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Nez. Sorry to hear about your mum. I'm sure she appreciated your love and care and fortunate that you could both take care of her. Not easy I know from my own experiences. My condolences

UK warns France it may retaliate over fishing row, I feel fish slapping face contest a la Monty Python coming on. Why don't they just do it. Spineless jellyfish the lot of them

Well done on Trade T. A profit is a profit. I managed to stick pretty much to my word and managed to hold off buying too much so have a but of fire power left. It was really hard as their seem so many bargains, The truth is they all got cheaper, so holding off paid off. Could easily have missed out badly. people still talking about the catalyst to crash the market I'm more thinking about the catalyst for the market to take off. Fixing the supply chain would obviously be number one . Getting inflation might be harder but one should follow the other. Economies are still looking quiet buoyant if governments could try and coordinate some kind of action plan rather than political posturing. Feel like I've been on a diet. Actually I have lost half a stone and rather a lot more in pounds sterling but hoping Evergrande will meet the next payment tomorrow so I may break my fast! GL

Morning all. I'm still pretty cautious T, probably always am, but still manage my fair share of daft moves! Someone posted that whilst the Dow hit record highs recently, their mid and small caps have been performing as poorly as ours . Asian stocks retreating again this morning but they do seem stuck in a fairly tight range. I think the general view is we are going through a sticky patch with supply and inflation. I have a few stocks that have been drifting down for a while, but no debt good balance sheets and reasonably strong order books and growth forecasts if they can get supplied with materials.
Dreadful sounding weather in north west. GL

All in a days hobble N and V thanks. Achilles is just healed I hope after about 4 months! Shoulders been a problem but Smokie had downed me a few times! Have to be careful of foxes on night walks because he just suddenly lunges into the darkness and he is mighty powerful. Normally prepared but there is always a moment het catches me off balance.
Hope you are all doing ok. Things do appear a little brighter but don't suppose we have seen the last of profit warnings which seems to include 'inline trading' these days. GL

Morning all. Welcome back T. Yes the stresses and strains of sudden exercise!. Have been suffering too, Mostly from injuries sustained while taking the dog for a walk: torn achilles , cracked collar bone and bruised shin where he decided to charge at me like a raging bull to get the ball some one had thrown passed me but taking route 1! I' m still a nit nervous about evergrande and want o see their commitments met this Friday. IGR is the latest stock to be felled by supply shortage but 50% choosing June seems a bit over done ( I used to own so another great escape for me). Trouble is you need more than escapes to make money. Saga recovery well on back of statement from Sutherland this morning and I suspect that the new theory that COVID infections about to plummet has helped too. Just need a sign that supply chain repaired and chip manufacturing improved and it could get very lively again

Morning brigade
Yes V, its been an interesting F1 so far. Cant say I have followed it as closely this year, but keep tabs on it as after all they helped invent the hybrid vehicle.
Everegrande averted defaulting by a last minute payment. Its becoming a bit like COVID. How long will it last.? They have another deadline to meet on Friday. Trying to offload landbanks and divert cash into EV. Unfortunately they don't even have a model yet never mind sold a car. All very Tesla and there are quite a few of them gliding around backstreets even here now, although there are still hardly any charging points. A few people in terraced houses have a shiny EV and trail a cable out of their front door across the pavement or even the road to their flat vehicles. Not very H&S conscious but so very British! We're going to adopt this new technology if it kills us and our neighbours cos its free country. Probably bought by DFL's who are buying second homes at twice the price they were last year, having saved a package on stamp duty, which I thought was supposed to help people struggling to get a roof, not came the rich richer. Soon going to be like Clarm (Clapham). Actually it already is. Sadly it does make us want to sell up, but then we're just adding to the problem somewhere else. Maybe just go travelling as all the chicks have now literally flown.

nothing too dramatic this week. Monday's going to be an interesting open if Evergrande miss their interest payment on their 300 billion loan again. I think its going to be a managed collapse with any luck. Contagion is a concern, apparently there are about 150 banks involved around the world and they are trying to sell stuff off. At least it won't be a shock out of the blue if they can contain the fall. A lot of Chinese have the pension in it (sp down 80% on Hong Kong exchange) and many will loose the house they thought they had bought. Not good. Anyway on that cheerful note its the weekend. Have good one. Off down Smugglers foe some real ale . My son always asks hows it so cheap to drink in Deal? I just say drink up and don't mention it to the landlord!

Thanks Nick. I'm doing ok myself in that department. I banked a few good profits at the beginning of the year as a safety net that I might need to get out of positions such as have recently arisen. They always say you shouldn't invest on a tax basis, but I think its a fairly crucial part of strategy. Just like other strategies it doesn't always play out well, but neither does holding for ever. You'd need to live for about a 200 years for that to work out! What really peeves me is the who pure gamble (shorts etc) on the markets don't pay tax, those that invest do.

Morning all. V. Looks like the taxman is getting desperate to scrape in money any way they can , they'll be wanting us to pay gains up front and if we don't actually make any then claim losses back later. You should be able to offset different kinds of assets against each other, even earnings in some cases, but its not clear how or why. I do vaguely remember something about upfront gains on profits.I didn't release they had actually been stupid enough legislate it into the tax rules already. Its about as mad as inheritance tax. On any given date that somebody dies the whole is state is valued on that day, even if there is crash the next day.
The whole world equity market now seems to hang in the balance of what happens with the Chinese property market Evergrande which is obviously rife with corruption. Just ridiculous

Morning all. V reporting of chargeable gains in 40 days sounds a bit strange as its always been about chargeable gains or losses over all in any given tax year. Also you an offset any losses accrued from previous tax years , its never going to work unless they just decide to charge tax on any gain regardless above the tax allowance level of £12,500. Anythings possible with these idiots

Hi Nick. I weakened and bought small top ups in Saga and IGP (unique cyber security). They both dropped at the close. On the other hand Cnic (web builder and data collector), DKL (palm oil and cashew nuts)and Atm (tin miner) all improving today. Diversification!

Hi all. Quite relieved to be back on sons' house maintenance duty this week to be honest. Apparently its the big guns macronomic retail reporting week. China reassures on Evergrande, but nobody knows whether to believe them and Japan shrug off N.Koreas latest super hypersonic test landing in their waters. Thunderbirds are go. I'm inclined to hang on to the little cash I have left although a lot of temptation out there at the moment, so could easily weaken! GL all

Hope we are enjoying a bit of bleu in a portfolios today. The Mitterand swimming pools were the limit . So named because so many farmers and wine growers used agricultural subsidies to build swimming pools. I know of at least one in the uk but in France it became a kind of bad joke. Its that kind of obscenity and arrogance that made many in the uk especially British Farmers question the use of agricultural grants. The Eu fishing policy is even more of a disgrace. Thats one of the reasons that I am so keen and hopeful abut ANIC and the food production revolution. Its really has to succeed for all our sakes

NB. I was a retainer too. There was noway this Brexit was going to be amiable and of course the French have now kicked off threatening blockades 'while their petrol shortage staff shortage, energy crisis and supply chains are all causing havoc' tres Jolie little Frenchman. We don't need your overpriced wine and champagne we can buy better, cheaper elsewhere. We make the best cheeses in the world, so stick your smelly camembert where the sun don't shine. Enjoying lovely cod. bream and sea bass from caught in British waters by British Fishermen. Up the ramparts!

Morning troopers. V after a weak summer we are now facing up to the failings of Brexit, like a plan. So we are now facing supply issues, unlocking lockdown, energy spike, and inflation. Cant blame that all on Brexit obviously but the combination is pulling the numbers down on trading unsurprisingly. My PF not looking too clever over all just a few in positive territory, some even with dividends. Felixstowe I see is jammed up, but the situation is improving since they diverted ships to other ports. The issue is lack of lorry drivers . Cant see why that would be better at other ports, I suppose it just means ships can unload until they are jammed up too. What a mess. GL all

Hi all. So long as I have something going north I guess I shouldn't complain. Some in explicable moves . I suppose still low volumes and poor sentiment to blame. Anic still on an upward trend with the announcement of somebody exercising their warrants @28.5p when the share price is still only 27.4p. Like the look of Made.com, Could be the new Habitat. Floated at £2.00 now £1.35. Supply chain problems. A fund manager thought JP Morgan had handled the IPO badly @ £800 million cap now only £500 million. Keeping an eye on that. So many bargains that keep getting a better bargain the next day. Hard to see when the market will turn. Maybe not this year. Gl.

Morning Briggerdoons. Surprised t see the market actually up just. Asia mostly up and Shanghai only slightly down (0.01%) after some pretty terrible news of floods again. A couple of my stocks reporting today. Agentex revenue up 33%, SP down! Unbelievable. Have come to the conclusion the retail industry is being hit by all their lock down customers now taking their over purchasing to the charity shops who are booming again now they are open for business. GL all

Morning all. Japan up over 1% despite earthquake 5.2. Nobody killed thank heavens, but train derailment injurs 32 passengers. USA paired back gains last night while pay roll news eagerly awaited.

Hi all. Was going to say some of the headwinds seem to addressed. Americamns are going to print more money, Evergrande the massive Chinese real estate company seems to have been rescued by private equity or the state. Putin trying to rescue the west by turning the gas up. How weird is that. SO the Dow flying again. See what the payroll does to it tomorrow. Strangely one of my best performing shares is Anic which makes no money at all and has nav of about 3 times assets. Well done on GGP V.no telling what the Aussies get upto with their gold. The end of the 39th week of the year tomorrow or is It 40th. Anyway Tempus Fugit