14

Jan

Kathy Lien’s Interview on Australian Dollar

Posted by Kathy Lien  Published in Australian Dollar, Euro, Federal Reserve, Forex News, Forex Podcast, Forex TV, New Zealand dollar
Last night, I was on Sky News Australia talking about a variety of things ranging from the Federal Reserve’s policy action, China, the US dollar, the Euro, the Australian and New Zealand dollars. Here’s the interview: I also talked to Chip Hanlon of Greenfaucet.com about my new book, Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market - [...]
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9

Jan

EUR/USD: Seasonality Factors in Play?

Posted by Kathy Lien  Published in Forex, Forex News, eurusd seasonality, forex blog, forex signals
The EUR/USD has fallen close to 4 percent or 600 pips since the beginning of the year. Although fundamental factors are certainly in play, there are seasonal factors as well. Back in December, I published article warning about the seasonal effect on the EUR/USD. Looks like it is playing out as expected: One of the [...]
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9

Jan

December Non-Farm Payrolls Instant Insight

Posted by Kathy Lien  Published in 2009 us dollar forecast, Forex News, forex blog, non-farm payrolls, payrolls
I was one of the few analysts calling for a potential rebound in non-farm payrolls in the month of December (Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: Could We See a Rebound) and that was exactly what we saw this morning. 524k jobs were lost in the US economy, which is modestly better than the -586k [...]
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8

Jan

Why December Non-Farm Payrolls Could Rebound

Posted by Kathy Lien  Published in 2009 currency forecasts, 2009 us dollar forecast, Fed Rate Cut, Forex News, US Dollar, US Economy, dollar recession, forex blog, non-farm payrolls
The US dollar is selling off aggressively ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls report on the fear that for the second month in a row, job losses may have topped 500k. The recent moves in the currency and equity markets suggest that everyone expects a very weak labor market report. Although the consensus forecast [...]
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7

Jan

US Dollar Sells Off on Concerns About NFP and GDP

Posted by Kathy Lien  Published in Currency forecasts, Fed Rate Cut, Forex News, GDP, dollar forecast, dollar recession, forex blog, non-farm payrolls
Concerns about the US economy are growing as the Dow Jones Industrial Average erases all of its year to date gains, taking the US dollar down with it. The rally that we have seen in the first few days of trading will be difficult to sustain with all of the weak economic data that [...]
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