Currencies and Forex Analysis & Opinion

Equities and currencies kicked off the fourth quarter with a robust recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 300 points, while the U.S. dollar sold off across the board as safe-haven...

The US dollar soared yesterday, hitting a one year high. The greenback's rise was powered by two tiggers—rising expectations of a decrease in the Federal Reserve’s bond purchases and fears...

The US dollar traded sharply higher against all of the major currencies on Tuesday as Treasury yields surged and stocks plummeted. With several factors driving investors out of risk assets, FX...

A bit more than two weeks ago, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde insisted, "the lady is not for tapering." It was the ECB chief's attempt at easing trader nerves. In plain language, in...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.It has been a busy week for central banks, with the overall message being that the global economy is continuing to recover and that we are...

The Bank of England meets today at noon local time, 7AM EDT, for its next policy decision. Expectations are that the UK central bank will keep interest rates at 0.10%.However, that's not what...

There are only three more Federal Reserve monetary policy announcements before the end of the year. If Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wants to give the market ample time to prepare for tapering asset...

This is one of the busiest trading weeks of the year, and for this very reason, volatility in the stock market as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index rose to its highest level in four...

September is a busy month. For investors, asset price movements will be determined by central bank rate decisions, employment reports and elections.  There are no monetary policy announcements...

The European Central Bank has a monetary policy announcement on Thursday, and many investors are wondering if the euro will fall to the same fate as the Canadian and Australian dollars. Both...

Central bank meetings are creating more pain than gain for currencies this week. The Australian dollar shot higher immediately after the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy announcement but U-turned...

Of all the high frequency US economic releases dollar traders follow, the monthly Nonfarm Payrolls report is perhaps the most watched as well as the most influential for markets. Friday's August...

The U.S. dollar sold off against most of the major currencies after ADP’s employment report raised red flags for non-farm payrolls. U.S. yields turned lower once the report was released and the...

The U.S. dollar snapped higher on Tuesday when Treasury yields surged right before the London close. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact catalyst, as today’s U.S. economic reports were mostly...