Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar extended its losses on Thursday as investors continued to unwind their Trump trades. With just over a week...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar traded heavy throughout the North American session even as it only ended the day lower versus the Japanese yen...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. With every tick lower in the U.S. dollar, investors are wondering if the greenback has peaked. After a tremendous rally in...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Friday’s U.S. jobs report was not only strong enough to prevent the dollar from sinking below 115 against the Japanese...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The U.S. dollar may have traded lower against all of the major currencies on Thursday and experienced its greatest one-day loss...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Dollar bulls ignored the Federal Reserve’s warning about the uncertainty of fiscal policy and the impact that a strong...

The technical condition of the US dollar, which has been advancing through most of the Q4 '16, has been deteriorating, in our assessment. This led us to anticipate a consolidative or corrective phase....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. A New Year means new trading opportunities and January will start with a bang. Here in the U.S., a new President who has...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. One of Thursday's best-performing currencies was the euro, which rose within a pip of 1.05 versus the U.S. dollar. While the...

The Canadian dollar continues to drop against its US counterpart. On Thursday, USD/CAD has edged higher as it trades at 1.3450. On the release front, there are a host of releases out of the US and...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.As the holidays draw near, we have seen very little consistency in the performance of the U.S. dollar. The greenback lost value...

The Canadian dollar remains close to the 1.34 line and is showing little movement in the Wednesday session. On the release front, Canada will release Wholesale Sales, with the estimate standing at...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. After falling for 4 straight days, the Australian and Canadian dollars finally rebounded against the greenback. Unfortunately,...

The Canadian dollar remains under pressure in the Tuesday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading slightly above the 1.34 line. On the release front, it’s another quiet day, with no US events on...