The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Thanks for the update lat, i have certainly been keeping a close eye. Read the article about the testing for the antiviral and is great news. Also I'm 35 and recieved my invite for vaccination yesterday and am set to have it this Wednesday 28th so imo the country is definitely on track.
Ephemeral I think Clintek was actually very classy in his post when he calmy pointed out how what you wrote was likely (based on his previous experience) disingenuous.
It's not about ramping it's about if you're invested and are confident in your research that this over time will go up from current levels then there is no reason to be fearful or spread short term doubt. If you have short term doubt and are fearful then you have to ask yourself the reasons why. Have you over extended yourself? Is this really the investment for you? Are you focused on the short term because your a day trader hoping for a quick buck?
From my experience, same as Clintek, if you're finding the time to air your doubts on a forum then its usually linked to a reason and not the sign of someone happily invested.
In my opinion short term this will continue to rise and if it doesn't straight away and my money is tied up then I'm comfortable that I haven't over extended myself and can wait until it comes good. It will work out to be much better than any savings rate thats for sure.
Surely this should give us a great start on Monday, half the uk population vaccinated with their first jab and 12 million fully vaccinated. Can't argue with the numbers.
https://news.sky.com/story/half-of-uk-population-has-had-first-covid-jab-and-more-than-12-million-fully-vaccinated-12285678
It will be, even Mark Drakeford the Welsh first minister who has been quite reserved on his plans for reopening until recently said that another lockdown may not be needed thanks to the great progress vaccines have made.
It's to pay down the debt and strengthen the balance sheet, while reducing the total exposure to retail which has suffered while housing has boomed. Don't forget their goal is to create exciting, centrally located, experience driven environments which blends home, office and retail spaces. The out of town retail parks don't play into their plans for the future.
Check out their website ximtwo, the land bank is not including their shopping malls and outlets it's in addition to. Land set aside ready for development.
"100 acres of land capable of delivering up to 6,600 residential units, 1,600 hotel rooms and 300,000m² of workspace."
Check out the third tab referring to City Quarters.
https://www.hammerson.com/#:~:text=This%20includes%20100%20acres%20of,and%20300%2C000m%C2%B2%20of%20workspace.
You have to remember ximtwo that the environment is changing in that we are no longer in lockdown and restrictions are being eased. At the time those sites provided rents because they could be utilised in a way that was beneficial to a lockdown environment. Now that we are moving forward with the vaccination program being so successful the key sites for Hammerson are their malls and indoor shopping centres that pre-pandemic would have been the jewel in their crown. Don't forget the land bank they have if they want to develop new ideas, they have 100 acres of blank canvas to play with.
Incredibly low volume today, haven't even hit 5 million the market makers aren't getting many people selling at these low levels. Won't be long until this goes back up. Either tomorrow or Monday will be my guess as long as the general market remains positive.
£330 mil isn't too bad, perhaps negotiations were dragging out and because it was leaked to the press they decided instead of nickle and diming it over an extra 20 mil better to get the cash in the bank and strengthen their balance sheet now well ahead of any unexpected events like possible interest rate rises.
Looks like BlackRock shrewdly picked up some nice cheap shares when the sp crashed on Monday. This one was from the 19th so might even see another RNS tomorrow of them buying again into yesterdays dip. Cant fault them, they know where this is heading.
Interesting article here, as more things open up and more money is spent in stores we should be getting close to 100% rent collection in no time, especially with our generous 30% cut in rates. It makes 100% far more achievable.
"The reopening of indoor hospitality on 17 May will provide a further boost to retail destinations as many indoor venues are located in High Streets and shopping centres," she added.
Catherine Shuttleworth, a retail analyst at agency Savvy, said good weather, school holidays in some parts of the UK and a desire to go out with family and friends all boosted the figures.
She added: "A lot of people have money in their pockets that they want to spend. Whilst online is a way we can do our shopping it is quite boring and dull, and I think we have overdosed on that.
"It is also a physical manifestation of getting back to normal. People want some signal that life is changing back to what it used to be and the shops opening is a sign of that.
"Our town centres have been like ghost towns so going back and putting your money into them is a really positive thing."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56799889.amp
I will say that more of our European sites are open than I thought which is nice to see, in my head because of the spikes in Europe I just assumed they were all locked down. Surprised to see that Scotland are still dragging their feet, sometimes I feel like the devolved powers like to do things differently just for the sake of it.