Archive for 2009 gbpusd forecast

Chart: BoE Inflation Report Rarely a Nonevent for GBP

The Bank of England’s Quarterly Inflation Report is one of the most important pieces of documents released by the central bank. The Inflation Report includes the central bank’s latest growth and inflation forecasts and frequently telegraphs their plans for monetary policy. Although the Monetary Policy Committee has not changed interest rates in nearly [...]

Kathy’s EUR and GBP Outlook (Bloomberg Interview)

Greetings from Singapore! I was on Bloomberg Television this morning talking about my outlook for the EUR and GBP. If you can catch it, I will be guest hosting CNBC Australia from 6am-7am Singapore time (6pm - 7pm NY Time) tomorrow morning.
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Video: What to Expect from ECB, BoE and Non-Farm Payrolls

I was on Fox Business this afternoon talking about the overstretched positions in the euro and British pound as well as the outlook for the ECB, BoE and Non-farm payrolls report
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British Pound Falling - WSJ Cites Upcoming Election

The WSJ and the Financial Times are crediting the drop in the British pound to the upcoming election. Worth a read though I still think that its more than just politics because politics have been in the background for the past few months. If you haven’t read it yet, read my piece on 5 [...]

British Pound: 5 Reasons Why the Pound is Being Pounded

With mixed to slightly better than expected U.K. economic data, traders may be scratching their heads about why the British pound has collapsed more than 300 pips this morning. Here are a couple of reasons:
1. Britain’s Prudential announced plans to buy AIG’s Asia operations for $35.5 billion in cash and stock - since this [...]

Down with the Pound

Over the past few trading days, the British pound has been confined to a very tight trading range. The following chart illustrates the predicament that GBP/USD traders find themselves in right now and I believe that the breakout will be to downside with the GBP/USD testing 1.60 in the near term.
This morning, [...]

GBP/JPY Could Break 160 on Fixing Flows

**Update on 6/30/09 at 1:30pm - GBP/JPY hit an intraday high of 160.27, hopefully you were able to bank some pips on this trade. The reversal candle that we have right now suggests that we could see a deeper pullback to 156.
We have a nice upside breakout in GBP/JPY this morning that has been [...]