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Started: Ken23, 15 Jun 2024 07:10
Last post: Ken23, 15 Jun 2024 23:27
Tony the rate I get from HL currently in my ISA is 3.7% which is as you know tax free so is resly worth around 4.7% if it were taxable income at standard 20% taxation and 6.2% at 40% taxation so its a good earner whilst waiting to get back into the market.
Tony, ozzy and mr T,
Thank you all for your input and tony that's very interesting the info you have provided so I'll bear that in mind before I get too excited next month on the 9th lol.
Atb
Ken
Ken
I got my interest today. Check your account under last 30 days and you will see it there as 9th June.
Tony
Ken
It never goes through on the 9th on that day, but the transaction record will show it is as being on the 9th when they get around to it later in the month. The real course of the delay depends on trading activity across huge numbers of HL Vantage/ISA or whatever trading account holders on the platform. So if in May trading activity was apathetic and very low all the interest would get paid earlier as the change in cash held was less volatile day to day. If in April there was a huge trade volume it takes longer for the system to provide the correct interest as so many accounts would have variable cash held day to day. When it does go through it will be listed as 9th of the month on the transaction record although it mysteriously appears quite a few days later. Do not worry about it you will get the 2.5% on any cash held.
Tony
From HL website
Interest is calculated on the daily cleared balance and paid monthly, the interest period is from 10th to the 9th of each month and payment is normally credited within four working days of the end of this period.
Started: RazorsEdge, 14 Jun 2024 21:40
Last post: mrtibbles, 15 Jun 2024 10:56
18 May 2024
Alexei Navalny’s close ally Leonid Volkov has vowed to "never give up" fighting against Vladimir Putin, so the late Russian opposition leader’s "ultimate sacrifice" would "not be in vain".
Speaking after a brutal hammer attack in March outside his home in Lithuania, where he lives in exile, Mr Volkov told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg the message behind the assault was "we know where you live, we can kill you, we are after you".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd13xw92311o
The official version about a blood clot suddenly killing the 47-year-old politician on Friday may or may not be true, but the blame for his death still remains squarely with the Russian president.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/17/why-navalny-was-hated-in-the-kremlin-and-in-some-western-circles
Khodorkovsky spent nearly ten years in prison. In order to secure his freedom and get permission to see his terminally ill mother he wrote Putin a handwritten letter, making three promises: he would leave Russia to spend time with his family; he would stay away from politics; and he would not attempt to win back his shares in Yukos – his dismantled oil company – or get involved in any court cases.
https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/how-the-west-can-stop-putin-with-exiled-critic-mikhail-khodorkovsky/
The price of yellow and white metal grew on Friday as appetite for safe-haven assets seemingly increased amid the address of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In his remarks at the Russian Foreign Ministry's meeting, the head of state warned that the world has come "close" to the point of "no return" due to the Western power's "arrogance." Putin also stressed the importance of establishing a new global security system and underlined that a dialogue on the Ukrainian matter cannot be reached without Russia's participation. The Russian president stated that Moscow would be willing to end the conflict in case Kiev withdrew its forces from the four territories Russia integrated into its territory in 2022.
Gold climbed 1.15% to sell at $2,330.67 per ounce at 6:50 am ET. Silver rose 0.98% to trade at $29.25 per ounce at the same time.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AB
Gold currently $2332.18
Started: mrtibbles, 14 Jun 2024 18:57
Last post: mrtibbles, 14 Jun 2024 18:57
How close the Fed came to completely imploding after gold’s recent all-time-highs.
Where gold and silver prices could be heading in the short term and the latest updates about the upcoming BRICS gold-backed currency.
https://tinyurl.com/3u749h6r
Started: Cowichan, 13 Jun 2024 22:46
Last post: DASUT, 14 Jun 2024 14:35
Tony yes but wanted to check with someone who was on the periphery of the study albeit not directly involved with the submission, knows that the study was submitted to Government but not sure of the exact date.
Maybe worth me asking Centamin.
There was something on the Centamin website that supports what you have written Dasut.
I have done a bit of checking and appears as of sometime earlier in the year so suggest prior to licence expiry my contact tells me the Environmental Impact Study was submitted to the Cote D'Ivoire Government for approval and permitting so the ball would be back in the court of the Ministry. Unfortunately my contact isn't aware if there has been a formal response from the Ministry, so rather than fear the worse I will wait to see the results of the DFS which I suggest will be dependent on the approval and permitting.
WOW, very smart, excellent date translation, thanks
GLTA,
Dan
If you look at Centamin's (Ampella's) adjacent concession to the south west PR-536 you'll see the expiry date listed as 02/28/2024 which translates to February 28, 2024
thus if you look at the concession that just expired PR-334 which reads 06/11/2024 it translates to June 11,2024
Started: RazorsEdge, 14 Jun 2024 14:10
Last post: RazorsEdge, 14 Jun 2024 14:10
The price of yellow and white metal grew on Friday as appetite for safe-haven assets seemingly increased amid the address of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In his remarks at the Russian Foreign Ministry's meeting, the head of state warned that the world has come "close" to the point of "no return" due to the Western power's "arrogance." Putin also stressed the importance of establishing a new global security system and underlined that a dialogue on the Ukrainian matter cannot be reached without Russia's participation. The Russian president stated that Moscow would be willing to end the conflict in case Kiev withdrew its forces from the four territories Russia integrated into its territory in 2022.
Gold climbed 1.15% to sell at $2,330.67 per ounce at 6:50 am ET. Silver rose 0.98% to trade at $29.25 per ounce at the same time.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AB
Started: Tornadotony, 13 Jun 2024 13:45
Last post: SteveJones999, 14 Jun 2024 10:56
Lol Mr T- hopefully won’t need to do that as we’re only a couple of months into the tax year- but yep, true statement.
Never mind you can offset some of your capital gains tax with your £2000 loss, so its not so bad!
Even Martin Horgan expresses the opinion in various media outlets that that Centamin seems very cheap and that the future offers great promise, although despite this neither he or any of the BOD demonstrate any investor confidence in their own strategy by making some meaningful share purchases and putting some of their own skin in the game.
This can only demonstrate to the market the Centamin BOD despite what Martin Horgan and his fellow directors purport every quarter in slick presentations in reality they aren't really confident in their adopted strategy for the future prospects of Centamin!
So far Martin Horgan has been more consistent in delivering excuses than delivering the predicted results whilst the Capital clear up has yet to reach its conclusion and submit its final tally, the Sukari Bonaza grades seem as far away as they ever were and Doropo has yet to prove it's worth, so in the absence of the predicted results or substantiated good news the share price is in direct correlation with the manipulated POG.
Inevitably this reluctance by the new management to put their money money where their mouth is with the extended time scales on various issues, the Doropo uncertainty, the rumours of some possible friction with EMRA and the absence on any stamp duty on trades leaves Centamin extremely vulnerable to daily attack by the leveraged up parasitic CFD traders which in turn helps to bring about the erratic share price which does nothing to promote confidence in Centamin as an investment!
Has Centamin really changed, we await the substantiated proof!
Should also comment the ETF Van eck for gold miners is up 0.5%. This morning was an excellent opportunity to buy.
Your right about any time. Daily RSI has now hit 28.
Started: mrtibbles, 14 Jun 2024 10:45
Last post: mrtibbles, 14 Jun 2024 10:45
Kitco News) – The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire this past Sunday.
https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2024-06-13/saudi-arabia-ends-petrodollar-agreement-what-it-means-usd-bitcoin-and-gold
Started: Tornadotony, 14 Jun 2024 09:32
Last post: Tornadotony, 14 Jun 2024 09:32
Just this week the average went up from $2206 to a current $2210. That is $255 per ounce higher than in 2023. The level of profitable is 45% higher yet the valuation accredited is only half that rate.
Started: RazorsEdge, 14 Jun 2024 07:02
Last post: RazorsEdge, 14 Jun 2024 07:02
Major European stock markets traded higher during Friday's pre-market session, following the week's data and a significant sell-off during yesterday's session.
Investors and market participants are focused on the future implications of the G7 summit taking place in Bari, Italy, where the world's leading economies are discussing global issues.
The DAX gained 0.28% at 7:56 am CET, while the CAC 40 added 0.30%, and the FTSE 100 rose 0.39%. The pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 advanced 0.51%.
At 7:57 am CET, the euro and the British pound were down 0.06% and 0.14% against the dollar, selling for $1.07312 and $1.27447, respectively.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / JG
Happy Friday y’al
Enjoy your weekend
Gold currently $2309.56
Started: Cowichan, 12 Jun 2024 21:11
Last post: MrBond46, 13 Jun 2024 19:32
Trouble with comprehension,it would seem, along with other faults.
Trouble with comprehension it would seem. ;-).
Cowichan what I will say is it 6th November 2024? If so it hasn't expired.
A highly experienced mining analyst once described Doropo as "Hardly a dripping roast!"
No doubt Martin Horgan may present it as showing great potential, we shall see!
Possibly the "Bonanza grades" are lurking there?
Or the Bankable feasibility study.
Which of course would be for the best.
Started: Cowichan, 13 Jun 2024 18:26
Last post: Cowichan, 13 Jun 2024 18:26
Jun 13, 2024 at 5:37
Russians lined up to purchase U.S. dollars after the Moscow Exchange enforced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros in response to fresh U.S. sanctions, a video circulating on social media appears to show.
Russia's central bank said Wednesday that exchange trading and settlements of deliverable instruments in U.S. dollars and euros were suspended effective June 13 "due to the introduction of restrictive measures by the United States against the Moscow Exchange Group." It added that over-the-counter trading data would be used to set official exchange rates for the currencies.
The Moscow Exchange, Russia's leading financial marketplace, said Wednesday that companies and individuals can continue to buy and sell U.S. dollars and euros through Russian banks.
"The dollar rate is flying up in many banks," the Bankrollo channel said in a separate post. "Norvik Bank has set a new dollar exchange rate—the bank buys at 50 rubles and sells at 200."
https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1800982937346637962
** Watch the video of happy Ruzzians buying US$ , not Chinese yuan , not BRICS non-existent currency , not even gold
Putin's new world order is dead , long live Putin's new world order
Started: Tornadotony, 12 Jun 2024 09:32
Last post: SteveJones999, 13 Jun 2024 16:57
Mr T,
On this issue, on this forum, people including me, won’t change their views, so we’ll just keep re-iterating our same viewpoint, selecting articles which there are 1,000s of to support our own point of view- hence my last post.
This is what I meant by my post.
You’re better off going on a green or crypto forum for this discussion.
The greenhouse gas emissions of Bitcoin mining alone could be sufficient to push global warming beyond the Paris Agreement's goal of holding anthropogenic climate warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
The top ten Bitcoin mining nations are together responsible for 92–94% of the global carbon, water, and land footprint of Bitcoin.
To offset the CO2 emissions of Bitcoin mining in 2021–2022, 3.9 billion trees must be planted, taking up an area equivalent to the size of the Netherlands, Switzerland, or Denmark, or 7% of the Amazon rainforest.
https://unu.edu/press-release/un-study-reveals-hidden-environmental-impacts-bitcoin-carbon-not-only-harmful-product
https://climate.mit.edu/posts/climate-impacts-bitcoin-mining-us
Steve,
Well you should care unless of course your profit comes before helping to reduce harmful emissions that contribute massively to global warming and saving our planet for for future generations.
if you take the trouble to look I was asked for a figure.
The topic is certainly is relevant as crypto and bitcoin are discussed members including on this forum and its time that the far reaching damage caused to our planets environment is brought to the attention of the wider global community.
For far too long stock market traders have been allowed to be in denial that their activities cause huge damage to global communities by causing instability and massive fluctuations in commodity prices and if that were not bad enough by trading crypto and bit coin mining they are now helping to overheat and poison the planets atmosphere!
A new report shows the mining of bitcoin uses more electricity than several entire nations!
The amount of energy used to mine the cryptocurrency has skyrocketed over the last year, as has its price.
Cambridge researchers say bitcoin mining activities consume around 121.36 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year.
That puts the annual electricity consumption above Argentina (121 TWh), the Netherlands (108.8 TWh) and the United Arab Emirates (113.20 TWh) - and just below Norway (122.20 TWh).
https://www.engineeringcareer.net.au/archived-news/bitcoin-brings-huge-energy-use
Who cares.
There are a gazillion things that are bad for the planet, and the common denominator is humans.
This debate on this forum is irrelevant and pointless.
Fine, but what is that in terms of a percentage annual emissions?
We only have one planet and we need to look after it, but hyperbole does nobody any good.
Started: Tornadotony, 13 Jun 2024 08:50
Last post: Tornadotony, 13 Jun 2024 08:50
Centamin may have bottomed this morning.
Started: Clive205, 12 Jun 2024 13:34
Last post: Tornadotony, 13 Jun 2024 07:41
Clive
Jessies Cafe Americain predicted whipsaw move that has just completed this morning. We are approaching the nadir in the gold pull back. Centamin can do well when this passes. Last week of July Q2 report should deliver value. Tony
OK Clive- not looked at any of the FED speak tonight as busy.
I can see Gold is 2,322 so not great but the S&P are up a fair slug, crypto is OK and Barrick, Newmont are up. So should be OK.
Here's hoping.
Any comments on the FED would be welcome from anyone on this board as I've no time tonight.
GLA.
Gold now up to $2340.
116p just paid. Should be well above the current levels.
Yep you beat me to it Clive! Was too busy trading as the data dropped!
GLA.
Gold up to $2325
Started: RazorsEdge, 13 Jun 2024 07:03
Last post: RazorsEdge, 13 Jun 2024 07:03
European stock equities traded lower during Thursday's premarket hours in anticipation of the euro area's industrial production report, consumer inflation data in Spain, and a print of producer prices in Switzerland.
All eyes will be on the Group of Seven (G7) two-day summit in Italy which is set to begin this morning, with officials expected to discuss the $50 billion loan to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets.
The DAX dropped 0.16%. The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.12%. The CAC 40 decreased 0.15%. The FTSE 100 slid 0.21%. At 8:00 am CET, the euro was flat against the dollar, selling at 1.08052. The pound lost 0.14% compared to the greenback, trading at 1.27794.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AB
Gold currently $2314.48
Started: RazorsEdge, 13 Jun 2024 03:01
Last post: RazorsEdge, 13 Jun 2024 03:01
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation announced a delay in the start of trading for currencies, precious metals, and derivatives. Trading will now begin at 9:50 am on Thursday.
The bank has also included the Hong Kong dollar on the list of currencies that will be halted from trading, alongside the US dollar and the euro.
On Wednesday, the US Treasury announced a new package of sanctions against Russia's 300 individuals and entities over the Ukraine conflict.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AC
Started: Siko, 2 Jun 2024 08:20
Last post: mrtibbles, 12 Jun 2024 18:16
Thank you MrHenderson,
I appreciate Dasut taking The trouble to put the question regarding the $100 million and indeed Siko taking the trouble to post an explanation in good faith and although Centamin's representative explained that there wasn't any $100 million outstanding to EMRA, this answer seems intentionally ambiguous!
Your first sentence "What if we look for the truth but didn't know where to search?" sums the situation up exactly and is a view I have expressed time and time again especially where retail shareholders are concerned!
So lets see what ensues over the coming months but that said I am very much inclined to agree with the rest of your post and I don't think it will be too long before there will be some announcements!
Mhendersen thanks for your somewhat intriguing response and can assure you I was only trying to clarify the truth relating to the rumour.
The problem that I have is that I am retired and therefore no longer in a position of getting on a plane and visiting the mine to fully appreciate the goings on.
I still question what does the $100 million relate to and believe me I am not easily surprised when it comes to political partners in any business.
Legality issues of employment are you saying that it refers to expatriate quotas being stretched because this is always a worry?
Good to hear from you
Dasut,
What if we look for the truth but didn't know where to search?
We all search for truth in different ways , just Don't be surprised if it's not quite what you expect.
Centamin still in negotiation with Egyptian government on the alleged $100 million and its component, negotiation will be continued with the new Minister as Egypt Prime Minister submitted his cabinet's resignation last week.
So Centamin responses to your inquires is very expected as nothing settled yet.
One more point, there are other dispute issues between Government and centamin regarding Legality of appointment of some employees in some senior positions.
Don't be surprised if you hear new appointment of COO, new operation general manager and new country manager during the next few weeks.
Dasut,
Unfortunately, I no longer take donations from this forum.
I was reminded before by some members that this forum was for investment purposes only, so it's best to keep it that way, and I want to distance myself and my posts from any "misunderstandings".
Luckily, I have some amazing friends who share the same passion, and we are doing very well from other sources.
Many people don't know what it's like to live in a third world poor country. It's like living on a different planet.
Thanks for your thoughts and kind intentions.
Siko, Yes I know how lucky I am because as I say I have lived, worked and travelled Africa over many years, including Egypt. The problem is what needs to be done to make improvements for so many people and how to make the changes. We can only do what we can do and I have over the years supported an orphanage in Tanzania and whilst no longer directly involved they do still get support from my previous employer.
Do you still have a fund raising web site for your efforts?
Started: Cowichan, 11 Jun 2024 16:14
Last post: mrtibbles, 12 Jun 2024 10:37
Military corporations need wars for profits. The human cost is huge
A new survey reveals the immense wealth and power of the arms industry. But we must remember that its product is death!
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/military-corporations-survey-wealth-profits-war-damage-death/
Looking at the overall list, three elements stand out as significant. One is the sheer size of the larger corporations. The current UK budget for all military spending – equipment, pay, research and the rest – stands at $68.5bn, but this is very nearly matched by a single military corporation, the US-based Lockheed Martin. Apart from the United States, with its massive $877bn budget, and China with $292bn, all the other states worldwide, including Russia, have budgets at or below the output of the largest corporations.
https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru&SToverlay=2002c2d9-c344-4bbb-8610-e5794efcfa7d
Though the U.S. has ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military spending will likely continue increasing. The House overwhelmingly passed a defense spending bill for $768 billion in December 2021. The bill would increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion more than President Joe Biden requested and is expected to pass easily in the Senate.
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2021/12/16/20-companies-profiting-the-most-from-war-5/
If we are talking about wastefulness of tax dollars by politicians I couldn't agree more
but minimizing Ukraine's fight for survival isn't necessary to make that arguement
having family roots in Ukraine I share their fight against genocide - a genocide pursued by a literal demon-emperor - for what it's worth I am proud from afar that the UK gov't has been at the forefront of supporting Ukraine - but point taken , wars can make companies & lowlifes rich
Zelensky IMO has been fearless, he has Putin's hitmen pursuing him 24/7 , so to h*ll with the conspiracy theories about his incredible wealth, he is, so far, a hero
No Cowichan,
Some of us are not impressed with Cameron flying around in private jets wasting millions of our tax monies and then saying being involved in the Ukraine is a profitable war, and for him that might be true, but not for the millions of people living in the UK.
Turns out Putin supporters are everywhere, like lice on rats...
Started: Tornadotony, 12 Jun 2024 07:49
Last post: Tornadotony, 12 Jun 2024 07:49
Currently 4p discounted on 2024 earnings with gold per ounce average future price at $2206 since 1 January. 2023 year average was $1955. SP and gold price match 2 April 2024. We shall see how the low plays out, but I suspect 112p may well hold unless gold seriously plummets down near 2200 per ounce.
Started: RazorsEdge, 12 Jun 2024 07:03
Last post: RazorsEdge, 12 Jun 2024 07:03
Major European markets traded higher during Wednesday's premarket session. Today, investors worldwide are expecting the US Federal Reserve's latest decision on interest rates.
The DAX gained 0.23% at 7:52 am CET, the CAC 40 added 0.31%, and the FTSE 100 rose 0.45%. The pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 inched up 0.34% a minute later.
The Euro and the British pound were flat against the dollar at 7:53 am CET, selling for $1.07458 and $1.27460, respectively.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / JG
Happy hump y’al
Gold currently $2314.22
Started: Rebess, 11 Jun 2024 14:44
Last post: Tornadotony, 11 Jun 2024 15:34
Rebess
A year ago Zelensky wealth had surpassed $20M.
Tony
I read one well-informed comment that stated that when it is all over, Zelensky will be one of the richest men in the world.
His Panama - Cayman - Vatican-bank accounts are already bursting at the seams from funds/commissions linked to the assistance that Ukraine has received. - Sadly, not the case for the poor Ukrainians themselves. - As I say, just a comment I read.
Started: Langford1, 11 Jun 2024 13:40
Last post: Langford1, 11 Jun 2024 13:40
From January 2024 maybe maybe not connected with the joint exercises currently underway
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-sisi-mark-new-phase-egypts-russian-built-nuclear-plant-2024-01-23/
Started: RazorsEdge, 10 Jun 2024 17:02
Last post: Tornadotony, 11 Jun 2024 10:56
The current issues of the war in Ukraine have everything to do with wealthy oligarchs in both Russia and Ukraine. USA and UK politicians have sided with Ukraine oligarchs for their own personal gain. Kiev incidentally was the capital of Russia and in 1955 Crimea was gifted to Ukraine from Russia by a Ukraine premier in charge of Soviet Union. The UK people had no vote in the Ukraine war but we have all our public services wrecked. Trump is correct, the first thing to do do is to agree an end to the Ukraine war and have a DMZ line similar to North and South Korea.
The Russian government denies that Stalin’s policies were aimed at a particular ethnicity and says that this means it was not an act of genocide.
Many observers have compared Russia’s current actions in Ukraine to the events of 1932-33. For research relating to the conflict and a parliamentary reading list on events in Ukraine dating back to 2014, see the Library’s Conflict in Ukraine hub.
The Russian government denies that Stalin’s policies were aimed at a particular ethnicity and says that this means it was not an act of genocide.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2023-0112/
So where does MR Putin think he might get steal some of the grain from to supply his allies including Eygpt from?
Bully Putin ?
I think you'll find the bullies are NATO
If they'd stuck to their promise to not encroach further east all bloodshed could've been avoided
And what about the Minsk agreement?
Both Crimea and the Donbass voted overwhelmingly to be part of the Russian Federation
Donbass having suffered years of indiscriminate bombings from the Ukraine government
Europe's economies have been trashed thanks to the various sanctions and particularly the American attack on the Nordstream pipeline
Picking a fight with the Russians on their doorstep is insane as are most current Western leaders
Drama based on a true story. In 1933, suspicious of Russia’s miraculous resurgence under Stalin, Gareth Jones escapes Moscow’s decadence and discovers Ukraine’s desperation. However, it is not just the Soviets who want word of the terrible reality suppressed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001k3tw/mr-jones
Madtaway
Before you defend Putin and accuse Nato of causing the Ukrainian war you would do well to understand why the Ukrainians are fighting so hard to defend their freedom.
Under the leadership of the Stalin’s close associate, the barbarous Lazar Kaganovich, teams of policemen and party officials smashed and stole their way through the Ukrainian countryside, entering houses and “confiscating” all available food, livestock and even pets!
They left nothing edible behind Non-Ukrainian Soviet citizens had been taught to distrust Ukrainians ever since the country had attempted to mould its own destiny in June 1917 by setting up a Ukrainian People’s Republic. This independent state, which resisted the armies of Vladimir Lenin during the Russian civil war, was to last only a few months. After several years of civil war, Ukraine became a Soviet Republic ruled from Moscow in December 1922. Ukrainian nationalism was seen from the beginning as a threat to the Bolshevik ideal, and was to be stamped out—at all costs.
During the famine of the 1930s, as peasants lay dying, the Soviet secret police began to repress all manner of Ukrainian intellectuals and officials who had tried to promote Ukraine’s language or history. Anyone with even the flimsiest connection to Ukrainian nationalism was liable to be vilified, arrested and sent to a labour camp or executed. It was a systematic assault not just on Ukraine, but on the idea of Ukraine. And it worked. The famine and repression of the Ukrainian intellectual classes eventually brought about “the Sovietization of Ukraine, the destruction of the Ukrainian national idea, and the neutering of any Ukrainian challenge to Soviet Unity.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/145953/stalin-starved-ukraine
Moreover, only with the independence of Ukraine, the ban on talking about the Holodomor was lifted.
https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-history-of-the-holodomor/
Started: RazorsEdge, 11 Jun 2024 07:06
Last post: RazorsEdge, 11 Jun 2024 07:06
Equities in Europe traded higher in the premarket on Tuesday as investors' attention shifted to tomorrow's report on inflation in the United States and the interest rate decisions of the Federal Reserve.
Markets seemingly recovered from yesterday's sharp losses after right-wing parties in Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Belgium, and Spain gained ground in the European Parliament elections. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election on June 30 and July 7.
The DAX rose by 0.06% at 8:02 am CET. At the same time, the FTSE 100 grew by 0.22%. The CAC 40 increased by 0.27%. The Eurostoxx 50 gained 0.36%.
The euro and the pound sterling traded flat against the dollar to sell for $1.07665 and $1.27270, respectively, at 8:03 am CET.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / RR
Gold currently $2299.74
Started: MrBond46, 10 Jun 2024 14:03
Last post: MrBond46, 10 Jun 2024 14:03
As I write 2305$ ,Give it a week more.
People still buying in the dips. But as I have previously stated, an unstable time up till US elections,got to keep the $ looking strong, ;-)