Currency Forecast

The Federal Reserve holds its first 2021 FOMC meeting Wednesday and, based on the performance of U.S. assets, investors don’t expect any surprises from the central bank. The rally in stocks and...

Investors around the world will be watching U.S. markets this week. It is the busiest week of the fourth quarter earnings season, the Federal Reserve has a monetary policy announcement and we get...

The U.S. dollar rallied against all of the major currencies on Friday as stocks descended from their highs. Three days into the new administration and investors are starting to worry about...

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...

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...

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...

The U.S. dollar traded lower against all of the major currencies on Tuesday. This broad-based decline is a reflection of the market’s concerns about how the U.S. political and economic...

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...