by Prem Raja | Jul 28, 2024 | Misc.
Last week traders showed their hand by selling off the Pound on expectations that the BoE would be cutting interest rates this Thursday- with GBPEUR now trading at 1.1850 and GBPUSD trading at 1.2860. Now UK elections are over I feel the cut is warranted. It seems...
by Prem Raja | Jul 21, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Before we get into markets- on Sunday, President Biden announced that he will be dropping out of the election- this was after rumours throughout the week that he would be doing this, however usually Politicians wait until markets are closed before making such...
by Prem Raja | Jul 14, 2024 | Misc.
The Euros are over and we are now back to life without football- Sterling exchange rates had a strong push-up through the week with GBPEUR closing the week at 1.19 and GBPUSD closing the week above 1.29- which gives us a very nice springboard into a potentially...
by Prem Raja | Jul 7, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
As I write this, the UK election results have already been declared with Labour winning a majority- this generally kept the Pound stable and didn’t add too much volatility into the market- the larger risk was the French elections- after the first round it seemed...
by Prem Raja | Jun 30, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The first week of July brings is what has the potential to be a very volatile week with both UK and French elections on the cards (Alongside a very busy economic calendar). On Sunday the first round of voting begun, unfortunately, I am writing this while votes are...
