Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

The USD advanced 0.353 versus the CAD in the last 24 hours.The USD/CAD touched multi-year highs (1.4316) as the price of oil continues to tumble as supply is far outstripping demand around the globe....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. It has been another busy 24 hours in the foreign-exchange market with GBP falling to fresh 5-year lows and CAD at 13-year lows...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. Don’t be fooled by the fragile recovery in currencies because China is still in trouble and poised to bring greater...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. December’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report completely smashed expectations with 292k jobs created versus a forecast of 200k...

The loonie briefly touched 12 year lows against the USD as the price of energy kept falling and the volatility of the Chinese stock market caused waves around the world. The USD/CAD traded at 1.4170...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. China’s shortest trading day turned into a long session of pain for currencies and equities. There’s been no let up...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. During the North American trading session, the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen held onto their gains, reflecting the continued...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The first trading day of 2016 gave investors a taste of the topsy-turvy moves they can expect in the financial markets this...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset ManagementJPY Faces Risk Of More QE In 2016 In 2015, the Japanese yen was one of the best-performing G10 currencies. It held steady versus the U.S. dollar...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management.If we compare where the Australian and New Zealand dollars were at the beginning and end of 2015, it would be easy to conclude that it has been...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management.Of all the major currencies, the Canadian dollar was hit the hardest in 2015. The loonie lost over 15% of its value versus the U.S. dollar,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management.2016 will be a defining year for the British pound -- a year when politics will overshadow economics. Considering that sterling ended the year...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management.com.Six years after the financial crisis and the European Central Bank is still struggling to turn around its= economy. As recently as December,...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of BK Asset Management.2015 has been a great year for the U.S. dollar but with only 5 trading days left many investors are wondering if being long dollars in 2016 is...