Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.After days of consolidation we have finally seen a pickup in volatility in the forex market. Sterling dropped to a 2-week low...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Over the past few weeks a number of currencies hit multi-month lows against the U.S. dollar. The euro, Swiss franc and Canadian...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Over the past week, forex traders were focused on divergences in monetary policy. We learned that the Bank of Canada is...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Investors sold euros aggressively Thursday taking the single currency within a few pips of its 4-month low. The sell-off was...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It was a relatively quiet day in the foreign-exchange market with the exception of big moves in the Canadian dollar. There was...

USD/CAD has posted slight losses on Wednesday, as the pair trades at 1.3080. On the release front, the Bank of Canada will set its benchmark interest rate and release a rate statement. As well, BoC...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It was a quiet start to a busy week in the foreign-exchange market. The U.S. dollar traded lower against most of the major...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Friday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic reports failed to inspire new gains for USD/JPY, but EUR/USD dropped to...

The Canadian dollar traded in a tight range as the market was ready to dig into the minutes from the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The loonie ended flat against the greenback...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. If the U.S. dollar continues to dip, buy it because the decision to keep interest rates steady last month was a “close...

It didn’t take long for sterling to make a run for its flash-crash low. The British pound traded heavily throughout the North American session and when stops were triggered at 1.22, it was a...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It was a busy week in the foreign-exchange market that ended with a bang on Friday. We’ll start by talking about the U.S....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Investors put more money into U.S. dollars Thursday ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. The strong demand for the...

Key Points: Loonie continues to follow the wedge pattern higher. Reversal should occur around the 38.2% Fibonacci level. Could move as low as the 1.30 handle. Despite what has proven to be a bumpy...