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 23, 2024 | EU, EUR, FX, GBP, USD
After a week in the beautiful cities of Porto and Braga, I am now back in the UK and in the office- hopefully my great team have been able to take care of you all. The major story last week was the Bank of England making it very clear that they are preparing for a...
