We spoke to Sean Doherty, FX expert at RationalFX about FX markets in May 2018. For a second successive month the US dollar has been the currency of choice for… read more →
In an early scene in the Hollywood blockbuster, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, Matthew McConaughey, acting as a senior broker, describes predicting the value of a stock as a ‘Fugazi’…… read more →
Where is the clarity and what’s new? Will Panama create a lack of transparency in the stock markets and in relation to political ambitions? We don’t think so. Newspapers always… read more →
Commodities – Why is the Kuwait statement moving markets? We usually focus our posts on trade finance and the underlying commodities; in the last week we have seen some interesting… read more →
House prices in the UK are rocketing, the Greek crisis has faded into the background while creditors decide on the release of the next tranche of the €2bn rescue package… read more →
Back to our favourite topic – Greece! It is crunch time with the economy and the Greek stock market is closed until Monday as a reflection of the uncertainty surrounding… read more →
The days of judgement are upon us. We are at a point after five years and over $240bn worth of bailouts later Greece could reverse the decision to enter the… read more →
What has happened with Greece? The Greek situation has not moved along much, with major new concessions on issues that are key to every stakeholder not been dealt with, such… read more →
Have relations improved since Riga or will there be a default? After the markets surged last week on the news of a Conservative majority government, everyone is now looking forward… read more →
Europe – The Economic Reality Greece has made a €200m IMF repayment but there does not seem to be any move closer to a final agreement. These finances have mostly… read more →
Following the release of inflation data, which showed that consumer price inflation (CPI) had reached the record low level of 0% in March, the pound moved weaker against both the… read more →
Following on from our previous post about the Greece situation, we have had a lot of focus on the unfolding situation in Greece and have set out an update of… read more →
I will hold you forever – Adonis Thanks Ian 🙂 There are not many options that are conceivable and the situation has taken up financial headlines for the last couple… read more →
The eurozone creditors are getting tired with the pace of Greek reforms. If agreed, billions in bailout loans could be advanced and this could save the country from bankruptcy. At… read more →
Greece’s current programme of loans ends at the end of February and a final bailout tranche still has to be negotiated. After recent meetings a final decision has not been… read more →
