US ($) Currency Thread 1 (closed - use thread 2)

lisaloo1977

HAZIEC wrote: »

Hi Lisa, we leave on the same day and I am hoping for a huge improvement!
(and pigs might fly over the airport LOL !!):o

Well know that i am thinking the same hopeful thoughts.

Are you going anywhere extra nice, to make up for the fact its now costing heaps more?

haziec

lisaloo1977 wrote: »

Well know that i am thinking the same hopeful thoughts.

Are you going anywhere extra nice, to make up for the fact its now costing heaps more?

We are off to Orlando, luckily we have the park tickets! Its the shopping I'm worried about !
I have got a Fairfx card which I can load up to the last minute.
How about you?? Where are you off to??

lisaloo1977

We are going to Orlando as well, 3 weeks of sunshine. Its worth the extra cost for that alone.

We just bought our park tickets, and we are grateful our son is not 3 yet. I still intend to shop, but it wont be as much as last year. We got $2 in May and $1.80 in Sept, so its not good this time. :mad:

We have been quite lucky and have bought some from a friend at 1.55 which has helped, and we brought $500 back from the trip we took sept last year.

inspector_monkfish

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

hi guys, just got back, and been catching up on this very petty arguement. quite entertaining actually. has anyone told TeacherTim. that he is a PROPER PLONKER!!!!! i beleive you IM, i've got 8 weeks to go, and i'm being hopeful that i will get around the 1.5 figure by then.

fairplay john old chap, Teach is entitled to his thoughts and opinions, just the same as you are....

i'm not looking for a fight - just here to offer some info and thoughts. Thats what makes the forex so interesting - everyone has different ideas, thoughts and ways of interpreting all the different info that we get bombarded with everyday...

inspector_monkfish

overnight high was 1.3850 (around 4.00am)
overnight low was 1.3760 (around 11.00pm)

currently trading at 1.3790

inspector_monkfish

just gone ramping up to 1.3810

inspector_monkfish

00:15 10Mar09 UK Feb Same Store Retail Sales Slow - BRC

0015 GMT (Dow Jones) U.K. retail sales slow in February, with same store sales down 1.8% on-year, while total sales +0.1%, says British Retail Consortium.

Compares with expectations for total sales +1.3%, according to Dow Jones poll, surprising strength in January's sales. "These are disappointing figures. It's now clear we were right to fear January's surprise year-on-year sales rise was just a discount-driven blip," says Stephen Robertson, director general at BRC; "The short burst of spending unleashed by January clearances has largely vanished, replaced by sales as weak as most of last year." Helen Dickinson, head of retail at KPMG, says clothing fared especially poorly in February, impacted in part by snowy weather earlier in month; with sales data continuing to weaken, "more announcements of job losses and other cost-cutting measures in the sector look likely in the short term."

jonathanrichardson69

whats the outlook for today? any figures being released that may help the GBP? we could do with some good news. is the figure of 1.37 from yesterday a twelve month low?

inspector_monkfish

07:40 10Mar09 EUR ECON: Lower German Trade Surplus on Weaker Exports

[07:40 EUR ECON: Lower German Trade Surplus on Weaker Exports] Mar 10
Yesterday it was Japan s first c/a deficit since 1996 and today we have
Germany s trade surplus narrowing to its lowest level in 7-years. The trade data continue to reflect the weakness in global demand and trade. With real sector data still showing little signs of stability the weakness in exports will
continue to weigh on growth. Exports fell 4.4% m/m while exports fell by 0.8% m/m for January.

neilbond007

Morning all!

We going to play nice today? Or be fighting again?
I'm hoping for fighting... not me obviously, I'll just stand around egging the participants on shouting "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT".

Looks like we have some US figures out -
http://www.dailyfx.com/story/currency/eur_fundamentals/US_Dollar_Could_Succumb_to_1236561154388.html
So bad news the $ gains strength, good news the $ gains strength!
happy days are here again!