Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

Currencies and equities have been consolidating ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement. It is the most critical event risk of the week and the most likely catalyst for...

Buckle your seatbelts and brace for some big moves in the markets this week. Everything from equities, currencies to Treasuries and crypto have been itching for breakouts. With five major central...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe Dollar Index has been consolidating its recent gains around the mid-point of the 2020-2021 drop over the past few weeks or so. Today, there is...

The U.S. dollar traded higher against all of the major currencies Thursday with the exception of the Japanese yen. The Federal Reserve meets next week and faster removal of policy accommodation is...

There is a very clear quadruple top pattern in USD/CAD from 1.2850. Investors have been snapping up Canadian dollars ahead of Wednesday’s monetary policy announcement. The Bank of...

The US dollar rallied on Monday against some but not all of the major currencies.  Our readers should not find the rally in USD/JPY or decline in EUR/USD surprising because we talked about...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe FX markets have been fairly quiet given how volatile the equity markets have been. As another week draws to a close there is still a lot of...

Health experts around the world are worried about Omicron, but investors are not – at least that’s what the 2% rally in stocks and rebound in the U.S. dollar suggests.  Everyone...

The U.S. dollar soared against all of the major currencies after President Joe Biden officially renominated Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman. Dr. Lael Brainard, the only other realistic...

Investors bought U.S. dollars after retail sales rose for the third month in a row. The increase in demand was widely anticipated, but the increase in overall spending along with spending...

Currency investors, made increasingly optimistic by yesterday's direct talks between US President Joseph Biden and China's President Xi Jinping, pushed the USD/CNY toward its highest levels since...

One of the most important things that recent currency movements have confirmed is that fundamentals matter. The euro dropped to its weakest level since June 2020 because the European Central Bank is...

Consumer spending expanded by a mere 1.6% for the last quarter, a severe fall-off from the 12% growth in the second quarter. Since consumer spending makes up 69% of the $23.2 trillion US economy, this...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.There is little doubt which currency has been the king of foreign exchange market this week. The US dollar got a big boost after that...