Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

US inflation continues to move toward the Federal Reserve’s goalThe USD rose across the board on Friday, September 16 after August’s consumer prices advanced 0.2 percent, beating...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar soared against all of the major currencies on Friday on the back of stronger inflation data. Sterling was hit...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The last 24 hours have been extremely busy in terms of economic data and central-bank rate decisions from G10 countries but...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. With U.K. retail sales and a Bank of England monetary policy announcement scheduled for release, Thursday will be a busy day...

The Canadian currency is lower against the U.S. dollar after the International Energy Agency downgraded their crude demand forecast a day after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Monday's rebound in U.S. stocks was short lived with all three of the major equity indices dropping over 1%. This decline...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. This past week turned out to be good for the U.S. dollar as the greenback was steady or stronger against most of the major...

A number of formations on the longer term charts are pointing to a higher NZD as the USD melts away post a very poor ISM last night.For those of you who don’t know, the Kiwi is the national bird...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Investors were left scratching their heads after the U.S. dollar rose to a fresh one-month high against the Japanese yen on the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Investors took profits on their long dollar positions ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report. The sell-off was...

Key Points: Reaching the upside of a newly formed bullish channel. Challenging a strong zone of resistance. ABCD pattern could see medium term bullishness resume. Whilst medium-term forecasts for the...

The Canadian dollar touched a three week low versus the U.S. dollar on Wednesday as oil inventories surprised with a larger buildup in America and Canadian data disappointed. The economy shrank at an...

The Canadian dollar depreciated versus its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday. The probability of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September has kept the USD rally going as it heads into the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The divergence in currencies on Monday was short-lived as investors snapped up U.S. dollars ahead of Friday’s...