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My filter button has stopped flashing , has yours ? I read reputable news channels , and post appropriate economic links , not misguided and emotional trash like the Guardian . On account of my regular visits to Majorca , have a generous supply of olives , filled . Perhaps more than 1 tin will be consumed on UKID . I will inform the world when you're down £400k . LTI You were advising your followers to buy in at 61.8p . As a Mensa candidate you should know better !!!

Best hope 55p holds , otherwise major downside beckons . Console yourself, DCB , purveyor of FAKE wisdom is now down c£130k in his investments , his vast wisdom told him to invest in EU Financials , DUMB is an understatement . I will let you know when he's down £400k . My olives will have anchovies or peppers in them . ATB

Perhaps that’s just as well. While the world economy is enjoying its strongest upswing since 2011, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned last week that the clouds are “getting darker by the day.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-17/easy-money-era-endures-even-as-central-banks-unwind-stimulus

Labour didn't win a single Town Hall in last months local elections , so we can safely assume Corbin in no.10 is only another of your misguided dreams

Are you returning to Ireland , with a view to overturning the Abortion Ref ? God Bless you , always chasing lost causes , all failing Empires need " useful idiots "

Why not give staff an annual performance bonus , avoids dilution and then they don't get stung in next downturn . Most importantly shareholders don't get deceived.

"There is a case to be made that the recent fall could be partly due to employees cashing in some chips since the 400 million + shares were issued a month ago" Are you telling us , even Lloy employees don't see a bright future ahead . They must be enlightened

This might explain the logic of our leaders. "U.S. inflation accelerated in May to the fastest pace in more than six years, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s outlook for gradual interest-rate hikes while eroding wage gains that remain relatively tepid despite an 18-year low in unemployment. "The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent from the previous month and 2.8 percent from a year earlier, matching estimates, a Labor Department report showed Tuesday. The annual gain was the biggest since February 2012 and follows a 2.5 percent increase in April. Excluding food and energy, the core gauge was up 0.2 percent from the prior month and 2.2 percent from May 2017, also matching the median estimates of economists." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-12/u-s-inflation-at-six-year-high-eating-away-at-wage-increases No REAL Economic growth in US , yet Yanks keep being burdened by more debt . Just be grateful our Gov runs a balanced budget , excluding Infrastructure

PMSL . Cheers folks !

Tophat also stated, "They do not want to have to cut the dividend in the event of a downturn."

Surely FED can't control yield on 10 yr notes , free market forces do that ?

"The next financial crisis is going to be more severe than the Great Recession because all asset prices are in a bubble this time around. And, at the same time, public, private and central bank balance sheets are in much worse condition than a decade ago. In the wake of the last crisis, Governments worldwide thought it was a great idea to push trillions of dollars� worth of debt into negative territory and keep them there for many years in the foolish pursuit of inflation targets. But now, global bond yields are in the process of spiking and this will for sure be the catalyst for the next financial panic. Wise investors should already have a plan in place to protect their investments. And to profit from the imminent financial crisis that will send asset prices into freefall; perhaps with even greater intensity than ever seen before."

Everything on a peak , going by clip . It has to run out of steam at some stage. "The cause of the Great Recession circa 2008 was collapsing home prices that led to an insolvent banking system. However, the next economic crisis will result from the bursting of the worldwide bond bubble and its devastating effect on asset prices." "Nevertheless, Corporate America�s addiction to cheap debt is now coming to an end. Over the next five years, Companies will have to refinance close to $4 trillion of bonds--two-thirds of all their existing outstanding debt, according to Wells Fargo Securities. Rising interest rates will push an even greater percentage of these corporate balance sheets upside down." http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article62430.html Looks like 4% is a given.

"Nearly ten years after U.S. credit markets hit rock bottom, the contours of the next downturn appear to be taking shape. Alongside the slowdown in real new bank credit, we can see that consumer loan delinquencies are creeping higher while corporate debt has never been tilted more heavily toward junk (as discussed in this uncharacteristically bearish Moody�s report and combined with other relevant data in this ZeroHedge article). Also, neither consumer nor business borrowing has ever been higher as a percent of the economy, as noted in the first set of bullets above." http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article62446.html Definitely worth a read

"The Fed is expected to hike interest rates next Wednesday. Rate hikes in the current rate hike cycle have been a short term bearish factor for the stock market. The stock market has tended to go down or swing sideways during the next 2 weeks after a rate hike." http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article62468.html Looks like VIX going up next week .

Looks like Wests firewalls aren't high enough , judging by shenanigans in Italy

@ snige , surely you remember Hanoy Jane , the Liberal Elite wanted US to lose the Vietnam War . Perhaps it was a Godsend Trump didn't end up there , they might have won it .

Be yourself ! If we all agreed on everything , nothing would be learnt ! BoB Love your Pen�S analogy . We should all place them on a table and may the smallest win ATB all

Some of us would call that Consistency , a great personal quality

Do you feel extra manly having discovered a female member of our BB ?