Morning all Hope you enjoyed your afternoon yesterday whether it was in the pub or office! GBP Thursday’s budget has helped push GBP higher, making us a slightly more palatable investment to other nations now we are looking at ...
Biweekly Update – Hunt’s time to shine..
Morning all Broken the back of the week! GBP Vital 6 weeks on the run up to Christmas. UK wages came in stronger than expected in the UK’s latest set of statistics however the more prevalent figure is that of unemployment whic ...
Biweekly Update – Backhanded Compliment
Morning all TGIF! GBP A very busy week for markets as we saw further interest rate changes from the FED, BoE and ECB. Whilst all came out broadly in line with expectation, the rhetoric that followed had far more impact, espec ...
Biweekly Update – “Better, but not good”
Morning all 1st November! That came around quickly! GBP “Better, but not good,” is how Goldman Sachs describes the British Pound’s prospects in the wake of Rishi Sunak’s appointment as PM. Sunak and Hunt will have to preside over a reg ...
Biweekly Update – Rishi On A Star
Morning all Hope you have had a good weekend… GBP Looks like Boris has stepped aside leaving Rishi the clear favourite this morning. Expect an announcement at 2pm, chances are he’ll be in the hot seat by close of business toda ...
Biweekly Update – Mistake!
Morning all Just focusing on GBP today. A few of you picked up on yesterday’s mistake. The poll running was whether Liz would outlive a lettuce, not a cabbage. A cabbage can apparently last up to 2 months in the fridge; I persona ...
Biweekly Update – Time To Put It Bluntly
Morning all Hope you have had a good weekend and enjoy the last of the summer sun. GBP So Jeremy Hunt is in the hotseat - what a complete shambles this new Conservative leadership party is in. One of the tabloid news papers is ...
Biweekly Update – Dumped!
Morning all Was hoping to get away with only 2 updates a week!! Purely going to focus on last night’s speech… GBP One speech down, 4 to go. Huge dump in the market last night after the Bank of England (BoE) Govern ...
Morning Update – 3 Days Of Gains
Morning all Broken the back of the week. GBP 3 straight days of gains, 1.63% against the EUR and 2.9% against the USD. GBP sensitivity still very much reliant heavily on the inflow of foreign investor capital to s ...
Morning Update – GBP Still On Strike?
Morning all Hope you have had a good weekend and enjoyed the last of the summer sun, back to the usual format this morning. GBP Sharp rise this morning following reports that the UK government will reverse its planned scrappin ...