Currency Forecast

It has become abundantly clear over the past year that the market is driven by optimism. The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a major blow to every corner of the world, but rather than worrying about how...

The inauguration of the 46th President of the United States went off without a hitch. Equity and currency traders welcomed the new administration with fresh records for the S&P 500 and...

It’s a big week for the financial markets. The Congressional hearings for Janet Yellen’s confirmation as Treasury secretary began today. (There’s no guidance on how fast the panel...

It may not be long before we see more significant profit-taking in equities and currencies. The signs are there – stocks hover near record highs but are struggling to extend their gains....

The resilience of the euro is remarkable. The single currency ended the day higher against the U.S. dollar and Japanese Yen despite German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warning that the lockdown...

As we kick off the second week of January, the greenback extended its gains against all of the major currencies. Despite the first month of job losses in April, the uptick in manufacturing and...

The U.S. dollar traded higher against all of the major currencies on Thursday as months of U.S. political uncertainty finally settled. Last night, Joe Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020...

Equities and currencies traded sharply higher on Wednesday, seemingly unfazed by the chaos on Capitol Hill and in some ways, encouraged by the Blue wave. For the first time in 10 years, it appears...

We’ve finally made it to the last week of 2020. A coronavirus vaccine is in the process of being rolled out, a Brexit agreement is in place and U.S. President Donald Trump finally signed...

It's only taken four-and-a-half years for the European Union and the United Kingdom to come within reach of what some are characterizing as the biggest 'divorce settlement' in history. This morning,...

We feared that there would be year-end profit-taking in currencies this week as the virus mutation and lack of Brexit progress haunts the markets. But so far, we haven’t seen any evidence...

The dollar has been surging today, up almost 1% at time of writing. That's the greenback's biggest daily advance since Mar. 19, when the global reserve currency peaked.The USD has been trading at the...

It has been a challenging week for the U.S. dollar. The greenback fell to fresh 2.5-year lows against most of the major currencies, but as the week drew to a close, it finally...

Risk appetite remains strong, with equities and currencies extending their gains on Thursday. The growing prospect of a stimulus deal in the U.S. and a Brexit agreement in the UK drove investors...