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looks like gold is up 2.5%-3% to 1025/30 in futures...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7d02214-f3c1-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html

I heard that gold hit 1000 dollars when I was on a flight , you were only 2 weeks out , not a bad shout at all....

This looks like a tin hat session for financials. A 4 day week too. A shorting week for a short week , lol. .. I wonder if HBOS and AL ill be less than £5 , Barclays and LTSB less than £4 , RBS less than £3 and BB. less than £2. Some of the Insurance companies will be slapped too , Aviva to 550? Oh what fun, exciting times...

FLYING...

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Really pulling the Blue Chips up , fun , fun

I think you are probably going to hit , or as near as you can in these markets , all targets you have set , good shout. I am continuing just doing the day trading thing at the moment but am about to start practicing my buying in just prior to ex-divi for the divi and selling on a gaurantee basis the following morning also buying in on another account for the the SP to fall in line with the divi amount . I am doing with this with HBOS today/tommorrow , so we shall see how the trades are eventually placed by IG markets and TD Waterhouse and what the resulting placement will yield/loose , what fun. Miners look like they have had a bit of a shake out with worries about a global slowdown / profit takeing , very suprised that ftse futures look blue after the DOW's continued drop , anyway , have a good trading day , liked the Newport Networks Group movement , not in myself , but well done..

off now , it is warm , beach day for me ... no takers for next month , never mind , maybe next week. I play the FTSE 100 , sometimes 250 , but hey for all those having the fledging ride , good luck.

I was talking to a mate , over the telephone , in New York about Australia and it's uplift in interest rates as my (18) year old daughter and boyfriend were influenced by me to head across the pond for a while. Yes interest rates are high and wages lower , but he is a skilled plumber (20) and I think that I would prefer to whack them a wedge now to have a look for a few years than be stale mate in the UK. The economy boom with RIO and BIL , etc , qnd exorts , mineral wealth , etc , is a good thing. I think Australia is one of the places to be if you are yound and skilled and with a little parental support and if you do not need to borrow monies, a bonus...

just so you know , I chose AAA , this share , as it is dead , ie no one recognises this share , it probably does not trade anymore , who knows , but people need both an activity or a vent. I hope that people (6) will get together for a good meet and others can also vent views in general amd not against a share in particular or those that post against a share in particular. Politics is to me , or just a bad day or good day says it too. I have got to get my poo together for the beach , blues and beers.

yo , democracy , where did that one go...

..you will regret not doing it, it is at a 20 year low against sterling . I told my dad , who is spending more time in europe since he retired ,to transfer monies at 1.48 euros to the pound. He trusted my brother who is an employed financial tech head and placed it elsewhere. My mum kicked dads arse when she transfered a wedge at 1.29 last week. I have not heard from my brother for a while either.

you have my number and email , just book the flight , you will be the first , have a little trust.

I am a nobody to you , but imo , the 2012 Olympics will be under euro control. I am a radical theorist , ie , influenced by blues and gut rot, and the Olympic games will have gates that accept euro coins...

for your financial health , find a way...

...it is only a question of time..it is heading that way ,heading on a sure 10% decline this year alone...look at UK property values should it happen!! Sterling only needs to loose another 1% a month over the next 2 years to laugh in your face. Phone a broker on currency exchange for his/her views, phone a friend.... what will support an uplift, an uplift in interest rates ??? There will be , as a result of the 4% uplift in minimum wage a knock on effect for all to have a minimum average of 6% ... I think everbody should have a million , but economics say different and UK inflation will be at its highest next year and if sterling is to survive , interest rates will rise , not fall , to attempt control. I think the this government will force the euro upon us by failing to control inflation and not increase interest rates and it will not be a labour government , like always , to take the poo whilst trying to make ammends but that they then rally again to promise a different future after those that take the reigns fail to sort out the pile of poo that the labour government left behind, imo. . As a **** head , I say move your life to a dollar placed buck to live for the next couple of years if your income is sterling based and start to unwind your UK asset portfolio.

I moved from the Bahamas back to the Uk and then to France in the last 5 years. My sterling based income has been pounded in Europe of late. Thinking about going back to the Bahamas to ride out the currency storm between sterling and euro and benifit the sterling rise against the dollar. I see sterling , eventually becoming euro , but not before the euro has devalued the pound into submission , ie. the pound will be defunct and not trading within 48 months , imo. Any of you boys/girls back the pound long term against the euro , let me know , as I am packing my bags to take the rise against the dollar and enjoy...

long tall sally seeks me too

.. fancy a trip to france last week of April? Not many like mineded people up for it yet , but hey , like a stock , could go up overnight , can't go any lower ... comments appreciated.