Forex

Some say that markets tend to spend more time ranging sideways than trending up or down. For the FTSE 100 Index, this is certainly true. At 7,500 the index is only a couple of hundred […]

Brexit: Deal or No Deal? Investors wait with bated breath Last Thursday, market rejoiced after the Irish Taoiseach and the UK PM spotted a ‘pathway’ to a Brexit deal. In the following 48 hours after […]

Pound Sterling: Brexit negotiations continue to cast shadow The Johnson administration is facing a crunch week on Brexit negotiations. Last week, Number 10 put forward a solution into replacing Teresa May’s Irish backstop. Reactions from […]

Five-Point Summary (source) Bank of England voted unanimously to hold the policy rate unchanged at 0.75%; bond purchases stay at £435 billion MPC notes the rising risk from the Sino-US trade war, noting that the ‘trade […]

Whenever investors run scared, they either turn to gold, bonds or, the Japanese Yen. All these so-called haven assets appreciate mightily during bouts of market stress. Hence, the Japanese Yen experienced a four-month winning streak […]

Brexit is now precipitating a full-scale political crisis. Threats, counter-threats, and election rumours are all swirling round the capital and beyond. What is happening, people wonder? A week ago, I was writing about how difficult […]

Two important events are taking place this week: UK is due a new Prime Minister – probably Boris Johnson ECB Meeting – with a potential rate trim The latest conservative PM selection is extraordinary. Intense […]

One of the growing trends of late is the strength of the US Dollar. Against the Euro, prices have shifted one notch lower. At the time of writing, prices are changing hands near its multi-month […]

The past few weeks saw the Euro struggle to overturn its bearish trend. The currency is slapped down by consistently weak macro data, e.g., weak German manufacturing data yesterday. Against the USD, the rate has […]