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How come it drops that much that quickly, but takes forever to creep back up again ?? And yes, I was one of those people holding out for a slightly higher rate !
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I've no idea.... according to the BBC it's dropped 8.5 cents today, taking it to its lowest level for a year.....
So, looking on the bright side, I changed that original 2 thousand quid back again (a bit early, but still) and put 2,150 in the bank! A profit of 150 quid for doing nothing!!!
So, looking on the bright side, I changed that original 2 thousand quid back again (a bit early, but still) and put 2,150 in the bank! A profit of 150 quid for doing nothing!!!
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Transferred $38000 back to UK today cost me £18,811 to purchase last week average rate approx 2.02. Got £20,350 back £1539 profit for a weeks work well happy with that!
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Please be very very careful. You have been lucky and caught a move in your favour. This is due to the rumours that the Bank of England may cut by 100bp(a full percentage point) on Thursday.
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
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You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
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Chris,
Thanks for the advice, I dont need the CDs till April so thought i d take the risk this one time! hopefully it will rise again soon!
Thanks for the advice, I dont need the CDs till April so thought i d take the risk this one time! hopefully it will rise again soon!
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Please be very very careful. You have been lucky and caught a move in your favour. This is due to the rumours that the Bank of England may cut by 100bp(a full percentage point) on Thursday.
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
I'll echo Chris's warning about FX trading, there is a thread on another forum where a guy took £10k, the family's life savings and blew it on trading & his wife is now threatening to leave him...
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Please be very very careful. You have been lucky and caught a move in your favour. This is due to the rumours that the Bank of England may cut by 100bp(a full percentage point) on Thursday.
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
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Please be very very careful. You have been lucky and caught a move in your favour. This is due to the rumours that the Bank of England may cut by 100bp(a full percentage point) on Thursday.
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
You have not stumbled onto a risk free way of making money. If you are some way off moving to Canada and it is savings that will sooner or later have to be in CAD$ then so be it...but please do not go trading more than you can afford to.
Remember if it looks too good to be true and smells too good to be true...well then it ain't flipping well true. There is no such thing as risk free money.
Chris
While long term trends can be predicted based on interest rate differentials; national debt and relative trade balances - the day to day rates can be highly volatile (as keynes said "The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"). Essentially if you are long in anything other the the currency you will be using on a day-to-day basis you are taking a big risk with your cash.
In the case of CAD - this has been undervalued against USD for the last month and that is correcting itself. Anyone who got over $2 has done well
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