currency trading

After years of exhorting China to increase the value of its yuan, the currency is finally rising. Why that's so is the result of the Fed's quantitative easing program. Here's how Bernanke managed to succeed where political wrangling fell short.

The G-20 has a second chance to diffuse exchange-rate tensions Friday and Saturday, when finance ministers and central bank governors meet in South Korea. World leaders failed to resolve the currency issue two weeks ago in Washington.

Toyota may build another factory in Mexico to produce small cars as the world's largest automaker shifts more capacity outside Japan to remain competitive. The yen's strength on world markets is said to be prompting the move.

The U.S. dollar traded near an eight-month low against the euro on bets that the Federal Reserve will signal it is willing to buy more government debt in order to stimulate the economy. The U.S. dollar traded at $1.3940 per euro as of 11:08 a.m. in London, Bloomberg News reported. It fell to...

The threat of a global currency war is heating up after global leaders failed to resolve their differences at International Monetary Fund talks that ended Saturday.

Countries from Japan to Brazil and Mexico to Malaysia are trying to intervene in currency markets to alter the value of their currency. The widespread dependence on exports is the prime reason for these moves, which can be tricky and even backfire.

The Japanese yen on Wednesday eased down a bit from the 15-year and nine-year highs it set against the dollar and the euro respectively on Tuesday. But the market is watching for possible intervention from Tokyo to curb the currency's rise, which threatens Japan's recovery.

China's currency climbed on Friday to its strongest level yet as the country's central bank set its daily official level to new highs against the dollar ahead of the G-20 summit. Beijing had vowed to let the currency fluctuate more, a move that was welcomed by many of the world's large economies.

Retail investors would do well to avoid this trade: Betting against the U.S. dollar using one of the currency funds or ETFs that have sprung up to take advantage of our flaccid greenback. No, it's not because the dollar is strong or even appears to have much upside anytime soon. As we have said...