Using Foreign exchange to make dosh

Amp34 said:
Very true, the US is in huge debts as well which I assume is making the dollar weaker, thats not likely to change in the near future either, its probably going to get worse.
Indeed - especially as the ECB and Japan are increasing interest rates. What with the US housing market crash I wouldn't bet on the dollar getting stronger any time soon! I'm sure we'll see $2=£1 before we see anything like $1.5-1.6.
 
clv101 said:
Indeed - especially as the ECB and Japan are increasing interest rates. What with the US housing market crash I wouldn't bet on the dollar getting stronger any time soon! I'm sure we'll see $2=£1 before we see anything like $1.5-1.6.
If it goes over $2 then we will be hit hard.
 
for small purchases, buying stuff from the states on ebay is a good choice now :)

i'm doing it with some guitar things that i know will sell well over here, and quite a few ebay people are afraid of buying from the states so you'll make a sale :)

did it with guitar pickups last year when the dollar was stronger, and still made a little money :p
 
crashuk said:
does any1 know the resistance level of the dollar ?

Nope. But just wait until oil starts to be priced in Euros and nations see the Euro as the reserve currency of choice... then the dollar is well and truely FUBAR'd.
 
Tbh, if your going to USA anytime soon, dont waste money buying money ( :confused: ), buy something like computer hardware:

For example, a c2d e6600.
Average UK price £200-£220
Average US price $230-$240 (roughly £120)

So selling it at the lowest UK price, you can make %60 profit.
beats any ISA i'v ever had
 
Hades said:
Nope. But just wait until oil starts to be priced in Euros and nations see the Euro as the reserve currency of choice... then the dollar is well and truely FUBAR'd.
iran new oil borse which will use Euro’s has it gone live yet?
 
crashuk said:
iran new oil borse which will use Euro’s has it gone live yet?

I think it was due to go live last April-ish so I assume so. But even if it has it would still be small scale at this stage. Eventually, as the dollar weakens, all the oil nations will start to follow. So to buy oil you'll need to buy euro's rather than dollars. Euro up, dollar down and also gold up during the period of uncertainty imho.
 
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crashuk said:
iran new oil borse which will use Euro’s has it gone live yet?
Urm, I think you need to read this interview we did with with Chris Cook, former director of the International Petroleum Exchange:

Interview with Chris Cook, Originator of the Iranian Oil Bourse

Cook says nothing about the Oil Bourse being based on the Euro. In fact he actually says the Euro isn't practicable. In most peoples minds Iranian Oil Bourse = Euro, but after talking with Cook I just don't think that's the case.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Buy Wine, stick it in a celler and you'll make a mint.

Except it takes time for turnovers.

Unless a recession hits and liquidity dries up. Then no-ones got any money to buy your wine. Wheras gold goes up in such circumstances.
 
Well if the dollar hits $2 and stays their for a week to 10 days i can see it hitting $2.30 before the end of the year. If this happens currency protection policies with be put into place and rates around the world would start to rise upto a 20% base point. Then surely theres gonna be a crash, worst than the depression of 1929.
 
Trading forex is effectively (at its simplist) spread bettting.

Lots of money to be made if you're right, but if you're wrong, they'll want your kneecaps.
 
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