Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. For the past 5 trading days we’ve seen consistent weakness in the euro. Unlike some other major currencies that have seen...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. While Wednesday's big story was oil, the main focus was the FOMC minutes, which failed to excite. According to the details from...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Now that the holidays in Asia and North America are behind us, currencies are once again on the move. The relief rally in...

The Canadian dollar had a bumpy ride this week. With little economic data out of Canada this week and the Chinese week long holiday capping market activity the CAD was in reactive mode to the two...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. For the first time in 10 trading days, the U.S. dollar ended the week higher against the Japanese yen thanks to...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Will the U.S. dollar ever stop falling? The answer is -- of course -- that it will. But the real question to ask is when. Since...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.According to Janet Yellen, no decisions have been made about raising interest rates in March. But don’t be mistaken...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Markets are falling and the yen is rising. Since the beginning of the month, the Japanese yen is up more than 5% against the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. We know that when Chinese markets are open they can wreck havoc on currencies and equities. But when they are closed, the same...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It's been a brutal week to be long U.S. dollars but Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report gave investors a glimmer of hope...

The U.S. added Less Jobs Than Expected in January, But a Rise in Wages Boosted the USDThe U.S. non farm payrolls (NFP) report published on Friday revealed a slowdown of the headline jobs number. The...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Will Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls report save the dollar? Probably not. Over the past 24 hours investors have been selling U.S....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Wednesday saw a crushing day of losses for the U.S. dollar. The greenback shed more 1.7% -- and in many cases close to 2% -- of...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Buying USD/JPY after the Bank of Japan cut interest rates to negative levels is one of our favorite trades. We are not alone...