Forex
More than 11 million British travellers have withdrawn the equivalent of £3.87billion in foreign currency while they were abroad over the past 12 months, according to Sainsbury's Travel Money...
There has been a lot of speculation that the yen will pass its post-war high of 79.75 (to the dollar) last reached in April 1995...
The Japanese yen has hit a 15-year high against the dollar and a nine-year peak against the euro on as investors tested the resolve of Japanese authorities to intervene and stem the yen's steady rise...
With growth that’s forecast to exceed that of developed markets and investors attracted by relatively high yields, Asian currencies gained this week, led by the Thai baht and Malaysia’s ringgit...
When the General Election on May 6th brought in a hung parliament and sterling fell on the result, many predicted the currency would have a bumpy ride for the rest of the year...
The euro dropped for a second day against the dollar as signs that Europe’s economic recovery is waning damped demand for the single currency...
As Japan struggles with deflation and a rise in the yen that threatens an export-reliant recovery, the country’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2010 and analysts predict more weakness ahead...
The strengthening pound will give holidaymakers a much needed boost in their spending money this summer...
Destinations in the euro zone are offering more value than last summer with the pound strengthening 2...
Knowledge to Action has launched a search for the homegrown heroes of foreign exchange trading. The training company is inviting ambitious independent traders who graduated from its "forex" courses to chart their performance over the next three weeks...
Following a torrid three years, sterling is at last beginning to bottom out, according to Rob Pemberton, investment director of wealth manager HFM Columbus...
After months of speculation, the Chinese government has announced its plan to allow its currency to move freely...
By Mike Jones Tristan Hanson, manager of asset allocation and strategy at Ashburton, considers the future for sterling...
By Mike Jones A senior Bank of England official has dismissed fears of a dramatic drop in the value of the pound...
Traders have bet almost £5billion on declines in the value of the euro - the largest "short position" since it was launched...
By Mike Jones The euro increased against the US dollar this morning following a series of losses. But concern still remains about Euro zone viabilty and, as a result, the euro remains close to its lowest level for many months...
By Mike Jones With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver just a couple of weeks away, travel money expert ICE (International Currency Exchange) is urging travellers to the games to get their currency ordered while the Canadian Dollar against the Pound is at a good rate...
The slide which has knocked the euro in recent weeks looks to have halted - albeit temporarily. It rose 0...
The under-pressure euro rose slightly against the US dollar today after last week's poor run which saw it reach seven-month lows...
By Mike Jones CLS Group and Traiana, an ICAP company, have announced that a joint venture to provide trade aggregation services to participants active in the over-the-counter FX market has gone live, heralding a new chapter in operational risk reduction and banking industry collaboration...
By Mike Jones The euro hit another six-month-low against the dollar in Asia amid further concerns about the fiscal health of some Euro zone countries...
By Mike Jones Travel money expert International Currency Exchange has analysed exchange rates over the past 12 months and is suggesting travellers look at how far their spending money will go before booking a trip abroad...
By Mike Jones Analysis by Investec Bank found more than half (52%) of US dollar offshore savings accounts are paying less than the US Federal Reserve ("Fed") rate of 0...
Greece's fiscal deficit continues to plague the euro which traded marginally down overnight. Dollar values stayed flat as the market continued to react to US President Barack Obama's proposed banking reforms...
By Mike Jones Alpari (UK) has launched true ECN trading on MetaTrader 4, featuring Straight Through Processing (STP) and Non Dealing Desk (NDD) execution...
The euro hit a five-month low against the dollar in early trading on Thursday. Once again it has been hampered by financial fears for some euro zone economies, Greece in particular...
More fears over Greece's finances saw the euro fall again as deficits among some euro zone countries continue to put the currency under pressure...
By Mike Jones The European Central Bank is to stop conducting one-week Swiss franc liquidity-providing swap operations after January 31, 2010...
While American markets stay closed for the Martin Luther King day holiday, quiet trade in Asia saw the dollar and yen both fall...
By Christian Tegllund Blaabjerg, market strategist, Saxo Bank Intel posted better than expected earnings yesterday and today's most earnings release is from JPMorgan...
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