long dollar trades struggled...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Investors sold U.S. dollars ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report and even the passing of the Health Care bill in the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Fed fund futures are now pricing in a 93% chance of a rate hike in June. We continue to be astounded by these odds as...