Posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 at 4:16 pm.
A volatile day yesterday saw the Euro weaken by over 100 points against the Dollar and Sterling from its Sunday night highs, as the positivity surrounding the outcome of the Greek election was worn away by the need for Greece to form an effective coalition quickly. The hope is that the New Democracy party can [...] Read More...
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 at 3:48 pm.
EUR/USD continues to plunge. My end of week forecast of being in the 1.27s has come around a little quicker than I thought. We’ve been as low as 1.2684 in early European trade this morning. The downtrend still remains however I expect a lot of resistance around the 1.2630/50 level (where we bounced last time [...] Read More...
Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 1:23 pm.
EUR/USD has broken through the 1.30 barrier and hit the 1.2910 level in yesterday’s trading. In the overnight Asian session the pair was capped at 1.2968 and there’s been further downside pressure in early London trading. We’re currently quoting around the 1.2940 level. I see a further push lower with a break below 1.2910 opening [...] Read More...
Posted on Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 10:25 am.
Yesterday was a bit of a disappointment with the currency markets quite flat even though there was some key data released. The ECB kept interest rates on hold at 1% which meant there was no great fall in the Euro that may have come with a rumoured interest rate cut. There will be growing pressure [...] Read More...
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 4:09 pm.
The EUR rose sharply against the USD yesterday after news that the ECB settled no Government purchases last week. In addition to this there was some market noise that the UPS-TNT deal, valued at 5.2 Billion EUR, gave some weight to the EUR in yesterday’s trading. EUR/USD is hovering around the lower 1.32’s and I [...] Read More...
Posted on Friday, March 16th, 2012 at 2:08 pm.
George Osborne releases his budget next week for the year ahead. It has been rumoured today that he will cut the top rate of income tax which currently stands at 50p after a year of lobbying by economists and businesses who disagree with the tax band. If he does reduce the top rate of tax [...] Read More...
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 at 1:21 pm.
EUR/USD has come under further pressure during the European session with Van Rompuy (president of the EC) saying that the EU is at a “turning point” in the crisis. An ambiguous statement if ever there was one. I’d say at best the EU is driving round in circles with a right turn to an exit [...] Read More...
Posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 11:35 am.
GBP/EUR is still flirting with the 1.20 level. I don’t see too much more upside on this pair. If you’re a buyer of EUR it may be beneficial to secure some of your exposure now. Yes, there may be a slight uptick on GBP/EUR through a EUR/USD downwards move however as has often been the [...] Read More...
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 3:40 pm.
Last week’s Dollar rally looks set to continue again as concern over the future of the Euro zone continues to increase. The Greek concern still remains as the possibility of a default is still on the cards and question marks over where we will see growth in the Euro zone will weigh heavily on the [...] Read More...
Posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 5:03 pm.
With the ‘Greek deal’ having been confirmed and financial Armageddon averted (for the time being) the risk of debt contagion in the Eurozone spilling over to the peripheral countries seems to have subsided, for now. The market focus has shifted from the Greek deal to the topic of increasing Europe’s bailout fund. At the beginning [...] Read More...