by Prem Raja | Jan 25, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The main topic over the last couple of weeks was the Bank of England, after 3 members (Including the Governor) came out and said they see a case to potentially cut interest rates this month- the chances of this cut rose to 50/50 and was highly dependant on certain...
by Prem Raja | Jan 12, 2020 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week, the news was dominated by reports from the U.S and Iran, which meant that we saw more movement on commodities such as Oil, Gold & Silver. Sterling was fairly static over the week and managed to stay in and around the same areas, in fact as the closed...
by Prem Raja | Dec 8, 2019 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, GDP, USD
Last week, the odds for a Conservative majority to be achieved rose above 70% (On Betfair), which was the catalyst for Sterling rising to 1.1850 against the Euro and 1.3150 against the U.S Dollar. It is clear at this point that the direction for Sterling is now...
by Prem Raja | Dec 1, 2019 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The markets have been relatively volatile over the last few weeks due to the upcoming General Election- and with opinion polls coming out on a daily basis with different results- I thought now would be a good time to start looking at possible outcomes for the election...
by Prem Raja | Nov 18, 2019 | USD
As you may have seen, GBPUSD exchange rates have been slowly moving up from the lows of 1.22 in October, to currently trading just below the 1.30 area. To put this in context, A purchase of 200,000 USD is now costing £10,000 less than it would have a month ago! The...
by Prem Raja | Nov 10, 2019 | Brexit, EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
The Pound has been in a sideways range over the past week against the Euro, floating between the 1.1550-1.1620 range. I believe the reason for this is that the market has currently priced in a Conservative majority for this election- which is currently being reflected...
