Member Info for Eightyeight88

Expected to fall from 8.7% to 7.3% yy.......as we know this inflation problem is global and if their figure Is 7.3% or lower got to be good for all markets imo.....gla.

PHNX a very good yield along with aviva which also goes ex div tomorrow.....gla.

....and understandably so i suppose ...situations that need to happen for an upside share price breakout.....this awful war in ukraine endinf,inflation coming down ,bank contagion not happening....and a hard landing looks very unlikely etc etc...im not expecting anything to happen quickly....will add on dip sell offs with solid dividend paying shares including more lloyds .....gla.

I bought back into Vodafone as above @86.63 on the 8 dec 2022......what s the consensus on this board re vodafones dividend going forward(current yield very good).....plus does any other investor feel vodafone could be taken over or broken up in any way ......at these levels seriously thinking of adding more ...tia gla.

I really hope to stand corrected..but over the next few months we have to see inflation data dramatically change otherwise another bad call by the OBR..obviously time will tell.... im sceptical...gla

worth having a look at.....other than that german cpi this week......need the next couple of months to see interest rate rises a re having the desired effect.......upcoming may BOFE and FOMC rate decisions impossible to call imo.....gla

Should read "I don't really care that much about politics " lol..gla

Gazz if you noticed I agreed with HU...However if you "give it "..you in turn you have to "take it"... some people can't..sad really...ps I don't really care that much about..me and people I know have managed to create wealth whatever ever party is in power...your just dealt a different hand that's all...driving range beckons..gla.

Agreed HU..gla

Ms Sturgeon's surprise announcement that she was resigning came just three weeks after she insisted that she had "plenty in the tank" and that she still believed she would lead Scotland to independence.

Her husband, Peter Murrell, quit as the SNP's chief executive midway through the leadership contest after being forced to admit its membership had fallen from 104,000 to 72,000 since December 2021.

The party previously ridiculed newspaper reports that it had lost 30,000 members, and had refused to tell the three candidates how many people would be able to vote in the leadership election.

SNP media chief Murray Foote also resigned over the row, with the party still facing a police probe over the use of £600,000 which was raised by activists who were told it would be ringfenced for a second independence referendum, and questions over why Mr Murrell gave the SNP a loan of more than £100,000 in June 2021.

The party and Mr Murrell both deny they have done anything wrong, with Ms Sturgeon saying she "can't recall" when she first learned of her husband's six-figure loan and that the "resources that he lent to the party were resources that belonged to him".

Mr Yousaf has denied allegations that the contest was specifically designed by the party hierarchy to help him win, with both of his rivals questioning the fairness and transparency of the process.

................ very messy imo.

They reek of envy.....anyways good opportunities to be had .....never be in a position that makes you a forced seller....gla have a good weekend

added @390 monday have a bid order in @388.atm...x div 30/3...more than happy to get filled at level .....have a good weekend all.

i was happy to add aviva in particular at 390 monday and ive a 388 buy order in atm not x div till the 30/3...still got a 42p bid in on lloyds x div 13/4....if they get filled im ok with that ....this could easily be rinse a repeat for a good while yet....busy eleswhere ...gla have a good weekend.

Sometimes you've got to take things at face value and i felt reassured by a bailey's assertion that the recent "banking crisis "is nothing like 2008.......im inclined to believe him.........this could be the most naive statement ever by a poster but thats the way i see it atm.....gla

Yes solley..what is it you want to say ?

thanks HU.....gl

bob...the general consensus is today will probably be a rise of +25bp......the tough call by the central bankers revolves around reducing inflation but not triggering a recession...also now thrown into the mix is the buisness model etc of some of the smaller banks and the effect of contagien on the larger banks....the next BofE MPC meeting is on the may11th i believe and im hoping that upcoming inflation data will begin to show that inflation is coming down.....in short so many things in the mix....i would be happy with lloyds year end 53-56p....if it falls to around the 40p mark i would add..very volatile times all round presenting oppourtunities...aimho.....gl

Morning all..gazz just for clarity do you own lloyds shares..

Morning armani..the central banks still see reducing inflation as the number priority and atm they believe raising interest rates is the best tool in the box...it was impossible for those low/near zero rates to remain forever gl &atb

The bofe probably do the same tomorrow...outside chance of +50bp