Alan Hill
Stage One Complete
UK Rate hike still “probable”
Sterling took a well-deserved breather yesterday having scaled the heights to a level that hasn’t been seen since the Brexit...
Rate Hike Good, No Hike Bad
Sentiment driving pound to new highs
Alan Greenspan said it best, “irrational enthusiasm”.
The market has become infatuated with a rate hike in the UK. Why...
Euro Volatility Disappearing
Drivers difficult to determine
When the common currency came into being almost twenty years ago, it was said at the time that the sheer liquidity...
Trump Tones down the Rhetoric
Retaliation in Syria still “when not if”
The words of President Trump yesterday illustrated quite clearly that he had been shown, in private, that his...
Syrian Escalation set to be Major influence.
Time for Trump to show caution.
There is little doubt that there needs to be some form of retaliation if as has been proven in...
Nowotny Stirs the Pot!
Rate hike talk suggests rift
It is hard to imagine why Ewald Nowotny, the Governor of the Austrian Central Bank and Member of the ECB...
Sterling Continues to Defy Gravity
One Swallow, it seems, does make a summer
Can’t buy the euro, can’t buy the dollar either, bought the Yen and got burned, may as...
Sterling Glow Beginning to Fade
Pound beginning to feel the heat.
Despite its rally on Friday, Sterling is starting to come under pressure as its three pillars of support begin...
Don’t get too Comfortable.
Ranges tested on a “stop hunt”
It seems that provision of ample liquidity and narrowing spreads are not enough for certain market participants and they...
Ranges narrowing, Looking for drivers.
Monetary policy remains prime driver.
The Pound, Euro and Dollar are unable to break out of their current narrow ranges as the market concentrates on...