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French elections the next two weekends and ours wedged between. There was always going to be a pull back, Airbus profit warning or not. The political landscape is guaranteed to change both sides of the channel. Pre election and sometimes post, have always been great buying opportunities. Keep some cash on the sidelines for the dips.

Jefferies raises Rolls-Royce price target to 580 (530) pence - 'buy'

IMHO a third and final offer will be tabled on or before the 11th July deadline. Chances are this will be before the General Election as a. Labour majority is already baked in and will be reflected in the upside of planning reform. 275-280 is where it will most likely sit.

I’m out tomorrow to offset against gains this tax year. I’ll be lucky to clear a tenner but should save £200 in tax offset.

If you sell now 2024/2025 Capital Gains allowance has been reduced to £6,000 and dividend allowance to £500 for basic tax payers. All thanks to Hunt the ****. As others have replied, you can use your losses in the future which is open ended. Therefore, all this tax year if needed or part of, or none until you need it. Obviously, this is could all change under a change of government. Positive or negative. Either way, current fiscal drag is killing us.

The same happened at SAGA. Sir Roger De Haan coming in with a £50m+ loan after his family sold out many years before.

I wouldn't trust JD as far as I could throw him. He's looking after the interests of team JD and nobody else. The board will do as he requests as long as they get a fat bonus, pension contributions and another job to go to. There could be a twist to this tail but that's an instalment for next week. 4 days of contemplation for other suitors may be the only positive. The brand does have value and for billionaire Chinese textile barons a few hundred million sterling is a drop in the ocean.

Watch this place. Now for the hundreds of told you so posts over the weekend. Switch of now and come back Tuesday 0800hrs.

KERING revenue warning will not help the landscape today.

Not exactly in free fall as predicted by some. The Superdry brand does have a value and probably more than one thinks.

Not just Superdry. Hugo Boss sales and forward earnings weaker than expected, we’re in good company when the big boys are struggling.

I’m at 36.37

Fashion chain White Stuff explores sale amid takeover interest.

The pair of entrepreneurs who founded White Stuff in 1985 have engaged Rothschild to advise them after receiving an unsolicited takeover approach, Sky News learns.

Could have some interesting parallels with Superdry.

I'm at 35.75

Following the same pattern as many other stocks. The main point to acknowledge is its the last trading day of the week.

If you've doubled or trebled your money perhaps its time to get out. If you're still under water then you have nothing to lose holding over the weekend. It only takes some negative sentiment by one pundit over the weekend and Monday could be a sea of red. Just from my own experience when greed blinkers the facts.

Positive start

They could be taken over with the regulator agreeing to a Credit Suisse model. Share holders protected and bond holders burnt. Would reinforce public confidence, especially when the Chancellor is considering enhanced ISA tax breaks to invest in UK plc.

IMHO, Metro has a positive visible presence on the high street and this will not have gone unnoticed by the big boys. The clock is ticking and a deal will have to be done by midnight in some shape or form. If they let it drift depositors will run for the hills if they haven’t already. It would be interesting to see the total withdrawals of the past few days. A takeover circa 80p is still possible having seen those who are circling at the moment. It will be a volatile open and that has nothing to do with Metro, the Israel/ Palestinian conflict will have massive ramifications for oil prices and the energy sector as a whole. Hard hats at the ready.

I’m not keen on using the words “banking crisis”, however this is a crisis for Metro. Probably not enough time yesterday and today to put an action plan together so most likely this weekend will be the horse trading etc. Always seems to be the weekend when banking giants get together. Frankly, I think the best option is for the sector is to rally round and assist if possible or the mood may change on their own doorstep. A close above 40 will be positive in more ways than one. In terms of share price drops, there are bigger players in other sectors that have had larger falls the last couple of weeks and it’s brushed under the carpet. Most FTSE350 companies have humongous debt on their balance sheets necessitating refinancing on a near yearly basis in shape or form. Not like the new norm on residential fixed rate mortgages now 5-7%, business interest rates are 10-20%. Fingers crossed.

I have £60K on deposit and have no reason to withdraw as went through a bank run with Northern Rock 2008/9 with a similar amount.

However, if I had north of £85K I would be withdrawing that portion online now or in branch first thing tomorrow. A positive RNS pre-market / bank opening time will stall a run. Too much in the media this evening to stop the current panic. Frankly the £85K FCA/FSCS limit is well out of date and should be circa £500K. Interesting morning ahead. Either way, who will want to be holding this stock over the weekend without an RNS ? Also mortgage holders will not want to be locked in mortgages if locked in like Northern Rock customers.

RI would have to be circa 40p to gain appetite and reasonable upside. Fridays closing price will be a good indicator of where this sits. RNS needed imminently if they want breathing space ahead of a busy weekend of horse trading..

No trades since float showing on LSE which is interesting. This maybe a difficult share to trade with very little stock in the mm hands. Time will tell