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Kathy Lien is an Internationally Published Author and Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com, one of the world’s most popular online websites for currency research. Her trading books include the highly acclaimed, Day Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit form Market Swings (2005, Wiley); High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market E-Book (2006, Investopedia); and Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game (2007, Wiley). As Chief Currency Strategist at FXCM, Kathy is responsible for providing research and analysis for DailyFX, the research arm of FXCM. She also co-edits the BK Forex Advisor, an Investopedia.com Premium Service with Boris Schlossberg – one of the few investment advisory letters focusing strictly on the 2 Trillion/day FX market.

Kathy is also one of the authors of Investopedia’s Forex Education section and has written for Tradingmarkets.com, the Asia Times Online, Stocks & Commodities Magazine, MarketWatch, ActiveTrader Magazine, Currency Trader, Futures Magazine and SFO. She is frequently quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, the Wall street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CBS and Bloomberg Radio. She has also hosted trader chats on EliteTrader, eSignal and FXStreet, sharing her expertise in both technical and fundamental analysis.

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Kathy Lien's Latest Articles | 233

FOMC Statement: What Were the Changes

Dec 14, 2010| 

Here are the changes on the FOMC statement – as you can see, not much.  Read More →

U.S. Economy: Changes Since Last FOMC Meeting

Dec 13, 2010| 

As we speak, the Federal Reserve is convening to discuss monetary policy. No changes are expected to be made but as usual, investors will be combing the FOMC statement... Read »

Fiscal Irresponsibility vs. Fiscal Austerity

Dec 13, 2010| 

The strategy to generate growth on the two sides of the Atlantic could not be any more different. The U.S. government is cutting taxes and raising government debt... Read »

Bearish AUD, CAD and EUR

Dec 6, 2010| 

Fresh back from vacation in the Sunny Caribbean – here are some trades that I like off the bat: 1) Short AUD - After last week’s disappointing GDP, retail... Read »

Ireland: Which Country has the Greatest Exposure

Nov 23, 2010| 

Over the weekend, the U.K. announced that they are willing to offer Ireland a direct loan of GBP7 billion. With a large budget deficit of its own and the prospect... Read »

U.S. Following in the Footsteps of Japan?

Nov 22, 2010| 

In this weekend’s NY Times, there was a great chart on the inflation trends in the U.S. compared to the inflation trend in Japan after its bubble burst in the... Read »

How EUR Could React to Irish Bailout

Nov 12, 2010| 

A great deal of discussion has been had about whether or not Ireland needs a bailout. However as currency traders, what is important to us is how the euro could... Read »

Where FOMC Voters Stand

Oct 20, 2010| 

How close is the Federal Reserve to easing monetary policy in November? Pretty close if we look at the views of different FOMC members. However the skepticism of... Read »

Dollar will Stabilize when Yields Stop Falling

Oct 7, 2010| 

Saying the U.S. dollar is falling out of bed would almost be an understatement given the recent price action in the greenback. Over the past three months, the... Read »

Yen Strong Against the Dollar and Yuan

Sep 14, 2010| 

Prime Minister Kan won the elections last night and Yen traders have interpreted his victory to mean a more relaxed approach towards intervention. This may be true... Read »

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