by Prem Raja | Jan 13, 2019 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
I’m having Deja-vu, it feels like we’ve been in this exact same situation before! MP’s will finally vote on Theresa May’s deal on Tuesday 15th January (Which is also my birthday, so I am hoping for a calm day on the markets…), providing...
by Prem Raja | Jan 6, 2019 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP
I hope you all had a wonderful festive period and new year- trading resumed last week but I thought I would leave it a week before I wrote my first report of 2019 as the first week is generally quiet- oh how I was wrong! In the first week of January, we have already...
by Prem Raja | Dec 16, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Another confusing week on the markets- as nothing went to the Government’s initial plan; Theresa May decided to cancel the House of Commons vote for her Brexit deal so she could go and get clarification from the EU for the Irish Backstop- this was followed by a...
by Prem Raja | Dec 8, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP
Sterling exchange rates have been extremely volatile over the last couple of weeks due to the upcoming House of Common’s vote on the current proposed Brexit deal- the biggest problem for the Pound is that it seems pretty certain that MP’s will be voting...
by Prem Raja | Dec 2, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP
Sterling exchange rates have been extremely fragile over the last 2 weeks with a vote upcoming for The PM’s latest Brexit deal- the reason why the Pound has been so weak is due to the fact that many MP’s have stated that they will be voting against this...
by Prem Raja | Nov 18, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
Just over one week ago, the GBPEUR exchange rate had hit the best price in over a year with hopes that a new Brexit deal was ready to be done- these hopes were quickly broken following the PM’s cabinet actually approving the deal with several high profile...
by Prem Raja | Nov 11, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week was pretty strong for the Pound as we saw 1.15 break briefly against the Euro- this was due to reports coming from Parliament that a Brexit deal is “95% done” which had the market certain that a deal could be done in November. As the week ended,...
by Prem Raja | Nov 4, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
I am sure by now we are all sick of these Brexit headlines, but unfortunately, until we have a resolution they will continue. The UK seems confident that a deal will happen this month- the only problem being this isn’t the first time we have heard these sort of...
by Prem Raja | Oct 28, 2018 | EUR, FX, GBP
We have seen Sterling exchange rates fall over the last couple of weeks from recent highs- falling to 1.12 against the Euro and 1.2790 against the U.S Dollar. It seems the only reason for this is that investors have lost interest in Sterling while the UK is still...
by Prem Raja | Oct 7, 2018 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP
Pound Sterling exchange rates hit a 3 month high against the Euro last week following positive remarks from the UK & EU in regards to a potential Brexit deal and the Irish border. Jean-Claude Juncker also commented on Saturday by saying that it is very likely that...
