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rat down a drain pipe? Should I cut my losses on GGP. and buy SOLG?

Can't find it now, but geographical breakdown previously was some 5% outside Russia...which makes sense of the NAV...ish?
NB: Oil and wheat sanctions not imposed by some with genuine concerns for political/ social uprisings as a result of high fuel and food costs eg: India inter alia. I note UNdirector for famine is pleading for grain...predominantly Russian and Ukrainian grain bought for famine programmes.

Washington Post March 6th 2014... Henry Kissinger How the Ukraine Crisis Ends...worth reading if you can find it.

on a separate note...when is an oligarch not an oligarch? National Lottery being handed to a Czech oligarch, P&O...HMM

Thanks GGO, posted the NAV as a comment on the further downside.
Sold some back in Feb 21 to average in on LLOY...time to reverse?

NAV posted yesterday (17 March) 38.9

All these bureaucrats we are paying for: UN, NATO , ICJ....makes the vampire squid look benevolent, certainly more efficient.

Good article in FT weekend mag about Facebook's "libra"coin...Powell was happy , Yellen said she didn't like it but Powell was welcome to go for it, if he was happy to take the flak..Powell folded. Is this really someone whose opinion is reliable/valuable?

at last something positive from the bashing of "Russian" stocks.
This has been trading at a wide discount so price should tighten now.

same Tim Cornelius who brought Guptas on board at SAE?

thanks...have held LLOY for years in various pots..some in good profit but next dividend pathetic and share buybacks are not sufficient reward...am contemplating selling LLOY for NWG..I guess HMG's share is less of a drag now?

any thoughts?

Egypt was built on the slave trade...

ref Novice hunter, "the perpetrators use be taught a lesson" ?
NATO London Declaration completely overturned...is Russia the perpetrator in wanting to keep NATO missiles away from its borders? Look how happy the USA was when the USSR wanted to arm Cuba similarly. There is much more to this situation than knee-jerk reactions which our politicians would do well to consider.

So beat up Abramovich..who is an Israeli citizen, btw,..who's next ? Everton..both are in Russia, even steel, one is Russian but Moshiri has made his pile of cash in Russia; Leicester City..that sort of cash doesn't look dirty, or does it?..Manchester City...and what exactly has Abu Dhabi been sponsoring politically in Africa?

Should get Angela Merkel out of retirement to sort this mess...probably only European leader who gets it.
Can't think the Israelis have anything to offer other than USA's preferences.
These knee-jerk sanctions are fine for USA..as I have said before, these wheat sanctions will cause political instability in the wider Mediterranean and African states...I believe it is known as famine...hoipe Uncle Joe has time to pray for all those suffering from famine.

good Rod Liddle article sports section Sunday Times this weekend past. Beginning to suspect all politicians/ government officials are not Chelsea fans.

hmm..talking of starving, any thoughts of how North Africa , Egypt etc are going to survive without Russian wheat? Sanctions are hurting populations and countries who cannot afford this politicking.

We are being led by the nose....Ukraine is being beaten up by the Russians but they are asking for nuclear arms on Ukrainian soil now? really? Ukraine is lousy with USA arms ...what did they think the Russians were going to do?
Seems to me Croatia and Ukraine lost ww11, but are winning the peace.

Naive beyond belief…..life in sackcloth so much more righteous …no car, no mobile, no laptop, no mobile…yup, go off grid Gouger.

If I was Taiwan, I would be digging bunkers.