Friday, Jan 15, 2010

More Goldman frontrunning?

Telegraph: Sterling to enjoy rally against dollar, Goldman predicts

"The prospect of the Bank of England raising interest rates will help drive sterling up to $1.85 in three months, according to strategists at Goldman Sachs. " Surely this is nonsense? I thought most analysts thought the dollar will appreciate against sterling during the election campaign?

Posted by tpbeta @ 01:18 PM (1191 views) Add Comment

6 Comments

1. righttoleech said...

Goldman are obviously running positions that would benefit from dollar weakness.

Friday, January 15, 2010 02:44PM Report Comment
 

2. bystander said...

still waiting for $250 a barrel oil, as predicted by Government Sachs last year. They are a bunch of chancers and spivs, who only have the upper hand, because they are the hand that feeds them - ie. the US government. T0$$ers.

Friday, January 15, 2010 03:13PM Report Comment
 

3. Pickle said...

And arent "most analysts" usually wrong?

Friday, January 15, 2010 03:48PM Report Comment
 

4. financial planner said...

Telegraph: Sterling to enjoy rally against dollar, Goldman predicts

Thus sell £ and buy $ ie the opposite of what they put out!

Friday, January 15, 2010 05:03PM Report Comment
 

5. Chris said...

Yes talking their book wanting the market to long the pound so they can hit it on the head again, but getting the punters to push it up for them

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 04:22AM Report Comment
 

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