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Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2010, 3:49 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate riyadh/UK

Looks like it everywhere. This article from the UK explains why property prices and the mortgage market are out of sync. Hang onto your cash.
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Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 9:07 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate riyadh/UK

Try this site for the exchange rates:

http://www.x-rates.com/

And this site for the forecasts (for what it's worth):

http://www.forecast-chart.com/usd-british-pound.html
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 8:43 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Look at this article when Gordon Brown said in 1997 that he would not allow house prices to spiral out of control. Hardly gives confidence in our "leadership"
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Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 8:37 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

And, maybe much of the bad news in the UK still has to come, after the election. We will see major layoffs in the public sector, which will lead to wage deflation, and interest rate increases. Income...
Forum: Canada
Mar 1st 2010, 7:50 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Yes, I agree, it is not for everyone. I would never put the money from my property into the markets. Regarding investing in the year 2000, if you bought the blue chip dividend stocks, these dividends...
Forum: Canada
Mar 1st 2010, 5:12 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Here is the forecast against the $US. According to this, we have hit the low, but, who knows?

http://forecasts.org/pound.htm
Forum: Canada
Feb 21st 2010, 3:08 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Good move, and, I hope you have dividend stocks so that you can reinvest on the dips. I cannot understand why more people do not follow your example. Here are the facts for the past 25+ years...
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2010, 5:15 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

I am not sure if a new government can turn it around, anyone leaving the UK now is taking a real hit. However, in the early 1990s, Canadian government debt was spiralling out of control and this was...
Forum: Canada
Dec 24th 2009, 3:01 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Do you know who offers the best exchange rates? The best I saw at the time you mentioned was around $1.68 from some of the currency exchange companies.
Forum: Canada
Oct 16th 2009, 3:46 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

I am not convinced that countries such as the US, UK, and Canada are the countries of the future given their aging populations and loss of manufacturing. Maybe Canada will do okay because of their...
Forum: Canada
Oct 15th 2009, 4:09 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

UK.
Forum: Canada
Oct 15th 2009, 3:57 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

What's your bet on what is a good home for smart money? Property?
Forum: Canada
Oct 12th 2009, 7:30 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

It is really too bad for anyone leaving the UK, they are going to take a hit at the moment. I wonder how this is affecting the property markets in places such as Spain?
Forum: Canada
Oct 9th 2009, 7:49 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Unemployment is still a major issue and, in Ontario, the unemployment rate is more than 9%. Raising interest rates will slow down the construction industry which seems to be one of the few areas that...
Forum: Canada
Oct 7th 2009, 11:11 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Here is one point of view:

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/exchange-rates

However, as Paolosmyth says, they could be softening everyone up for entry into the Euro.
Forum: Canada
Dec 25th 2008, 1:33 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

There are too many coincidences here. Suddenly, the pound moves onto a par (more or less) with the Euro, and now, Brown has signed the Lisbon Treaty without consulting the British public. I'll bet...
Forum: Canada
Dec 23rd 2008, 3:53 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Look at this, according to the IMF, for 2008, Canada ranks 171 out of 181 countries for GDP growth, way below the UK:

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Forum: Canada
Dec 6th 2008, 3:27 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

Try these people, they will give you a better rate than the banks:

http://www.customhouse.com/

They have branches in the UK and Canada.

Or use HiFX, there is usually a link at the top of...
Forum: Canada
Dec 6th 2008, 12:20 am
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

I see what you mean. Even though the Canadian dollar is down approx. 20% from its previous highs against the US dollar, it is still holding up against the pound.

The interesting thing is that the...
Forum: Canada
Dec 5th 2008, 3:19 pm
Replies: 2,672
Views: 291,820
Posted By johnh009

Re: Exchange rate

The recession is World-wide. I do not think you can win wherever you go. Trying to beat currency exchange rates is risky and you probably get more interest in the UK.

http://www.xe.com/
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