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FTSE100 🔺 0.9%

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.baha.com/Europe-up-in-premarket-pushed-by-Wall-Street-gains/news/details/61723415?internal=1

A BUMPER DAY‼️

F16's should be a game changer as long as there are enough suppled.

GBNEWS.....the propaganda channel and the REFORM party are hoping to takeover the UK

TREK

Georgia thanks to TRUMP is a very troubled state after he tried to rig the votes.

Trump is being charged.

https://news.sky.com/story/historic-mugshot-donald-trump-booked-on-13-election-fraud-charges-in-georgia-12946945

Your aunt was v unlikely to be living there in the TRUMP era.

This could go on for years.

YU

STILL flying

Blimey, then will it retrace.

President standing down.

Hardly earth scattering

Up 4.9%.

Takeover speculation?

From yesterday's results...

Paul’s opinion - fantastic figures, and outlook. It seems obvious to me that these are super-normal profits, caused by short-medium term opportunities provided by the energy crisis. YU management seem to have played a blinder with their hedging, and contracts with customers.

Once energy markets normalise, and people can shop around again for supplies, then it will be interesting to see if profits remain this high? Big Director selling would be a warning sign worth heeding I think, but there's not been anything of significance yet. Note founder/CEO Baljit Kalar owns 51.8% of the company.

Another bull case is that lots of smaller, badly managed energy suppliers went bust during the energy crisis. So as a survivor (which has prospered, not just survived), then maybe YU could have less competition to contend with in future?

There’s also the regulatory framework to consider, which might change if the Govt changes maybe?

I can see why people like these numbers/outlook though, they’re fantastic!

Note that the share price crash in 2018 was caused by accounting problems - overstated profit. Let's hope the accounting is more prudent now.

HUM

Mali where anything can happen and often does.

Coups are a favourite especially now the French have pulled out.

The most important being a ....

MASSIVE TORY DEFEAT.

whenever Sunak has the guts to call an election

Higher interest rates simply don’t work when the causes of inflation are external. There is no excess demand in the economy that needs to be crushed. We have the most expensive energy in the world due to mad government policies. We have a crisis of lack of investment. I really don’t know what higher interest rates are trying to achieve.

Core CPI at 4.5% and with the minimum wage increase in April inflation could spike again. Can't see BOE lowering rates just yet.

FTSE100 FLAT

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.baha.com/Europe-mixed-premarket-amid-data/news/details/61714721?internal=1

Yes and wait for a new CEO

You do know that the Tories believe in small governance ....meaning cut down public services.

While Europe's main economies pay a far higher % tax take (UK is 38%) but have much better public services.

You choose at the voting booth

TREK

Your YU has "blown the doors down"

Amazing performance almost going up in a straight line with few pullbacks.

Most be your best pick.

Sadly I was waiting for a pullback which never came. So missed out.

What an amazing achievement NOM.

Especially if you live alone like me.

I never have drunk on my own as it's so easy to slide into the habit of heavy drinking with all its evils.

Hammered

LLOYDS closed 70p the day before the Brexit vote in 2016.

Then 55p the next day when we voted to leave the EU.

lloyds share price has NEVER recovered.

All you need to know about BREXIT.

Failing trade and reduced foreign investment as foreign companies choose to invest elsewhere.