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Bank of England announces expansion of eligibility of securities guaranteed by UKEF as collateral in the Bank’s facilities
April 8th, 2014
The Bank of England announces the following: UK Export Finance-guaranteed debt capital market notes issued under pro forma documentation and processes that have been agreed between UKEF and the Bank of England will be eligible for the Bank of ...
GBP/USD inclined to move south
April 7th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook GBP/USD fell below a series of supports during the last five trading days, including the monthly PP and 55-day SMA. Accordingly, given that there are no dense demand zones nearby, the Sterling is expected to carry ceding ...
GBP/USD puts pressure on 1.6590
April 4th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The monthly pivot point failed to keep GBP/USD afloat and thereby exposed 1.6590/87. And even though this support area is quite dense, consisting of the 55-day SMA and weekly PP, the Sterling is capable of falling deeper, ...
GBP/USD plunges beneath monthly pivot point
April 2nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook At first it looked as if the Sterling is going to continue the advancement seen last week. However, despite the bullish technical signals on the weekly and monthly time-frames, the price declined, being unable to withstand the ...
GBP/USD pierced through 1.66
March 31st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Following a rebound from the 100-day SMA and 2011 highs at 1.65 GBP/USD has breached a number of tough resistances, including the 55-day SMA and monthly pivot point. Accordingly, a chance of further appreciation of the Sterling ...
GBP/USD stays bullish
March 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Interestingly enough, EUR/USD and GBP/USD continue moving in the opposite directions, enough though generally we would expect them to exhibit strong direct correlation. Nonetheless, the Sterling, unlike its European counterpart, preserves a bullish momentum, despite the trading ...
GBP/USD probes monthly PP
March 27th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The Cable stayed on a bullish path and, as a result, rose up to one of the key resistances. At the moment it is testing supply area at 1.6620/1.6581, which consists of various studies, such as monthly ...
GBP/USD climbs back above 1.65
March 26th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite a recent dip beneath the 2011 highs and 100-day SMA, GBP/USD managed to recover in a short period of time and it is already testing the weekly PP at 1.6538. If the tendency to pare the ...
Bank of England launches strategic plan
March 19th, 2014
The Bank of England today launched its Strategic Plan, following a six month exercise led by the Executive Committee of the Bank. The Plan, to be implemented over the next three years, provides an ambitious agenda to transform the ...
Forward Contracts
March 6th, 2014
A forward contract is an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a certain future time for a certain price. It can be contrasted with a spot contract, which is an agreement to buy or sell an asset ...