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OMG. dollar/pound rate......

Old Jan 9th 2009, 12:34 pm
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OMG....yesterday dollar/pound rate at $1.77......today $1.82.....what happened? and can someone lend me some money as our money is tied up in the house 'for another week or two'.....wanna buy buy buy.......
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OMG....yesterday dollar/pound rate at $1.77......today $1.82.....what happened? and can someone lend me some money as our money is tied up in the house 'for another week or two'.....wanna buy buy buy.......
I've a fiver if thats any good to ya

Thats about it really...until the house sells
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Old Jan 9th 2009, 12:39 pm
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OMG....yesterday dollar/pound rate at $1.77......today $1.82.....what happened? and can someone lend me some money as our money is tied up in the house 'for another week or two'.....wanna buy buy buy.......
Just remember the rate you get will be slightly lower than advertised by a couple of points.
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Old Jan 9th 2009, 12:46 pm
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Default Re: OMG. dollar/pound rate......

i saw it shoot up to about 1.83 yesterday.... before falling back to around 1.79 a few hours later.

perhaps it had something to do with the .5% interest rate cut?

who knows???

in any event, it is back to about 1.82..... but still some way short of my 'dreamed of' toonie!
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Old Jan 9th 2009, 12:49 pm
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Likely to have been because the traders were expecting a larger interest rate cut and it didn't happen....
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Old Jan 9th 2009, 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by G77
Likely to have been because the traders were expecting a larger interest rate cut and it didn't happen....
The $1.83 euphoria only lasted about 3 hours before falling back below $1.80. Today there has been a slight recovery, presumably related to Canadian unemployment stats. I'm not at all convinced we'll see $1.85 again, at least in the next few months.
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Originally Posted by gibsonslanding
'.....wanna buy buy buy.......
Try talking to Ontheboatout.
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Originally Posted by Inse
Try talking to Ontheboatout.
i wouldn't and i know the fool
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