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Tbf it did not happen when he was in power gate. Putin probably looked at an incontinent geriatric who used an auto pen and thought it was a decent time to invade. The only other factors were turning off the water supply to Crimea but that was hardly a sound reason to go to war.

I'd worry more about the interconnectors gate

Dru I think you are a billy bs er.

The payout is stingy but they do about 1.5bn of buybacks a year. When you see the tnav Vs the SP it makes more sense to buyback than pay a dividend.

Predicting 75p today.

Troajan the market agreed with my take not yrs. If the market is so negative why is the pe of the s and p 500 27.08? I told you this data was wrong and big investors looked at the numbers and quickly realised they'd been fiddled on the export side. Hence why the s and p 500 actually ended up on the day.

Ant these are q1 figures. The tariff nonsense started April the 2nd. These gdp figures are obviously wrong and have been fiddled probably by the trump administration so that q2 growth looks good.

I agree tariffs are a in totality mistake but these figure have been manipulated make q1 look bad and q2 look good. That's my point.

There the s and p500 back over 5500 they smelt bs in these gdp numbers too. If us imports jumped 40% in q1 Pamela Anderson is a virgin. I don't know who or why has interfered in them but it's a lousy time when simple data is not to be trusted. Whatever the USA q2 Gdp is bound to be high since all imports have been dragged into q1 figures.

Well exactly troajan that's my point. If the Gdp number was -0.3% Vs the consensus 0.8% we'd be sub 5000 territory. I know you aren't the brightest spark but even you can appreciate that. As for the trump effect markets are down less than 4% since election day. Hardly earth shattering.

Troajan answer the point about imports? Do you really believe they increased 40% between January and March? Someone is playing fast and loose with the numbers by moving q2 imports in to q1, the effect of this is to greatly exaggerate growth in q2 since imports are netted off gdp. It's blatant manipulation and if you can't see that yr in the wrong game investing son.

I'm not talking about sentiment troajan. I'm talking about facts these numbers are obviously wrong. im not going to speculate on the reason but the market has cottoned on to it being obvious bs and is stabilising around 5500. If us Gdp had shrunk 0.3% the s and p would be well below 5000.

Bond are you this dumb?? The data covers the period Jan-Mar before trump open his trap on tariffs which happened on the 2nd April. The market has got more sense than you and creeping back up to where it was as the number is obvious bs.

So everyone on here thinks imports to the USA went up 40% between January and March? Fyi didn't open his trap till April the 2nd after these numbers. Are we all this gullible? The imports in this would be estimated fyi. I'm not sure what the person producing the number has been taking but I want some.

Bond you seem to believe the ONS is independent when it clearly isn't. Same is true in the USA. Do you actually believe imports in the USA surged 40% or whatever is being claimed between Jan-March before any talk of tariffs? A two year old child can that number is obviously incorrect. Imports are netted off Gdp btw.

Someone has stuck in estimates for the imports gate. This will be revised up obviously but someone should be fired for trying to manipulate the market in a totally blatant way. It's rather like the figures the ons its sticking out. If this number was actually correct which it obviously isnt the s and p 500 would be below 4500.

The us Gdp number probably means you might have to wait a bit. I believe it will be revised up, the numbers in the imports column which are estimates look implausible as this was the period before the tariff started.

A1 do you have the number of shares and average price for the buyback naysayers? Good it's not practical to expect shares to be repurchased below tnav. Ordinarily a bank will be worth above tnav.

The buy back over the last 4/5 years has been a cash cow for long term holders. Others here would have the exact numbers but share holders are quids in as a result.

Well I read the results and saw it go to 290 so I purchased some. Fingers crossed. The consensus forward pe is around 8. What's not to like. Good luck all.