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Low interest rates are not good for Banks so the ECB 'Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO) is not good news for the EU banking sector.

And, as Boris wants to take the UK out of the EU by the end of October, the ECB will not be looking to offer UK Banks cheap money.

All this ramping about an ECB stimulus package that will not be good for banks and is unlikely to benefit UK banks because of Brexit seems a bit overdone in my opinion.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-16/why-ecb-will-stuff-free-money-into-bank-pockets-again-quicktake?

I knew they were a harbinger of doom but this is worse than I expected

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/world/asia/india-muslims-narendra-modi.html

Were the Uyghurs the first? Is this the next genocide?

langtro,

A lot of mine economics now work around autonomous vehicles using regenerative power. 1000 metres is too deep in a recession,

Sometimes you have to stare at goats...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/world/europe/portugal-wildfires-goats-climate-change.html

I posted Greek but LSE did not allow - tried a tiny url link and it will not accept Greek either.

Sirius is the brightest star - it was an SXX reference [aka “Dog Star” or, more officially, Alpha Canis Majoris].

I have a few quid in Zinc courtesy in a structured speculation - mines take many more years than most expect [see the Sirius moaners].

# Se?????

As the world sleep steps around another depression you want to invest in emerging markets?

There is a good reason why the money has flowed out [Trump / trade wars / sagging EU economy/ risk from Brexit / Hong Kong protestors / Kashmir / yield inversion / Turkish monetary policy / the likely degrade of the South African Rand and the problems there with Eskom / and add what you want].

Emerging market exchange traded funds can be damaging under these circumstances - the better option (in my opinion) is to use actively managed thematic funds.

https://tinyurl.com/j8e5e9e

there are other known deposits

Maybe more tiny urls are required as some of the LSE filters do not make sense.

wizard125,

I have read the accounts - the point is that many private shareholders would like the Chief Executive to have more skin in the game. He has a large enough salary to either take up his options or spend a fixed percentage of his monthly salary buying on the open market. I think that most would agree.

Will he ever take up his options and get 'some skin in the game'? UKOG need funds hence the deal that some are describing as XXXXX XXXXXX (I could not write the two words as they are so offensive).

Link corrupted - this TinyUrl will work:

https://tinyurl.com/y48oudhp

I have respect for Stephen Wolfram - you can use the free version to generate data about companies you might be researching... The link for Tecan Group is below:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=tecan+group&assumption=%7B%22C%22,+%22tecan+group%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%22Company%22%7D

Interesting recent MIT article:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614074/scientist-fountain-of-youth-epigenome/

I find K Drums cat photos amusing.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/08/friday-cat-blogging-16-august-2019/

Hamid Hayat was freed last week - long live the Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/2019/08/16/terrorism-september-11-prosecution/

5hit

The global recession is already here - how badly will Boris shaft us?

Make of it as you will...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-his-allies-bat****-new-rallying-cry-media-creating-a-recession-to-swing-2020-to-democrats?ref=home

#fundthebench

It has gone so quiet - what happened to the positive posters?

It could be one-teen, two-teen or even three-teen. Featherbourne may even say five-teen.

I have been watching this train smash for a few years - 99 percent down since 3.5p in June 2015. And the dilution...

Some will have made a few bob and good luck to them. Can anybody explain why a new investor should loosen their purse strings?

Only UKOG have a viewing platform that can be used as a bandstand as far as I am aware.