JC3

....so says the Sun:

No end in sight for ringgit, stocks rout | theSundaily

JC3

InVinoVeritas

With the pound at RM6.64, now may be a good time to convert some GBP. Personally, I doubt the ringett is going much lower at the moment as there is good economic news with regards to GDP growth, factory output, palm oil prices and good inflation figures. The same is probably also true of the euro rate at RM4.83.

JC3

Fresh lows for the RM against GBP today - around 6.67 / 6.68. My bet is for further weakness in the coming quarter.

JC3

bakedbean

Oowee I'll hang onto my new pension pot for a while then

InFlagranteDelicto

How are prices in the wake of the softening ringgit? Are you seeing prices rising in line with the softening or is it just happy days for the expats?

InVinoVeritas

Sterling is strong because a €3.3bn farming subsidy is due to be paid out in GBP on Wednesday but the delayed interest rate rise by the BoE might mean a GBP correction next week. A crystal ball would be really helpful at the moment.

EUR has just hit RM5. Oil price weakness is still affecting the ringett but that could change quite quickly too. I think I will lock in some EUR now though.

bakedbean

Totally off topic I know, but we do, don't we. How's the GBP EUR exchange go these days. Is there a lot of volatility between the currencies? Or do they chug along fairly together?

Gunnar45

EUP per GBP over the year so far:
(Calculated via SEK as I didn't have the direct rates)

Jan 1.33
Feb 1.38
March 1.37
Apri 1.38
May 1.39
June 1.42
July 1.42
Aug 1.37
Sept 1.36

bakedbean

Thanks Gunnar. That looks fairly steady.

JC3

Hi Gunnar, You might like to know about OANDA.COM a site I use to track historical exchange rates as its tools are very user friendly. On the Home Page: 1. Select ‘Currency Converter’. 2. Enter the Currency you ‘have’ and ‘want’. 3. Click on the ‘Historical Exchange Rates’ button. 4. Select the time ‘Range’ that you want (7 days, 1 month, 1 year, 5 years etc). 5. Select whether you want a ‘Graph’ or a ‘Table’. Bingo! JC3

NeonHippy

Another good source is xe.com the appearance is slightly different depending if you are using a PC or their mobile app. But basically you select a number of currencies that you are interested in. They are all quoted against one base currency and you can type any value into the number box to use as a currency converter. If you tap one of the other currencies it becomes the base currency against which all the others are quoted, or if you tap the arrow on a currency you can see a graph of the base currency against your selected on. The period for the graph can be any of a selection of periods ranging from 1 day to 10 years.

On the PC version you can select any time period and zoom in, just type xe.com into your web browser.

Gunnar45

JC3,
Thanks, bu I know of oanda.com, actually it is where I always get my data from and have done since the early 1990's.
But since I never had any interest in the EUR vs GBP rate, I had only entered the EUR/SEK & GBP/SEK rates in my spreadsheet containing the monthly exchange rates, etc.
And instead of just telling BB where to look for it, it was less than a minutes work to enter a formula in the sheet and copy the result into the post.
Especially since the need only was for a ballpark figure

SushiFan

Simply using the Google search engine for "gbpeur" also works. Google immediately gives you a chart, no need to surf to any other website.

InVinoVeritas

It looks like the opportunity to convert some GBP or EUR to Ringett has passed its peak, at least for the time being.

SushiFan

Unless the price of oil starts dropping again....