by Ricky Bean | Dec 13, 2017 | Property News
This year has been pretty boring for the pound. Good! There were no major shocks to the system, no knock-out blows. While it hasn’t been strong and stable exactly, property buyers can be confident about buying in 2018, so long as they protect their budget. The Chinese...
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by Ricky Bean | Nov 10, 2017 | Company News
Forbes Magazine blogs Smart Currency Exchange founder and CEO Charles Purdy is a contributor to Forbes. Read his latest blog, Carney And The Curious Case Of The Recent Interest Rate Rise. It concerns the impact of monetary policy on exchange rates and how market...
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by Ricky Bean | Nov 10, 2017 | Currency Updates
On a day when the European Commission slashed the UK’s growth forecasts, it raised its forecasts for the Eurozone. Earlier in the year, the forecast was 1.7%, but the revised figure has leapt to 2.2%. This is largely down to the excellent year of recovery the Eurozone...
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by Ricky Bean | Nov 9, 2017 | Brexit
As the United Kingdom continues its way through the process of leaving the European Union, we don’t yet know what will be the result of the Brexit negotiations and any transition period. It could be that there are few implications and we can join the million British...
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by Ricky Bean | Nov 9, 2017 | Currency 101
Each day the pound rises and falls in value against the euro, the dollar, the yen, the rand and all other currencies. Why does that happen and what can you do about it? Exchange rates are never still. They strengthen and weaken as governments, banks, companies and...
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