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Currency Articles - May 22, 2019 15:21
The Pound is in Freefall – When Will It Stop?
It’s been a rough old time for the British Pound. Since the start of the 2nd week of May it’s been completely freefalling. GBPUSD has dropped over 1000 pips to 1.26390 at the time of writing this. There has been no recovery, no respite, just continued weakness. It seems that nobody loves the Pound. The […]
GBP Gets Ready for an Unpredictable Day with Meaningful Vote 2
All eyes are once again focused on the British Pound, with a crunch vote happening today on the deal which Theresa May has secured with the EU parliament. As news broke on Monday evening that there was now an agreement on the Northern Ireland backstop (which has been the main point of controversy throughout the […]
Share Prices Undecided on Direction as Brexit Uncertainty Continues
Major stocks around the globe have been rising since the turn of the year, and share prices in the UK are no different. The FTSE 100 index was roughly 450 points off the December lows at the tail end of last week, when the index price briefly hit 7000 in early trading and fell sharply […]
FTSE / DAX Still Weak Moving Into End of Year
Shares in the UK and Europe are still languishing near their year lows, as the often strong time of year for the markets arrives, and nearly passes. The FTSE 100 made a clean break of the support in early December, under 6850 and has since not shown any real strength to suggest it will attempt […]
British Pound Makes Gains on Brexit News Ahead of US Non Farm Payrolls
Yesterday the British Pound made gains across the board as word surfaced that progress towards an agreement on Brexit is being made. Instantly the Pound surged against all other currencies. The main gains were made against the US Dollar with weaker than forecast trade balance data arriving on US markets opening. While a final deal […]
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