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Opinion on  CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust (FXB)     Sector: Financial  >  Industry: Misc. Financial Services
Central bank cuts...

May 14, 2008 06:51 AM GMT
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Fundamental Analysis  

Like the Fed cutting rates to prevent foreclosures in the USA, the Bank of England will also save LIBOR ARM mortgages by cutting rates.  The bet is more ARM's are on LIBOR ARM's and the Bank of England will have it worse than America, and America has it pretty bad.


FXB:  This call was made on 05/14/08 @ $194.63
Rating:   Negative   $194.63 (05/14/08)
Closed:   05/23/2008 @ $198.92 (-2.20% in 9 days)
Target:   $176.00 (-9.57%) in > one year


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Thomas George    9 %     1 point   commented 571 days ago reply

The pound will go down,no doubt about that.But as I understand,FXB would mean short the pound long the dollar which can make it a bit tricky.It will be a race to the bottom.This is why I didn't initiate a short and the FTSE is energy company heavy,so risky as well even though the macroeconomic picture of Great Britain is very bleak.Maybe a better combo will be long Australian dollar,short British Pound(long commodities play,short over leveraged housing market).Correct me if I am wrong.Just my two cents.


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