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Welcome to the New FTT Global Website & Booking System!

FTT Global’s new, improved website and streamlined booking system are now live!  The changes we’ve made have been based on your feedback and our international payment services are now even better!  Most of our customers know us as FTT Global, so we … Continue reading

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A Stirling Performance, But For How Long?

As better than expected unemployment figures are released for June, the Pound has hit a 2-month high versus the Dollar and a session high versus the Euro making it the best performing major currency of the week. So does this … Continue reading

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Ahoy Cap’n – I See No News!

The European Central Bank and Bank of England both left rates unchanged and maintained levels of borrowing commitment. Does no movement signify their ships are sailing straight and need no correction? I am afraid not. Captain Trichet of the Good … Continue reading

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Market Waffle!

Lots of waffle in the markets this week, but put simply, the Euro is now buying more USD, but GBP is buying more EUR and USD. A vote of confidence for The Budget and cross party politics in the UK? … Continue reading

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A Calmer Weekend In Store…

After a week that saw the Euro level rise steadily against the USD, and GBP also strengthening against the USD it has felt as if the markets are settling into a period of normality. Events have been treated as good … Continue reading

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The Sky’s Not Falling!!!

The story being peddled around this week is that confidence is coming back into the market generally and investors are taking their money out of the “Safe Haven” investments (Gold, US Dollars, etc) and returning to investments that only last … Continue reading

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The Fickle Attitude of the Markets…

If ever a day showed how little information is needed to change the fickle attitudes of the markets in these nervous times…… 1) Hungarian government tells us the default risk is lower than they claimed last week and suddenly the … Continue reading

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No News Is Not Always Good News…

There are no major figures or announcements out today. However, we did see figures out yesterday that there has been steady consumer spending growth for May in the UK which settled nerves after a quiet April. Put that down to … Continue reading

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Perfect Storm for the Euro

As if things weren’t bad enough for the poor Euro with numerous governments now admitting to financial mismanagement and creative accounting, now the European Central Bank (ECB) delivers a mean right-hook that many Euro-zone banks are preparing for a second … Continue reading

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Market Jitters

In normal times, a small thing like North Korea and South Korea banging out handbags would not affect markets too much, but at the moment with everyone so nervous about Government Debt around the world, the markets have got the jitters … Continue reading

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