Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The price action in Thursday's forex market tells us that dollar bulls are banking on a good Nonfarm Payrolls report on Friday....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. To the disappointment of investors looking for renewed hawkishness from the Federal Reserve, the central bank failed to deliver...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar traded sharply lower ahead of this year’s first Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement....

USD/CAD is slightly lower on Tuesday, continuing the downward trend which marked the Monday session. Currently, the pair is trading at 1.3070. On the release front, Canada releases GDP, with the...

USD/CAD has edged higher at the start of the trading week. In the Monday session, the pair is trading at 1.3150. On the release front, there are no Canadian events on the schedule. In the US, the key...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The first trading week of the lunar New Year will be a busy one for forex traders and the potential for big moves or breakouts...

USD/CAD has posted slight gains in the Thursday session, as the pair trades at the 1.31 line. On the release front, there are two key events in the US – Unemployment Claims and New Home Sales....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Over the past few months, we have seen strong correlations between the U.S. dollar, U.S. yields and U.S. stocks but on...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Donald Trump is now officially the President of the United States, the most powerful country in the world and from here on...

With less than 24 hours to go before Donald Trump becomes President of the United States, investors are dumping dollars ahead of the inauguration as they worry about the new President’s trade...

The Canadian dollar is slightly lower in the Thursday session, after strong losses in the Wednesday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading slightly below the 1.33 line. On the release front,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar traded sharply higher against all of the major currencies Wednesday as the fundamentals we have been...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Who would have thought that Prime Minister May’s plans for a hard exit from the European Union would trigger the strongest...

The Canadian dollar has posted slight gains in the Monday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.3140. On the release front, US markets are closed for Martin Luther King Day. There are no US or...