Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

The Canadian dollar fell slightly versus the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the the oil price rally lost momentum and other commodities dropped after hawkish comments from Fed member Jeffery Lacker. The...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The two primary themes in the foreign-exchange market Tuesday was sterling weakness and U.S. dollar strength. In many ways,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Monday’s sharp sell-off in sterling gave investors a taste of the volatility they can expect in the foreign-exchange...

Market Drivers October 3, 2016 Cable drops below 1.2900 UK PMI beats handily Nikkei 0.90% Dax 1.01% Oil $48/bbl Gold $1318/oz. Europe and Asia EUR EZ Manufacturing PMI 52.6 vs. 52.6GBP UK...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.This past week was suppose to be a quiet one in the foreign-exchange market but between OPEC’s decision to cut oil...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The biggest story in the financial markets Thursday was Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) amid growing fear that it's about to become the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Monday night's U.S. Presidential debate is the market’s main focus for the next 24 to 48 hours. For currencies, we know...

The loonie is back in the news today after a run on relatively poor economic data from the Great White North. Canadian retail sales came in at -0.1% month-over-month in July, versus an expected gain...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.After falling to a low of 100.10 during the Asian trading session, USD/JPY staged a strong reversal to end Thursday near 101....

Super Wednesday turned out to be not so super after all, for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the U.S. Federal Reserve. The market’s trust in central banks is low, as policy makers are running out of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. If we could use one word to summarize Wednesday’s rate decisions, it would be 'DISAPPOINTMENT'. The market did not have...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.In the next 24 hours we have 3 major monetary policy announcements but we’ll talk about the first two today and the third...

The Canadian dollar has edged upwards on Tuesday, as USD/CAD trades at 1.3220. On the release front, it’s another quiet day. The US will release Building Permits and Housing Starts, with the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.We’ve had a quiet start to what should be a very busy week in the foreign-exchange market. Japan was closed for holiday...