Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008

Risky pound

Bloomberg: Pound Posts Biggest Two-Day Advance Against Dollar in 23 Years

Losses by the pound also reflected ``extreme levels of risk aversion,'' Paul Robinson, a currency strategist in London at Barclays Capital, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. The currency may trade at $1.55 in three months, he said.
But for today stocks and GBP riding high, yay

Posted by mountain goat @ 06:22 PM (538 views) Add Comment

5 Comments

1. planning4acrash said...

Cripes. Is this a dead cat bounce or a death rattle?

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 08:41PM Report Comment
 

2. flintster1994 said...

P4acrash

death rattle? For the dollar?

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 09:21PM Report Comment
 

3. planning4acrash said...

Kind of, well, all are just up and down like yo-yo's. Hard to know what to think at the moment. One thing's for sure, the value of the currencies is totally arbitrary at the moment.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:05PM Report Comment
 

4. drewster said...

I think I'll take advantage of the bounce to switch out of sterling and into Yen.

(Note: This is not investment advice, don't gamble, blah blah.)

Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:30AM Report Comment
 

5. planning4acrash said...

Gold hasn't really budged against Sterling, and the Dollar just continued a prior trend down against gold. This is not a bounce for the pound, its a fall for the Dollar. A bounce for the pound would see it rise in value against gold.

Thursday, October 30, 2008 08:45AM Report Comment
 

Add comment

Username   Admin Password (optional)
Email Address
Comments
  • If you do not have an admin password leave the password field blank.
  • If you would like to request a password allowing you to add comments and blog news articles without needing each one approved manually, send an e-mail to the webmaster.
  • Your email address is required so we can verify that the comment is genuine. It will not be posted anywhere on the site, will be stored confidentially by us and never given out to any third party.
  • Please note that any viewpoints published here as comments are user's views and not the views of HousePriceCrash.co.uk.
  • Please adhere to the Guidelines

Main Blog | Archive | Add Article | Blog Policies