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Ok, the $ weakening against the £ rather than the £ strengthening against the $? Doesn’t really matter for us as the effect is tge same! Interested to hear why the thought is that our economy is good. All the indicators seem to point to a different direction, e.g. CCI etc, even with the prospect of energy price reductions to come?

Did we really reach £24.20? I missed that. I thought we fell just short. A good call though, Bot, and, for a change, the aftermath reflected the results! Like you, I would have preferred to see faster debt pay down rather than dividend reintroduced but, hey Ho, I suspect “investment grade” effectively means you have to pat a divi. I am still waiting for a definitive answer from HL about stocks on exchanges other than London.

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Bot’s bête noir, the exchange rate, is still not doing us any favours at $1.34 to £1. If our economy has been trashed by the current politicos, how come the FTSE is leaping? Foreign earnings by the multinationals?

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We just need £2.12 tomorrow, just over 9.55%. Eminently possible!

HNY, everyone!

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Looking even less likely now. Nearly 3% down……

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Ditto!

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Me too, YR, Stockperks drew the line at trying to do April 2027, though.

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I don’t understand how a Labour government inspires such confidence in the UK economy……

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Ditto to K, although I’ll be keeping an eye on the SP. Good call, Bot, even if we don’t actually get there, it’s very close now!

Season’s best to all on here!

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Thanks, again, Aangus, found it. There didn’t appear to be any mention of additional charges or exchange rates used?

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Thanks Aangus, will have a look.

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Hi Lisa,

That’s the problem. Rules differ between platforms. Waiting for HL’s response.

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I have mine in a SIPP and have asked HL a series of questions, the most important of which is do the allow me to hold US listed stocks in it. I don’t think they do but hope to be disappointed. IF they do, it will be the UK tax rules that apply but I suspect HL may charge much bigger fees for dealing.

I’ll let you know…..

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Agree with all posted below. It’s a pleasure to read all the posts and get to know some nice, friendly, informed and ready to share people.

I wish you and yours a truly blessed Christmas and Prosperous New Year.

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PS I would much rather they consolidated the overweight management structure they have in place - that would save a fortune!!

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Hi all,

Reinstating dividend is good news but I also noticed a couple of other things:

Relocation of registration from Panama to Bermuda (good, I think) and unification of all shares into one listing on NYSE. We will get a one for one allocation which might well be in the UK’s favour.

My personal problem is that I don’t think Hargreaves Lansdown currently allow shares listed on exchanges other than London t be held in a SIPP. I have asked them how this would affect me because, if true, I would have to sell and find somewhere that would allow me to hold them and continue to receive the shareholder Onboard Spending bonus for cruises.

Any thoughts? I did wonder about transferring to a note platform, e.g. eToro or 212 trading (I think their fees are lower, too).

Any thoughts, please?

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I don’t think CWWX has one of those and since it would be indoors, anyway, wouldn’t count as being “out”. Still, when all’s said and done today we’ve recovered exactly the loss we suffered yesterday.

Loins girded for tomorrow - that’ll make for an uncomfortable night…..

GL all!

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Interest rate cut seems to have had a small ✅

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Apologies, CWWX, I had just looked and seen it’s tomorrow.😁

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Bot, maybe we’ll get some +ve move later when BoE cuts the base rate - or is this already priced into the exchange rate?

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Hope you’re well. Are you out at all today, CWWX?

I think the big day is Monday for announcements. Figures released approx and hour before the webcast at 3pm our time.

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