Bigtosh30 Sep 2021 17:07
Hello BT
How are you doing my friend?. Glad to see you are still posting. I am still around and just occasionally look in on this board to see what is going on and what news there is. I am very much on the sidelines these days. I only have the one investment, IGG. That is rather like GBG in its' movements. At times they seem to be neck and neck, then one falls back, the other rises, then they change place. Sometimes they move in the same direction at the same time, although neither has an effect on the other.
I spend far less time looking at shares these days. In hindsight I realise I spent far too much time in the past and wasted valuable time which should have been spent on other much more important things, like life generally. I got too absorbed in it all. As I have got "less young" my priorities have changed. I have become more settled, my financial position has improved with a small private pension, not paying into the pension scheme and having no mortgage and so I feel there is less need to go chasing rainbows!. I now have 2 young females in my life to look after too.....2 4 legged furry faces of the feline brand!.......something to come home to. Bit like you with the not so puppy puppies I guess.
I see Mrs. BT is keeping you in order..........and in jobs......no change there!. I expect everything is sorted now re the house etc.
RR is still hanging in there. She remembers the races of many years ago but doesn't jump anymore. In fact if she were to see a fence in front of her she wouldn't recognise it for what it was........doesn't always recognise me these days. Some may argue that is no bad thing!. Sad fact of getting older but at least she is being looked after now in the home.
The stock market is a strange old thing. Some things never change - companies share price can be hit after good results, some can rise on the mere hint of good news, some share prices are sheer speculative madness. I have little idea where the market is going - quite possibly sideways. Doesn't appear on the face of it to be much good news to drive it forward, potentially bad news to drive it down - ie debt ceiling needing to be raised in the US but the usual partisan arguments up to the last minute. Shortage of truck drivers affecting deliveries of all sorts leading to shortages leading to higher prices, danger of inflation, may lead to higher interest rates, higher NI contributions, less spending money etc. etc. Continued fall out from Brexit. Then we have a PM who in front of the United Nations (was it?) who quotes Kermit the bleeding frog for Gods' sake!......how embarrassing is that!. Most of them probably don't know who Kermit was!. Well Boris he was a stuffed toy puppet!.......bit like yourself mate, you even look like one!. One muppet in charge of many. Heaven help us. I suppose we get what we voted for (although I didn't).
Good luck all and regards
CM
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