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The bitcoin bubble is going to burst and when it does, PM's will rocket. That's my prediction.

I read rising inflation is what's causing the drop. The theory is, with cost of living going up, people will have less to spend on luxuries, holidays etc. That's perhaps true to some extent, however the average cruise ship holidaymaker is, let's say, more financially well off than your average Butlins holidaymaker! It'll take more than rising food and energy prices to deter your average luxury cruise ship holidaymaker. Carnival is top end, luxury travel, luxury holidays - the vast majority of passengers are financially well off and will be unfazed and undeterred by rising inflation. In short, buy the dips. 2022 will be a strong year for Carnival.

The sp has been trending up since July 20th, it's up 20%
Please keep your short open mate until at least Christmas, it'll he good education for you. Costly, but good.

Ref June 24th this year..

What the hell difference does that make? Bookings are ALWAYS taken in advance you utter tool.

On a call with analysts today, Carnival Corp. revealed that the company has seen a sharp spike in booking volumes for future cruises across its nine brands since the start of the year.

Carnival Corp. executives reported that Q2 cruise bookings had risen 45 percent over the first quarter of 2021. They also said that, as of May 31, cumulative advanced bookings for 2022 cruises are surpassing the numbers seen during a very strong 2019

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/carnivals-q2-booking-volumes-up-45-percent-due-to-pent-up-demand.html

Carnival Cruise Line Adds Second Greenland Cruise Due to Huge Demand

https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-line-adds-second-greenland-cruise-due-to-huge-demand/57228

The CEO of Carnival, Arnold Donald, the world's biggest cruise company, says the huge demand for travel on its ships is outstripping supply

Bookings were "robust" and among the highest in the company's history, according to Donald.

He said: "We do not have an issue with being able to fill the ships. People are ready to sail. In fact, we have far more demand than we have ships available to supply right now."

In a second-quarter business update Thursday, the company said that booking volumes for future cruises were 45% higher than during the first quarter. It added that advance bookings for 2022 were already higher than in 2019, thanks to pent-up demand.

https://www.businessinsider.com/carnival-cruise-demand-ship-sail-travel-donald-arnold-costa-2021-6

"And the fleet will continue to be under-utilised for at least another 6 months"

Yes, not much longer to wait before the sp will be significantly higher. This is the last time we'll see prices this low. They'll be much higher by year end and higher still as we begin the new year.

Carnival Cruise Line Has Had Over 237,000 Guests Sail Since Resuming Cruises

"Our first three months back in service has underscored our strong brand loyalty, the best customer base in the cruise industry and our team’s ability to deliver outstanding results and guest service,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “It has been an emotional experience for everyone involved, myself included, as we have resumed operations with a focus on health and safety while providing a positive impact for our guests, team members and the communities we visit.”

By the end of the year, 17 Carnival cruise ships will be back in service with the cruise line’s entire U.S. fleet back in service by next spring.

By the end of the year, 17 Carnival cruise ships will be back in service with the cruise line’s entire U.S. fleet back in service by next spring.

https://cruisefever.net/carnival-cruise-line-return-to-service/

A shorter who makes no attempt to disguise the fact he's a shorter. Saddo.

Copper is ‘the new oil’ and low inventories could push it to $20,000 per ton, analysts say

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/copper-is-the-new-oil-and-could-hit-20000-per-ton-analysts-say.html

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/experts-say-copper-shaping-up-to-be-the-new-oil-as-demand-soars-301342805.html

https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/podcasts/episodes/05-18-2021-nick-snowdon.html

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/copper-is-the-new-oil-demand-for-the-metal-expected-to-soar-this-decade-121041700450_1.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2021/04/23/copper-and-lithium-compete-for-the-title-of-new-oil/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/copper-price-outlook-demand-rise-goldman-sachs-sustainability-commodities-2021-4

If you look at the 5 year chart, the share price has been on an upward trajectory since April 2020 when the pandemic first hit. It's risen +160% since then, although it's still significantly down compared to where it was before the virus struck. The share price has bobbled about on a daily basis, but the overall trend for the last year or so has been up.

Business is booming and yet the share price responds by going down. The stock market never fails to suprise.

Gold price continuing to hold up
https://goldprice.org/goldprice.org

What happened to transitory inflation?!..

FED MINUTES: SOME OF THESE PARTICIPANTS SAW INFLATION AS LIKELY TO REMAIN ELEVATED IN 2022 WITH RISKS TO THE UPSIDE

FED MINUTES: PARTICIPANTS CITED UPSIDE RISKS THAT INFLATION WOULD CONTINUE FOR LONGER THAN EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IF LABOR AND OTHER SUPPLY SHORTAGES PROVED MORE PERSISTENT THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED

FED MINUTES: VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS STRESSED THAT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WERE LIKELY TO JUSTIFY KEEPING THE RATE AT OR NEAR ITS LOWER BOUND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS

Gold stocks right now on NYSE :

Barrick Gold +3.30%
Newmont Corporation +3.25%
Kinross Gold +4.72%
Yamaha Gold +4.21%
Agnico Eagle Mines +3.57%

September's inflation numbers showed price pressures accelerating to 5.4% annually, slightly more than the market was expecting. "We are starting to see the market growing nervous about the U.S. consumer. After digesting this report, it shows that the market is now anticipating sooner rate hikes. At the same time, we see the yield curve flattening, and that is good news for gold," OANDA senior market analyst Edward Moya told Kitco News. "Gold is entering a period where risks now outweigh the reopening trade, and we'll see more safe-haven flows into gold. This is a major reversal of trends and very positive for gold."
https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-10-13/-This-is-a-game-changer-for-gold-Shift-in-Fed-s-rate-hike-expectations-take-gold-price-towards-1-800.html

FOMC Minutes: Tapering to start in November or December
http://www.breakingthenews.net/news/details/56528704

Gold rose on Wednesday, boosted by concerns of an economic hit from soaring energy prices and a retreat in the dollar, as investors braced for U.S. inflation data

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/13/gold-markets-dollar-us-inflation-data.html

£18 share X 1992m shares in issue = £35.856 bn mcap
£35.856 bn mcap ÷ £66.69m NAV = mcap = 537 x NAV = wishful thinking/never gonna happen!

Definitely not a labour voter, I'm a disillusioned conservative voter and regards fundamental change, Johnson is just one of many world leaders pushing the world economic Forum's Great Reset agenda the tagline being "build back better" Google it, it's not hard to find.

Johnson needs to stop spouting all this "build back better" crap and get the country back to 100% normality. We're not seeing the recovery we should be seeing - and it's mainly because this government is trying to usher in huge fundamental changes to how we live our lives, unwelcome changes that nobody asked for and nobody wants.