Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Investors sold U.S. dollars aggressively after Wednesday morning’s abysmal U.S. retail sales report. Not only did...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The sharp reversal in the British pound and Australian dollar were the two biggest stories in Tuesday's foreign-exchange market....

I'm pretty much worthless at short-term trading, but I'm going to take a guess at how I think the next week or two might play out for the US dollar and gold.The dollar needs to bounce for a day or two...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar started the new trading week heavy against all of the major currencies. With no U.S. economic reports...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.3 Currencies You Should be Trading Next WeekAs we look forward to the new trading week, many investors are wondering if the U.S....

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.FX Traders React to Surprises from Central BanksThe U.S. dollar traded lower against all of the major currencies after the FOMC...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.The biggest story in the FX market Wednesday was the bottom in GBP/USD. Over the past 48 hours, sterling rose strongly against...

This is the sixth consecutive session of Canadian dollar appreciation. The US dollar reached an 11-year high on September 29 near CAD1.3460. Today it traded to almost CAD1.2970. There have been four...

In many ways, this week won’t be as exciting as the last when investors were waiting with bated breath to see if the September nonfarm payrolls report would push the Fed over the edge and drive...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Behind the Post NFP Recovery in the Dollar Investors sold U.S. dollars aggressively after Friday morning’s abysmal...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.With less than 24 hours to go before the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, we've seen limited moves in the U.S. dollar. The...

Here’s Why Q4 Could be Rough for the DollarThe best-performing currencies in the third quarter could become the worst performers in Q4. Between July and September we saw strong gains in the...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management.Blame the Dollar? These 4 Currencies are at Multiyear/Record LowsAt first glance the U.S. dollar did not perform extremely well...

Markets were unusually choppy overnight, with the US dollar initially falling against European currencies before recovering into the US lunch session…and following the exact opposite path...