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Market Bulletin 20th January 2011
The Technical Trader’s view:
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0.95
1.00
1.05
1.10
1.15
1.20
1.25
1.30
1.35
1.40
1.45
1.50
1.55
1.60
1.65
1.70
1.75
1.80
1.85
1.90
1.95
2.00
2.05
2.10
2.15
2.20
2.005 - 2.01 High from 1991/2
1.3688 Low Pivot
1.7050 Low
Low 1.1065
UK Pound Sterling - US Dollar
MONTHLY CHART
The wide context of cable is
clear and well-structured: within
the immediate trading range of
1.36-1.70 a triangle has formed
– look closer.
A S O N D 2008 M A M J J A S O N D 2 009 M A M J J A S O N D 2 010 M A M J J A S O N D 2 011 M A
1.291.301.311.321.331.341.351.361.371.381.391.401.411.421.431.441.451.46
1.471.481.491.501.511.521.531.541.551.561.571.581.591.601.611.621.631.641.651.661.671.681.691.701.711.721.731.741.751.761.771.781.791.80
1.3688 Low Pivot
from 2001
Low resistance 1.7050from the low in Dec 2005
UK Pound Sterling - US Dollar
WEEKLY CHART
Of course, Triangles are
typically continuation patterns,
in this case a bear continuation
pattern…
But not always and the close
approach to the upper falling
diagonal boundary (currently at
1.6170) is intriguing.
As is the possibility that that
diagonal might be regarded as
the Neckline of a bull Head and
Shoulders pattern. The slope of
the neckline is a weakness of
this interpretation, but if 1.6170
were overcome a completed
bull H&S would be plausible.
Look closer still.
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July
12 19 26 2 9
August
16 23 30 6 13
September
20 27 4 11
October
18 25 1 8
November
15 22 29 6 13
December
20 27 3 10
2011
17 24 31
Feb
1.515
1.520
1.525
1.530
1.535
1.540
1.545
1.550
1.555
1.560
1.565
1.570
1.575
1.580
1.585
1.590
1.595
1.600
1.605
1.610
1.615
1.620
1.625
1.630
1.635
1.640
1.645
1.650
1.655
1.660
1.665
1.670
1.675
1.680
1.685
1.690
1.5217
1.6298 High
1.5846
UK Pound Sterling - US Dollar
DAILY CHART
There is no clear short-term
source of bull impetus at work
here.
Certainly the market’s strength
in overcoming the prior Low
resistance at 1.5846 was
impressive.
But there is no driving pattern
behind the bull trend - yet
trends can continue with their
own internal logic. If it does
then an assault on the diagonal
+ and Prior High at 1.6298 must
follow - with the exciting bull
implications from the week
chart.
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The Macro Trader’s view:
We have argued over recent months in the Macro Trader’s guide that Sterling was oversoldduring the financial crisis and subsequent recession. We judged the UK economy fared no
better or worse than most other leading developed economies.
What seemed to rattle investors most about the UK wasn’t the actual Debt-to-GDP ratio or
even the Deficit-to-GDP ratio that emerged as a result of the recession, but rather the speed
and degree of deterioration compared to the UK’s peers.
Now though, the UK has taken some harsh and difficult steps to cut both the budget deficit,structural deficit and control the national debt. The worry is the measures adopted might prove
too strong a medicine for the economy to handle and risk falling back into recession.
This fear is a potential negative for the Pound, but right now Sterling is enjoying a period of
relative strength against the Dollar and to a degree the Euro. There are several reasons for
this, some are domestic others are not. The main reasons though are;
- The level of UK inflation over the last 2 years has or so proved consistently worse than
the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report forecast,
- UK Interest rates are now forecast by independent analysts to rise this year to control
inflation despite fears of a potential economic slowdown,
- US interest rates look set to remain low for an extended period as the Fed tries to
nurture the US economy back to health,
- US public spending is still running at the crisis levels previously seen in the UK, with a
budget deficit to GDP ratio around 10 - 12% and a debt to GDP ratio fast approaching
100% and in the absence of a policy change, won’t stop there,
- US inflation is running at very low levels and looks contained leaving the Fed free frompressure to tighten policy.
So does this mean the Pound is already clawing back the losses it previously suffered on the
way back to a more realistic level? One that reflects Sterling’s purchasing parity (about 1.7000
-1.7500) or is this rally a false dawn and if so why?
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While we would like nothing more than to be able to proclaim a new bull trend is in place for
Cable, we feel unable to do so. While there are very real concerns about the short term path of
inflation, which is currently forecast by independent analysts to rise to between 4% – 5%, we judge the factors behind the run up are either one-offs like the VAT hike or are a result of
higher energy and food costs which originate abroad and cannot be easily controlled within the
UK economy simply by hiking rates.
We also hold the view that the economy will slow this year. Unemployment is forecast to rise
by around 250k. The government hopes the private sector can absorb most of the public sector
workers displaced as a result of the spending cuts, but so far there is scant evidence for this.
Our current view of Cable is that the Pound isn’t yet sufficiently free from uncertainty to allow it
to fully recover. Until there is greater clarity about the economy’s ability to weather the current
fiscal retrenchment, we judge the Pound is likely to suffer a correction lower, before the big
rally begins, so the recent high may be it for a while.
Mark Sturdy
John Lewis
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