Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. There are 2 major event risks in the next 24 hours that could have a dramatic impact on the foreign-exchange market and one...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Wednesday's price action in the currency and bond market tells us that investors believe data and not the Fed. The FOMC minutes...

USD/CAD has taken a pause on Wednesday, as the pair trades slightly below the 1.34 line. On the release front, there are no Canadian events. In the US, ADP Nonfarm Payrolls as well as the ISM...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It was turnaround Tuesday in the financial markets with the dollar, stocks and Treasury yields recovering early losses. ...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. If you take a look at a recent chart of the Australian dollar, there’s no question that the currency is in the process of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The first quarter has come to an end and it was a tough one for the U.S. dollar. Even a rate hike by the Federal Reserve failed...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Will Wednesday’s Brexit Article 50 trigger be much ado about nothing for the British pound? Judging from sterling's recent...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar fell to a 4-month low against the Japanese yen Monday, extending a decline that has taken the greenback lower...

USD/CAD moved sideways in a trading range between 1.3264 and 1.3409. Resistance is at 1.3409, a break of this level will confirm that the downtrend from 1.3535 had completed at 1.3264 already, then...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.It was a tough week for the U.S. dollar. A number of Federal Reserve officials were scheduled to speak but none of them said...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.In the last 48 hours, risk aversion has swept through the foreign-exchange market sending all of the major currencies lower....

USD/CAD has edged lower in the Tuesday session. In North American trade, the pair is trading at the 1.33 line. On the release front, Canada releases retail sales reports. After posting declines in...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Compared to the last 2 weeks when there were a number of central bank rate decisions and other key events, this SHOULD be a...

USD/CAD has edged higher in the Monday session. In North American trade, the pair is trading at 1.3360. On the release front, Canadian Wholesale Sales jumped 3.3%, crushing the estimate of 0.3%. In...