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Morning all 3/4 of us. T. I see what you mean about depleted troops. We've fitted the entire week on one page! just abut some up the anaemic ftse 100. Asia, up even the Hang Seng is up. We're off to a cheese festival at Sturminster Newton this weekend. Amazingly 'dogs allowed.' Smokey was in the doghouse yesterday. He ripped out a pant in the border. Hasn't done that for a while, came to me for protection from a rather irate gardener, and then spent the rest of of the evening hiding under the bed. He is a fairly large dog, so it is very funny especially considering his breeds!
Hope we see some positive action today from the market.Getting tedious to say the least. Gl all and have a great weekend

T. Funnily enough he is actually French and has a French passport! Came from a rescue home. Perhaps we could get dual nationality on the strength of that. His owner apparently got terminally ill and was going to have all his pets put down. We got a video of Smokies brother who ended up in Guernsey who was eventually put down due to his aggressive nature. They were an interesting cross of American Staff, Rockvieller, Boxer and Argentinian Drogo. Three dangerous breeds right there. As soft as putty but can turn very aggressive with other dogs so we have to be very careful. Tremendously protective and doesn't like either one of us going off without the other.
I guess its not much of a traders market at the moment unless specifically looking for takeover targets. I'm mostly trying to build a portfolio that is full of potential, innovation and soundly financed, although having to convince myself at times that thats what I've got!

Morning all. Love the daily round up of the troops T. Much appreciated. V I prefer the racing terminology of 'buy back on St Leger day', seems more appropriate. Although I've no idea when it actually is having lost touch with the gee gees. Gentleman place your bets for the oncoming winter and Christmas. Christmas could be very dodgy this year in Stockmarket terms I think.
T. Smokes absolutely loves a trip in the camper. He settles well for long drives. Appreciates not being left behind. This weekend he is. Being looked after for the first time by my son. He said 'dad he'll be twice the size when you can back,' referring to his partners adoration for the dog. He is masterful at the 'I'll be you best friend forever if you give me some of what you're eating' look.
As far as the markets go I am feeling completely out of sync. Too much of the market's got this wrong, particularly about stock I don't own going up. Always a dangerous opinion! Gl all.

and back in the room. Yes NB LSE! why would anyone pay for it? Actually its not bad when it works.
Juspent a couple of days camped up at the John Radclffe to see a partner's poorly relative in Oxford. Fortunately made a miraculous recovery for now. Forgotten how beautiful the Oxfordshire countryside can be. Took the dog for a stroll down to the river side. Back to more good results and share falls. ANIC though made a surprising and quick recovery. This supply chain thingy is going to use a bit of a conundrum. M&S already warning of food shortages, not that I shop there, perhaps its their prices that are a bit unreal as well. Lidl claim they are 30% cheaper than Sainsbury over all. I can concur. Not quite the variety but they do an excellent Italian Puglia for £4.99 which makes up a big part of our diet. £9.99 in Waitrose for a very similar wine but with organic on the label. Didn't know they did organic in Southern Italy!

T. I think the lesson gets repeated over and over, don't bother trying to apply any logic to markets. Even the Dow seems to carry on upward defying logic and pundits.There is a very different force at work!

Morning all. Japan seems to be the only index making real headway. Up another 2% and 20% up on recent lows. Maybe celebrating the resignation of their P.M. after only a year in office. Surprising also because of the severe reduction in automobile production, the chip shortage, the poor vaccination program and the unattended Olympics. We have a lot of catching up to do!

What is strange to me at any rate is the number of leisure and restaurant businesses trading at higher sp's than precovid. The market seems to ignore how diluted some of them have become never mind that they aren't even trading very well. Yet businesses that have strong balance sheets have not needed any government assistance, have record order books and double digit growth get hammered.
NB. probably trying to be a bit too clever trying to think outside the box, which is more of a paper bag really! I look for recent director investment and institutional holdings with interviews on places like PI world. Some of these companies will rearrange how we do business in future, particularly house buying, remortgaging, and other businesses that banks used to do but were so bad at. May take a few more years for them to break into the big league. Some of the old guard like banks , oils, telecoms and utilities have been pretty poor long 20 year investments and would have been tenfold better invested in property. On the other hand some of the newer businesses have multi bag potential and will be disruptive to old businesses. Higher risks and some will fail all together no doubt, but we are in an ever accelerating world of change and development.

Just saw CMC 'trading well' statement on Friday. Talk about misleading the market!

Always something wrong with this site T. Was going to say the same as you. Big falls in trading platforms rather sums up lack of trading activity , while companies which actually produce or sell stuff are showing increasing business activity not currently reflected in their share price on the whole. Metals have been down partly due to Chinese games. Nikkei is gaining momentum still. Bit low on funds unfortunately.

Morning Brigade. Another dull day on the Kent coast. Better than what they have been experiencing in New York with Ida. Wonder if Trump still really believes climate change is a myth.
Had good results from Ispired Energy today and Cetralinic last week, about the two best stars in my other rather deflating portfolio.

Morning Brigadeers. Still a very hesitant market. Mr O'Leary seems very optimistic about soon flying all over the place again more than pre pandemic. Odd that he's closed routes from Belfast and Southend. I'll have some of whatever he's drinking!

Good morning all. Exceedingly uninspired market post bank holiday/Afghanistan. Seems America couldn't exit without one last horrific blunder to add injury to insult.
I had one good results news CNIC at least to be at upper end of forecasts for full year. Up a massive 1.04%. Probably turn negative by mid morning.
T. French visit waiting on uk to do something sensible about COVID testing before we book anything. Not prepared to pay more than twice the channel crossing for a test we can do ourselves. Its just absurd. God only knows what happens if the test is positive. If you travel through the tunnel you are shut in your car, its not like you mingle with other passengers. Not like being a festival goer! Have come to the conclusion that Boris only appoints cabinet members who are more incompetent than himself to try to make himself look better.

Morning all. Good to hear from you S. Good to get out and about, even if we can't go far! Quite honestly I am happier roaming around our lovely coast than heading off into a load of agro abroad., although we are going to have try and go to France soon. Think I'll take my own wine!

Seems my posts have been removed. Great news though. mod have done a complete u-turn and now say NowZAD can come to the airport and takes the animals or fly out on military aircraft without animals. The big hurdle now is getting to the airport which they could have done a lot more safely and easily if the MOD hadn't stuck its oar in in the first place.

and now I see Raab says with hindsight he wouldn't have gone on holiday to Crete. Why don't they try appointing a foreign secretary with some foresight and a brain!

I guess you wouldn't call a Marine Penelope to his face! It appears ex soldier Peter Quentin is chief rse licker to ministry of defence and has cut off private emergency communication line to Pen. In Nen's word's , you couldn't make this up. Actually you could. Its the brave people on the ground who make this country great, not the cowards sheltering behind closed doors in Whitehall

Hey presto. There you all are! Yes V. Would imagine army nickname. His real name is Paul. The man must have balls of steel. 'O the Taliban seem to have moved in next door, but just keeping our heads down." Apart from the couple of hundred dogs yapping away. When inglorious disaster this has been. We have been actively hounding MP's about this humiliating incompetence and to my amazement even had a reply to two. Pen's video updates have been very mixed from within his compound. Going from utter despair anger and desperation to jubilation. Unfortunately for whatever reason The defence secretary seems to have vetoed PrimeMinister's authorisation to get NowZAd out. Wallace seems to be blissfully ignorant of the situation claiming they would be putting animals above humans in the evacuation. The truth is that due to donations a plane was made available to carry animals in a cargo hold where humans cant travel and an extra two hundred places offers to evacuate Afghans. While Wallace brings out half empty planes and one with just a car on board, and he says he can't prioritise Nowzad. Its got nothing to do with him other than having to authorise the flight in and out. Utter shambles

Morning all. Looks like T posted earlier today but its not available to read. Just like yesterdays posts. It looked like several posts earlier to mine but not available until today. So apologies in advance. I'm not ignoring anyone, just posts seem to take ages to mysteriously become visible. Hope its all going well. Junior miners seem to be making a sharp reversal after huge sell off . In fact general momentum seems to be returning this week

Good morning Brigadeers. Asian stocks continuing rally with surprising gains despite worrying increases in CoVID cases Can only assume city slickers are still on holiday with a few trying to guess the next takeover. Sainsbury has become the perennial takeover target since about 2000. Seems to be concerted advertising war. Sainsbury claiming they are price match Aldi while Lidl claim an £80 shop at Sainsbury costs £30 less at their stores. Surprised MKS lagging still another perennial takeover target. Mostly about the value of assets I suspect. Someone being light with the truth as usual. Probably learnt it from Boris. We can't bash Boris anymore apparently because he has been a jolly good fellow asking Biden to extend evacuation date which he can't because Trump made a pact with the devil. and so it goes on. I contacted our local MP whos tory husband is serving time for sexually inappropriate behaviour, or rape as the court described it. Amazing that while one Mp goes to jail, the wife takes over.
I also contacted Raab about the evacuation of Pen Farthing and his colleagues. canny move by Pen. I suspect his rise in media focus has helped secure his safety and exodus. Like the amazing artist from China Awei Wei, his notoriety undoubtedly ensured his survival of that brutal regime. Good luck Pen and co, bringing some sanity and humanity to a horribly insane debacle.

Morning all. Not sure which comes faster Monday or Friday! Does feel like we were short changed on a summer. Always optimistic for a brighter week though. Asian stocks gaining some traction, slightly better rises than recent efforts. GL everyone