US ($) Currency Thread 2

Caligirl_3

Aah, Mr Bond! How are you? By the sounds of it very much settled in now and loving the sunshine!

Just two weeks to go until I make the move, hence being off-radar for a while - you don't realise all the rubbish you have accumulated until you have to sort it out!

I got that Amex card I told you about - did you have any luck?

I wanted to get your advice re medical insurance. A friend of mine in the US is with Morgan Price (purely for extreme cases - natural disasters, hospitalisation and also ambulance costs) but their premium is pretty steep. I called my travel insurance company and they do both a long-stay and a backpacker's insurance plan for 12 and 18 months. As long as you return to the UK for two weeks at the end of the plan, you can then renew and take out a new one. The travel insurance route is a fair bit cheaper and seems to cover the same things - any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Caligirl_3

Am dreaming of 1.75 all the way

whatusername

For delivery on 20th June TMS offering 1.562, i ordered last week thinking i was getting a fab deal at 1.53.

Bring it on man, get in.

neilbond007

Caligirl wrote: »

Aah, Mr Bond! How are you? By the sounds of it very much settled in now and loving the sunshine!

Just two weeks to go until I make the move, hence being off-radar for a while - you don't realise all the rubbish you have accumulated until you have to sort it out!

I got that Amex card I told you about - did you have any luck?

I wanted to get your advice re medical insurance. A friend of mine in the US is with Morgan Price (purely for extreme cases - natural disasters, hospitalisation and also ambulance costs) but their premium is pretty steep. I called my travel insurance company and they do both a long-stay and a backpacker's insurance plan for 12 and 18 months. As long as you return to the UK for two weeks at the end of the plan, you can then renew and take out a new one. The travel insurance route is a fair bit cheaper and seems to cover the same things - any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Miss Cali!
Yep. loving the weather. 79F at the moment. Heading down to the ball park in a couple of hours to watch the Reds against the "World Champion" Phillies!

I've not tried Amex yet as I'm waiting for my social security number. It takes up to 4 weeks after entering the country. That's a week today... I will try after that though! You can do zilch here without one

The good lady wife is still at home sorting out all the house. we've got a shipping company coming in who will pack everything for us. "All" she needs to do is to throw out what they leave behind!

I can't really help on the insurance. I get health insurance through the company.

1.75... Yeah.. that would be nice! Saying that 1.5790 looks good against the 1.5350 that I traded at!

inspector_monkfish

neilbond007 wrote: »

1.5779

My theory on the liquid lunches was correct then!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090520/tbs-tipsy-trader-gets-city-ban-after-6-5-327c223.html

what an idiot
would have loved to have been a fly on the wall, as he traded in blind panic every 7.5secs !!
:eek:

Caligirl_3

neilbond007 wrote: »

Miss Cali!
Yep. loving the weather. 79F at the moment. Heading down to the ball park in a couple of hours to watch the Reds against the "World Champion" Phillies!

I've not tried Amex yet as I'm waiting for my social security number. It takes up to 4 weeks after entering the country. That's a week today... I will try after that though! You can do zilch here without one

The good lady wife is still at home sorting out all the house. we've got a shipping company coming in who will pack everything for us. "All" she needs to do is to throw out what they leave behind!

I can't really help on the insurance. I get health insurance through the company.

1.75... Yeah.. that would be nice! Saying that 1.5790 looks good against the 1.5350 that I traded at!

You're certainly not missing anything weather-wise here! Hope the baseball was fun.

Yep social security does take a while. So do the shipping companies!

Gutting about the 1.5350 but look on the bright side - at least you didn't buy it when it dipped into the 1.30s!

kefrif

Trading at 1.575 as I turn in for the night. Funny, I'm gonna be changing around £1800 in October. When I first started tracking the rate in early March, we were looking at about 1.375. At the current 1.575 I now get an extra 20c to the pound, so I have "made" $360 in two months. Let's hope it stays good eh guys? Night all.

inspector_monkfish

06:36 21May09 Gbp/Usd awaits UK retail sales for fresh direction

05:35 GMT - After reaching an intraday high of 1.5817 after stops were tripped at the 1.5780/85 level, the [GBP/USD] ran into Middle East and technical types selling the pair ahead of resistance at the 1.5833 level driving the pair down to current level of 1.5760/65 level.

The pair was also dragged lower on Japanese accounts selling of the Gbp/Jpy cross from around the 149.30 level. Fresh buying orders at 1.5720 by a UK Clearer with more at

1.5690 will keep the pair well supported ahead of UK retail sales data which is expected to improve from March while fresh offers at 1.5830 by a French name will protect the upside.

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currently trading at 1.5790

inspector_monkfish

Cable just collapsed
trading 1.5600 now
after S&P revises UK outlook to 'NEGATIVE'

inspector_monkfish

09:30 21May09 UK retail sales rise much more than expected in April

LONDON, May 21 - British retail sales rose much more than expected in April with most sectors doing well, official data showed on Thursday, in a sign that consumer spending is still holding up in the face of economic recession.

But government borrowing hit a record high for the month of April -- the first month of the new tax year -- as the shrinking economy has battered the public finances.

The Office for National Statistics said retail sales volumes rose 0.9 percent last month, nearly double analysts' forecasts of a 0.5 percent gain. In March, sales rose 1.1 percent on the month.

On the year, sales rose 2.6 percent in April after a 0.9 percent gain in March.

Analysts may still be sceptical about the data following widespread methodological changes to the series that has led to substantial revisions after criticism that the figures did not tally with other survey evidence.

The ONS said public sector net borrowing hit 8.468 billion pounds in April, compared with 1.836 billion pounds in the same month a year ago.

That was a record for the month of April but roughly in line with expectations.

The public sector net cash requirement came in at 5.151 billion pounds, also an April record and versus a surplus of 2.884 billion pounds in the same month last year.