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LOL........I was being sarcastic with the "happy days" comment. Falky will be having a busy day posting though! LOL

(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Tuesday reported a sharp jump in profit in 2021, with all of the bank's regions recording a positive year but was unable to match market expectations, and the bank unveiled a new bumper USD1 billion share buyback programme.

"HSBC delivered a good financial performance in 2021. All of our regions were profitable in 2021, supported by the global economic recovery, demonstrating the value of our global network. There was also good growth in focus areas such as Asia wealth and trade," Chair Mark Tucker said.

In 2021, London-headquartered HSBC reported pretax profit of USD18.91 billion, doubled from USD8.78 billion in 2020 - but coming in behind market forecasts of USD19.12 billion.

https://www.lse.co.uk/news/HSBA/top-news-hsbc-annual-profit-underwhelms-plans-usd1-billion-buyback-z8epcsjcfpyzbhb.html

FTSE 100 Futures currently down circa -1.2%. Can see the Banks dropping -4% to -5%. Happy days!

Russian President Putin now officially recognises independence of Luhansk & Donetsk . Overwhelming feeling of dejavu here..................1938, Hitler and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia!

You trying to talk the SP lower Falky

MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday said there were no concrete plans for a summit over Ukraine between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, after the French president said the two leaders had agreed a meeting in principle.

A summit might offer a possible path out of Europe's biggest military crisis in decades, and financial markets edged higher on the glimmer of hope for a diplomatic solution.

However, both Washington and Moscow played down hopes of a breakthrough, and satellite imagery appeared to show Russian deployments closer to Ukraine's border than before.

Western countries accuse Russia of planning an invasion of its neighbour. Moscow denies planning any attack but has demanded security guarantees including a promise that Ukraine would never join NATO.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/kremlin-says-no-concrete-plans-summit-with-biden-over-ukraine-2022-02-21/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The%20Reuters%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=21-2-22&utm_campaign=21-2-22

Brixton
Did you take profits on ABF or you still invested there?
HSBC results tomorrow.
Barclays Wednesday.

Full year dividend is the total of interim dividend and final dividend. So subtract interim from full year to get final dividend.

US president Joe Biden agreed to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the condition that a Russian invasion of Ukraine hasn’t happened, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.

The statement came after Mr Biden spoke with French president Emanuel Macron as Russia amassed 150,000 troops, along with military equipment, which the White House described as being about “ongoing diplomacy and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s military buildup on the borders of Ukraine”.

Mr Macron had previously spoken with both Mr Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“As the President has repeatedly made clear, we are committed to pursuing diplomacy until the moment an invasion begins,” Ms Psaki said.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-putin-meet-russia-ukraine-invade-b2019412.html

Pedro Goncalves·Finance reporter
Mon, 21 February 2022, 12:01 am·3-min read
New property listings are up 11% compared to the same period last year
New property listings are up 11% compared to the same period last year. Photo: Getty
Property asking prices are up 9.5% this month compared to last year, with houses coming to the market at a record high.

According to data from property site Rightmove (RMV.L), the average asking price increased by 2.3% — or £7,785 — in February to a record of £348,804, the biggest monthly jump in pounds recorded by Rightmove in over twenty years.

Prices are now 9.5% higher than a year ago, the highest annual rate of growth since September 2014.

This new record means that average asking prices have now risen by nearly £40,000 in the two years since the pandemic started, compared to just over £9,000 in the previous two years.

The price growth was driven primarily by the “second stepper” sector — those who may find themselves in need of more space and are now ready to move on from their first homes.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/property-asking-prices-jump-to-record-348-k-in-february-000117278.html

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Don't smoke but do have to get up for a pee as well. Be heading of for my daily 7 mile walk around 8 am.

Theosus
"As for our special forces. Well they didn't do so well in Afghanistan.."
Equally so, neither did the Russian special forces.

Minimum 1.34p final dividend
Possible special dividend 0.5p - 1p
Buyback £1 billion - £1.5 billion

Feck me you're on parade early today! Sunday!

Tomorrow Brixton, just going to have dinner now, and will be hitting the Scapa single malt after dinner.
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Highonsmack
What the feck are you talking about? LTI and J46 nothing to do with it? Bye bye.

Highonsmack
Why don't you address your question to the author of the post to who I was replying to who said "We have to build more homes cos of the influx of migration fron North/Scotland ..etc"
Now would you say that was Non-evidenced prejudice? The fact that you have not challenged the author of that post clearly shows your post to be prejudiced! Get my point feckwit!

Highonsmack
"It could just as easily be said new houses are being filled with degenerate semi-educated overpaid indigenous louts."
Got any data to back that up? Non-evidenced prejudice.

Like the third round of FA Cup when the conference league team have a dream home fixture against a top Premier League outfit! Will there be a giant killing performance by the conference league team? Any of the bookies offering odds for this match?