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Forum: Canada

Dec 25th 2018, 7:21 pm

Replies: 109

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

Nothing to do with a strong Pound - GBP is in the toilet against the Euro and US Dollar. It is the CAD Dollar that is tanking! Something to do with 'when the US catches a cold, Canada gets...

Forum: Canada

Mar 13th 2018, 5:07 pm

Replies: 109

Exchange Rate

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

GBP = $1.8075 - nice! (Thought I would save glendem4 the trouble :lol:

I would take this now if I could, but UK house sale still in progress and if all goes well (does it ever??), might have the...

Forum: Canada

Jan 2nd 2018, 6:52 pm

Replies: 109

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

Interesting. I have never tried to move money from my Canadian account to my UK account via transferwise, I have always done it the other way around.

Of course in the UK, there is a 'faster...

Forum: Canada

Nov 29th 2017, 11:26 am

Replies: 109

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

Fingers crossed! Keep going!!!

Forum: Canada

Nov 3rd 2017, 8:26 am

Replies: 109

Exchange Rate

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

$1.672 today post-BOE rate rise - significantly below the 1.71 it was at immediately before. Shows you how hard things are to predict.

Glad I tranferred a tranche a day earlier at 1.70.

Forum: Canada

Nov 1st 2017, 10:40 am

Replies: 109

Exchange Rate

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

An average exchange rate of £1.00 = $2.00 would be truly wonderful, but is currently beyond my wildest dreams of avarice for the next couple of years!

But hey - who knows!

Forum: Canada

Oct 31st 2017, 4:50 pm

Replies: 109

Exchange Rate

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Posted By Hurlabrick

Re: Exchange Rate

Good luck with all that. I hope it will climb too. But 'conventional wisdom' says that the markets have already 'priced in' a likely UK base rate rise in a couple of days - so perhaps $1.72. If...

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