Geopolitics dominate the world’s financial markets
Last week the world received a jolt in the early hours of Thursday morning as Russia launched its invasion into Ukraine. The search for...
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Bluestone Currency
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Putin attacks Ukraine
GBP With the crisis in Ukraine now approaching an all-out war, after President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Donbas,...
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Bluestone Currency
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Talk is cheap
GBP Yesterday, sterling's direction was set as much by diplomatic efforts as by concrete economic data. With Russia apparently...
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Bluestone Currency
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Financial markets get the jitters
A relatively quiet week sparked into life last Thursday afternoon after the release of a slightly higher than expected Consumer Price...
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Bluestone Currency
- Feb 7
- 4 min
The Bank of England steps into the spotlight
Last week will go down as the week when central banks finally woke up to the threat of inflation and started to move to try and contain...
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Bluestone Currency
- Feb 2
- 2 min
The dollar dials back
GBP The pound has gained steadily on the dollar this week and is now nearly a cent better than it opened on Monday. Against the euro, it...
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Bluestone Currency
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Volatility set to continue
GBP Sterling continued to ignore Prime Minister Johnson's problems and climbed against the single currency yesterday. It has also moved...
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Bluestone Currency
- Jan 24
- 4 min
All eyes on the US Federal Reserve
Risk sentiment gradually worsened last week, and as it did, the dollar became more attractive to investors leading it to close broadly...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 13, 2021
- 5 min
A hectic week in prospect
Sterling slipped during the week as the chances of a base rate increase from the Bank of England in December receded further as the new...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Sterling Bounces Back
GBP After hitting a one year low against the Euro and the US Dollar on the back of the Government implementing Plan B to stem the spread...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Turnaround Tuesday
GBP Sterling remains under pressure against both the euro and the dollar. Despite the improvement in global risk sentiment, investors...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
Another week of Covid worries ahead
As expected, last week’s news headlines and markets movements were dominated by developments concerning the Omicron variant of Covid....
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Markets await US employment data
GBP Sterling continued to tread water yesterday against the euro whilst easing slightly against the dollar. It looks set to continue...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Nervous times for Sterling
GBP Sterling is continuing to suffer from concerns over whether the latest Covid variant will slow down the course of the Bank of...
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Bluestone Currency
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Volatile Markets Set to Continue
GBP Sterling broadly traded sideways yesterday as traders started to try and assess the potential impact of the latest variant of Covid...
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Bluestone Currency
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Nervous End to November
GBP Sterling slipped again yesterday against both the dollar and the euro as markets continued to fret over the impact of the new Covid...
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Bluestone Currency
- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
Nervous Time Ahead
Market sentiment got hit for six last Friday as worries over the Omicron variant of Covid surfaced. As London is a major world travel...
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Bluestone Currency
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Covid could unsettle the markets
GBP Yesterday was a quiet day for GBP, one point to note is that there are early signs that markets are starting to get ever so slightly...
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Bluestone Currency
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Central bankers set the tone
As expected, Inflation worries came to the fore in the UK last week after the Consumer Price Index jumped to 4.2%, somewhat higher than...
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Bluestone Currency
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
A quiet end to the week
GBP Sterling eased back down from its highest levels against the euro yesterday and has opened at these lower levels today. This...
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