Currency and Money

Cristian Volpato: five more years in euros

What a five-year euro deal looks like for an Australian, plus a huge week for central banks.

South Melbourne. Australia Cup Champions with a USD problem.

A Wallaby moves to Japan. The exchange rate moves too.

Same contract, same yen. Over 12 months, one season's pay could have moved by A$244,000.

Paid in euros. Living in dollars. And a €500,000 bonus due in December.

They earn in euros and invest in dollars. The bank fee is small. The exchange rate on amounts this size is not.

Mathew Stubbs. A$80,000 for one season. And the half he never budgeted for.

His budget blew out by about half. A big part of the reason was what everything cost once it was converted into US dollars.

A Year Abroad, A 12% Swing Nobody Was Managing

Thirty-plus Australian coaches and well over a hundred players are earning overseas right now. None of them chose where in a 12% range their pay would land this year.

$370 Million, 51 Countries, One Currency

MLS just published its transfer numbers. The part nobody costs is what happens between arrival and departure.

Morning FX desk: Monday 14 Sep

This week is heavy, and Friday’s US inflation report was the main driver.

A 40-Year High and a Four-Year $60m Contract

Kazuma Okamoto is paid in dollars and lives in yen. What that contract is actually worth just moved again, plus a look at stablecoins and what's new on the channel.

The Pay Cut the Aussie Wrote

A rising Aussie sounds like good news, until you are paid in something else.

The Yen Just Woke Up

A quiet 2.8% move, and what it costs if you earn in dollars and send money home to Japan.

Did your Dubai completion date just cost you £36,000?

I wrote this in May. The pound has now done it a fifth time.

The Pay Cut Nobody Wrote Into the Contract

The pound is having a strong year against the US dollar. Against the Australian dollar, it is having a very different one.

The Tasman Tax

The Aussie slipped back under 1.20 against the Kiwi this morning. If you earn on one side of the ditch and send money to the other, here is what that actually costs.

The one market I could never crack is now open

After years on the horizon, SportsFX is live in the United States.

Nowhere to hide, the AUD 2026 story.

What happened to your money in the first half of 2026

Travis McAvene on NIL Money and the Overseas Pay Cliff.

Episode 22 of The Overseas Athlete — plus what's moving in currency markets this week.

Has your Dubai property purchase cost you £24,000 this week?

The pound gave back three weeks of gains against the dirham in five days. Here is what that did to the people buying property in between

Every contract right now has a 5-8% blind spot.

A transfer window, a World Cup, and the part of every contract conversation nobody is actually talking about.

The pound has dropped 6% against the Aussie dollar this year.

If you earn in the UK, here is what that actually costs you.

Sam Klein. Brisbane to the Bundesliga. And the part nobody talks about.

A Queensland kid signs for FC St. Pauli. The celebration is real. So is what comes next.

The RBA hiked. Iran blinked. The AUD is back above 0.72.

Two things happened this week that both pushed the Aussie dollar higher.

The AUD just hit its highest level in four years.

If you earn in USD, that is a problem.

The Four Currency Moves Every Overseas Athlete Should Be Watching Right Now

There is a lot of noise in the FX market this week.

Is Global Uncertainty Eroding Your Income?

A big week ahead that can impact your salary.