Released on: November 1, 2007, 10:57 pm

Press Release Author: Mike Wright

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: Wall Street leapt higher last week after the Federal Reserve
calmed
investors\' fears about a sinking economy, implying that risks to the
financial markets from the summer\'s credit crises have eased, says
BetOnMarkets.com\'s Michael Wright.

Press Release Body: Stocks initially zigzagged after the Fed lowered interest rates
on Wednesday,
because some investors balked at the notion that the Fed might not lower
rates again at its December meeting. However, investors eventually appeared
relieved after interpreting the Fed\'s comments to mean that the central bank
is now able to return to more \'regular\' worries such as price inflation.

Wall Street was pleased by the fact that investors, businesses and consumers
alike will be getting cheaper access to cash, because of the widely
anticipated quarter-point rate cut. The Fed funds rate now stands at 4.50
percent. Last month, the Fed surprised the market with a larger-than-expected
half-point cut in the funds rate.

After months of agonising over a weak credit market, investors appeared to
take some comfort from the fact that the Fed found room to offer a less
accommodative statement than some had expected. In comments following its
two-day meeting, central bank policymakers said recent spikes in energy and
commodity prices, are among the forces that could be adding to inflationary
pressures, and that with its latest move \"the upside risks to inflation
roughly balance the downside risks to growth.\"

While a more accommodating statement would have left the door open for yet
another rate cut, traders worried about what would happen to the US dollar if
there was another cut. Some analysts have gone on record to point out that
the recent surge in the oil prices have been partially attributed to the
weaker US dollar.

The focus remains on the once mighty US dollar, which now trades just shy of
2.08 against the British Pound, and near an all time high of 1.45 for every
Euro. The Bank of England\'s chief economist was rather hawkish in his latest
comments, dashing many people\'s hopes of a rate cut here in the UK. This
coupled with the US cuts, has pushed the USD/ GBP exchange rate ever closer
to 2.10.

The Fed\'s latest statement has been labelled as \"subtle as a sledge hammer\"
by some economists, for the bold way it indicated that this was the last cut
for a while. This coupled with indications from the Bank of England that
they won\'t move on rates this side of Christmas, could present an
opportunity. We\'re still a long way off the dizzy heights of the 70s and 80s
when you could get around $2.64 to the pound at its peak, so there is
certainly room for higher levels. The Fed may be done cutting for now, but
this doesn\'t mean that the dollar will rebound. Given the hawkish comments
from the MPC it is possible that the Dollar could keep sliding against the
pound or at least may not strengthen considerably in the short term.

With the above information, the average trader can use BetOnMarkets.com to
take full advantage of this situation. A no touch trade compensates a trader
for correctly predicting that the market won\'t touch a certain point in the
future, within a set period of time.

A no touch trade on the GBP/USD with a 20-day term, and a trigger set at
$0.06 cents lower than today\'s level, pays around 11%. This means that the
exchange rate could rise, stay where it is, or drop as much as another
$0.055 cents, and you could still win.


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