Currency Forecast

If the first day of April is a taste of what’s to come, it will be a very rocky second quarter. After falling more than 24% between January and March, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened...

The global crisis over the coronavirus pandemic has provoked significant demand for the U.S. dollar as investors worldwide massively unwound risk positions in favor of safe havens — chiefly...

The first quarter of 2020 was the worst first quarter in the 135-year history of the Dow and is finally over. COVID-19 reared its ugly head in the last three months, hitting China first and then...

The euro snapped a six-day rally to start the week lower against the U.S. dollar. Over the past month, the moves in EUR/USD have not been for the faint of heart. The single currency surged from a...

The U.S. dollar traded lower against all of the major currencies today after jobless claims topped 3.2 million. We’ve never seen weekly jobless claims at these levels before. They are more than...

The dollar is falling for the fifth straight day after gaining for 7 days out of 8 and surging 8.5%. It might be time to start thinking of getting back in: the greenback has already corrected 2.3% of...

Many major currencies are trading higher this morning as stocks staged a voracious recovery at the New York open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 1,000 points or 6.5%. In a normal...

The Federal Reserve is doing everything in its power to limit the slide in equities, keep Treasury yields low and provide ongoing liquidity. In a breaking announcement before the start of New...

Governments around the world continued to take steps to shield their economies from further weakness but the continued market sell-off is a sign that investors have little faith that these efforts...

Governments around the world continued to take steps to shield their economies from further weakness but the continued market sell-off is a sign that investors have little faith that these efforts...

There have been two previous, major financial markets crashes in the past 20 years. During both, the U.S. dollar became the life raft of choice that everyone wanted to cling to.The more recent,...

Currencies and equities resumed their slide on Wednesday as Tuesday’s recovery proved to be nothing more than a one-day reprieve. New measures or plans to fight the economic impact of COVID-19...

The U.S. dollar traded sharply higher against all of the major currencies as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up more than 800 points. After falling nearly 3,000 points on Monday, U.S. stocks...

The Federal Reserve made another emergency cut yesterday, slashing rates by 100 basis points to close to 0% for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank also launched a...