Dollar Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/dollar/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:45:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png Dollar Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/dollar/ 32 32 Dollar doldrums and silver surfing https://www.miltonpj.net/2026/02/13/dollar-down-and-silver-surfing/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:45:45 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=12194 Quietly and gently and perhaps almost unnoticed, the US Dollar had been seeing a drift downhill before strengthening again over last week. Against Sterling it has now been the lowest since September 2021, having fallen by over 26% since the Pound’s trough in July 2022. We are not so unhappy as we have currency in […]

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]]> Chancellor tears but not for us https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/07/11/chancellor-tears-but-not-for-us/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:53:37 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11899 So, very unconvincingly the Prime Minister supporting the Chancellor’s dire financial announcements brought the wrong sort of tears to her eyes, promptly seeing the cost of long-term UK Government debt rise by a whopping 5% and Sterling losing a cent instantly. Fortunately that was short-lived but we’re still paying far more than at the worst […]

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]]> Citywire Top 100, Budget and MIGO https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/11/18/citywire-top-100-success-again-for-philip-j-milton/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:53:10 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11490 Thank you Citywire again for the honour of being on the ‘Top 100 Financial Advisers’ list this year! We are very humbled. Top 100 2024: See the penultimate list of fantastic firms Whilst the photo Citywire uses still shows me with hair (!), the content is what counts – thank you everyone for the judgment […]

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]]> Sterling effort, investment and taxes https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/08/30/sterling-strong-against-dollar-investment/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:45:37 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11340 The US Dollar’s the lowest against Sterling since April 2022. That’s a 20% ascent for Sterling since the Sept 2022 low. It has been weaker these last few weeks as it is expected that interest rates will be cut even though US inflation readings are mixed. Currency volatility can work for you or against you […]

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]]> This too shall pass – market volatility is no need to panic https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/08/05/markets-volatile-but-no-need-to-panic/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:59:19 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11320 For no ‘real’ reason, markets have decided it’s time for the coin to flip from ‘all news is positive’ to ‘all news is negative’ and within a matter of days sentiment has changed dramatically. I suppose we should have been expecting it, after such a positive run and after all we have said about overblown […]

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]]> Sterling efforts in some quarters https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/25/sterling-efforts-in-some-quarters/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:59:13 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11102 It hasn’t been noted prominently anywhere but despite recent slippage, Sterling had been quietly moving forwards. It has been at the highest against the US Dollar since July last year; a few more cents and it will be the highest since April 2022. It even pushed higher against the Euro too, its highest since August […]

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]]> Gilts, Sterling recovery and markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/07/11/gilts-sterling-lacklustre-markets/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:23:28 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10750 So the UK Government has sold the most expensive Gilt since 2007, paying 5.668% till redemption in October 2025. That is significantly higher than the rates which were applying only a few years ago. Unless inflation abates (and wage figures today don’t help) then the cost of servicing the National Debt will rocket and start […]

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]]> Silicon Valley Bank crash – what does it mean for us? https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/03/14/silicon-valley-bank-crash/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:15:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10479 In view of last weekend’s news, I thought I had best issue a swift update on how we see things. At least today the US has announced that core inflation is still dropping – 6% as opposed to 6.4% so that’s good news too. The bad news is the collapse of SVB – Silicon Valley Bank […]

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]]> Should I sell my US Tech stocks? https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/11/08/us-tech-stocks-should-i-sell/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:40:07 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10330 So according to Refinitiv, the drop in US markets has seen $3.5trillion wiped-off the ‘Faang’ stocks plus Microsoft (with $250billion last week alone). Yes, that’s primarily the US Tech leaders including Facebook (Meta) which has plummeted. That’s a third off this year – ouch.   Thankfully we stuck to our guns and have had none […]

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