US ($) Currency Thread 2

sabretoothtigger

I thought you were in Miami for some reason :laugh: My geography is not the best
I read Ohio has the worlds biggest roller coaster though

Late Spot Sterling Rates In London
 
 
             Current Bid-Ask    Previous 
             ----------------   --------- 
U.S.A.       1.5899-1.5902   1.6010-1.6013 
Euro         1.1382-1.1384   1.1428-1.1430 
Switzerland  1.5172-1.5185   1.5319-1.5332 
Japan        129.04-129.08   130.28-130.32 
Canada       1.6114-1.6119   1.6170-1.6185 
Norway       9.262-9.266     9.265-9.272 
Sweden       10.559-10.564   10.586-10.589 
Denmark      8.488-8.490     8.521-8.523 
 
 


October 18, 2010 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)

Sterling Index At 1500 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      79.7       1.6011      0.8751 
               OPEN      79.6       1.5900      0.8734 
              10 AM      79.6       1.5865      0.8739 
               NOON      79.5       1.5895      0.8751 
               2 PM      79.6       1.5908      0.8750 
               4 PM      79.4       1.5900      0.8785 
 

October 18, 2010 11:01 ET (15:01 GMT)

neilbond007

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

I thought you were in Miami for some reason :laugh: My geography is not the best
I read Ohio has the worlds biggest roller coaster though

Miami? Thankfully not! Been there once.. that was enough!
The coaster in up near Cleveland I believe. Not all that in to theme parks. This place is about 4 miles from mine - https://www.pki.com. Got a year pass last year ($70). Went twice

Trading - 1.5897

willstewart

Quick question:

If I order $ through say Travelex and use my credit card, would this be classed as a cash advance or purchase?

newish2this

willstewart wrote: »

Quick question:

If I order $ through say Travelex and use my credit card, would this be classed as a cash advance or purchase?

Cash advance unfortunately:(

curlygirl1971

I've just found this thread from the 'Everything & Anything NY 2010' thread. I've not read it through but I've done a search and can't find anything regarding the Halifax Clarity Card, so apologies if this has already been discussed but thought it may be useful to someone looking at options.

I got the Halifax Clarity Card because:-

a) MSE said it was great for Holiday Spending
b) I'm a Halifax Reward CA customer and if I put £300 on the card in a statement month I get £5 Cashback

I used it for train tickets in advance of the trip and purchases whilst I was there. Was pleased with the rates I got when I saw my statement.

Transaction Date / Conversion used
21/09 1.55
29/09 1.57
06/10 1.59
08/10 1.58

No transaction fees. Can withdraw cash also but you get charged interest from Day 1.

I'm going to use it more next time and not carry so much cash.

I would say that from application to activating the card took 3 weeks.

JayGo

Any ideas why it seems to be falling away so much today? BBC now saying it's $1.5715 to the £1, having fallen from $1.60 (roughly) yesterday morning...

Seems to happen everytime me and my wife book a holiday, currency goes into freefall as soon as we book!

neilbond007

JayGo wrote: »

Any ideas why it seems to be falling away so much today? BBC now saying it's $1.5715 to the £1, having fallen from $1.60 (roughly) yesterday morning...

Seems to happen everytime me and my wife book a holiday, currency goes into freefall as soon as we book!

This gives a few pointers....
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-19/dollar-index-appreciates-as-geithner-supports-currency-strength.html

Dropped 2c today :eek:

sabretoothtigger

Dollar broke its downtrend recently. It'll fall again soon enough but its been in freefall for a month so pulling up now.
UK has some news coming up, government is cutting spending which should help if anything but often the opposite is seen leading upto the event

leew

Boo hoo, would plummet as i look to sort something for our November trip to the US, any point in holding out a little longer - we go on the 20th

neilbond007

leew wrote: »

Boo hoo, would plummet as i look to sort something for our November trip to the US, any point in holding out a little longer - we go on the 20th

Went back up a couple of cents today. All is not lost

To edge your bets, get 1/2 the $ you need now, 1/2 closer to the time (although it's pretty ruddy close now!)

Failing that, try and buy at 1.50. That'll make conversions much easier