US ($) Currency Thread 2

sabretoothtigger

Sterling Index At 1300 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      78.9       1.6085      0.8805 
               OPEN      79.0       1.6143      0.8796 
              10 AM      78.9       1.6132      0.8822 
               NOON      79.0       1.6121      0.8801 
               2 PM      78.9       1.6141      0.8820 
               4 PM 
 

July 14, 2011 09:02 ET (13:02 GMT)

Positive this morning, good but it still needs to carry on a bit more. No point driving half way up a hill only to roll back down

Its back to mid june pricing. This was an area of support, now its got to prove its not a ceiling. Beyond this 1.64 is a reasonable target for next week

bettyjay

hi all

i'm new to the forum so i don't know if i am putting my question in the relevant part!

i'm going to Florida in october and i am unsure as what to do about currency.

if anybody could give me some advice on whether to get all Us dollars? or part dollars and take a credit card?

never used a credit card abroad so i am unaware of any hidden charges etc..

thanks in advance for any advice given

Murphy_The_Cat

bettyjay wrote: »

hi all

i'm new to the forum so i don't know if i am putting my question in the relevant part!

thanks in advance for any advice given

hello betty
Have a mooch through this page of information. It should help you :beer:.

Personally, I take a £100 of $ to get me going and the rest goes on (good) Plastic.

bettyjay

thanks murphy..i will do

reading that it seems like the Halifax Clarity is a good card to get

sabretoothtigger

Sterling Index At 1500 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      79.2       1.6117      0.8763 
               OPEN      79.4       1.6102      0.8720 
              10 AM      79.3       1.6094      0.8730 
               NOON      79.3       1.6074      0.8729 
               2 PM      79.3       1.6080      0.8741 
               4 PM      79.1       1.6019      0.8756 
 
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July 18, 2011 11:01 ET (15:01 GMT)

malcolmgb

bettyjay wrote: »

hi all

i'm new to the forum so i don't know if i am putting my question in the relevant part!

i'm going to Florida in october and i am unsure as what to do about currency.

if anybody could give me some advice on whether to get all Us dollars? or part dollars and take a credit card?

never used a credit card abroad so i am unaware of any hidden charges etc..

thanks in advance for any advice given

I take about $200 cash and have a Fairfx card which I use all the time, even used it for a coffee at McD.

sabretoothtigger

Good breakout of range today

Sterling Index At 1500 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      79.0       1.6141      0.8796 
               OPEN      79.0       1.6184      0.8814 
              10 AM      79.0       1.6163      0.8800 
               NOON      79.2       1.6171      0.8764 
               2 PM      79.1       1.6244      0.8808 
               4 PM      79.1       1.6301      0.8822 
 
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July 21, 2011 11:01 ET (15:01 GMT)

Weekly target would be 1.646 though that seems very optimistic, normally it should pull back first and dispel any doubts, etc

In about a week its gained 5 cents

sscrabble

Would the most economical way to change money in Vegas be to take pounds and change at a booth there ? - my thinking being that if I change money and do not lose I have to change it back and lose both ways , so if I change it as I need it i would be better off even if I lose a couple of cents on the pound at the booth ?

sabretoothtigger

Something strange may be about to happen. If USA is downgraded in their credit rating, UK will outrank them and surely that is a positive for our exchange rate? At present its [strike]level unchanged[/strike] up 0.43% this morning

Sterling Index At 0700 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      79.2       1.6284      0.8804 
               OPEN      78.8       1.6347      0.8879 
              10 AM 
               NOON 
               2 PM 
               4 PM 
 
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July 26, 2011 03:01 ET (07:01 GMT)

FluffyFiFi

I've just opened a Citibank $ account so I can withdraw money when I'm there next month, does anyone know if they charge when you put £ into the account? I haven't got the paperwork through yet and I can't see anything on the website that tells me this.

I always used my Nationwide FlexAccount to withdraw cash but it looks like that will work out quite expensive now and I don't want to take lots of cash with me so the Citibank Account looked good.