Euro News

Pound Sterling The Pound spent most of the week softer against its peers as concerns over possible military action against Syria was the main driving force behind the markets. Tuesday’s session saw the Pound fall against the Euro following the release of positive data out of the Eurozone and as tensions over Syria saw investors […]

Dutch brewers Heineken have announced their 2013 half-year results. Calling the performance “resilient” in “challenging market conditions”, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board Jean-François van Boxmeer argued that the company’s “increased emphasis on higher growth regions is delivering, with organic operating profit in developing markets growing...

Brewing giant Carlsberg have announced an organic growth revenue of 2% as part of the company’s 2013 Q2 results. Commenting on the results, CEO Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen says: “For the first six months, the Group achieved earnings growth despite challenging market conditions in Western and Eastern Europe. Our Asian business again delivered impressive volume and […]

Pound Sterling The Pound spent most of the week higher against its major peers and on Monday it continued to ride higher against the US Dollar and Euro thanks to last week’s positive economic data releases. House price data released in the afternoon showed that prices had fallen for the first time in six-months in […]

What is it about the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank that makes the Forex system flutter like a young girls eyelashes when a good looking young man passes by?  I’m no Forex expert (thank you for reading anyway), but this monthly encounter between the world and Ben Bernanke is a lot like young love.  It has […]

Pound Sterling The Pound made a second weekly gain after the UK currency received support from a host of positive economic data releases. On Monday Sterling made gains against the Euro as data showed that British banks increased the number of mortgages being approved .The data added credence to the belief that the UK recovery […]

Just in case I have not made it clear by the end of this article, let me start by saying that I despise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Therefore, I am giving BP (LSE:BP.) a one-man standing ovation (which is hard to do whilst one is typing). On Monday this week, 12 August 2013, BP […]

Pound Sterling – The Pound began the week on a positive note after economic data continued to support hopes that the UK economy is making a strong recovery. A better than expected services PMI climbed from 56.9 in June to 57.4 in July. To ask a currency expert a question direct, click HERE Or to […]

This column generally focuses on company and market news of interest to serious investors.  With apologies to my bosses, I am going to take it in a different direction today, because I believe that the most important story today, although it may not be directly connected to the market, does have serious implications for any […]

The EURUSD is strengthening its bullish trend in the medium and long term and this is expected to remain so for many more days. The EURUSD continues to follow the bullish trend line and consolidating above the 200 day moving average. Bullish next target for this pair, the resistance at the level of 1.3395. It […]