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Activity, Investment Banking

British pound rallies to multimonth high on hope of Brexit delay

February 26, 2019

Via: Market Watch

Brexit was the name of the game in Tuesday currency trading, with reports of possible delays to the fast-approaching deadline and a second referendum driving the British pound to its highest level since October. “There is one story in Europe […]


Activity, Trading

Dollar inches higher ahead of U.S. inflation data for January

February 13, 2019

Via: Market Watch

The U.S. dollar resumed a climb against many of its rivals early Wednesday after a brief period of jerky trading, as market participants digested reports surrounding Brexit, as well as updates from global central banks and myriad economic data, including […]


Activity, Investment Banking

Dollar bulls still reign — and that’s good news for bears, analysts say

February 6, 2019

Via: Market Watch

U.S. dollar bulls are alive and well despite a lot of negative talk about the currency, according to data compiled by TD Securities in an effort to bridge the gap left by a lack of positioning data from the Commodity […]


Activity, Investment Banking

Dollar heads lower at start of busy central bank policy week

December 17, 2018

Via: Market Watch

The dollar slipped versus it major rivals on Monday as investors got ready for a flurry of monetary-policy decisions in a data-heavy week. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, -0.25% which measures the greenback against a basket of six rivals, […]


Activity, Trading

BOE rate hike not enough to lift British pound versus dollar

August 2, 2018

Via: Market Watch

The Bank of England’s interest-rate hike wasn’t enough to lift the British pound into positive territory versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday. The U.K. central bank upped its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% in an unexpectedly unanimous […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

It’s ‘embarrassing’ to hold cash but there are few alternatives, says investment manager

May 7, 2018

Via: CNBC

High valuations across different assets classes are posing very few alternatives to investors, one investment manager told CNBC, adding he would rather sit on cash. The surge in valuations, mostly seen throughout 2017, has made equities, bonds and currencies more […]