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Ramp actually gaps often fill, even usually, but nothing in charts guarantees the future as you 'probably' know.

MassiveRay we don't need any of that type of pessimism :)

a few comments about struggling to buy here, just so you know II (maybe others) have an issue this morning with a 3rd party so can't give live quotes.
Could be reason some are having trouble

Good old Motley fool
https://www.fool.co.uk/2023/01/06/3-income-stocks-being-bought-by-the-company-directors/

"The trading and mining company has struggled over the past year, in part due to the volatile movements in the iron ore price. As a result, the share price has fallen 48.5% over this period. "

So nothing to do with an invasion near their mines.
At least he thinks it's a weak buy :)

why would nato go in when the war is already going Ukraine's way?
you are a bit silly with some of your posts. a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, in investing as well as being an armchair general.

Patriarch Kirill calls for a ceasefire and a Christmas truce in Ukraine
Russian state-owned news agency Tass is reporting that Patriarch Kirill has called for a ceasefire and a Christmas truce in Ukraine. In a statement posted to the church’s website, Kirill said:

I, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, appeal to all parties involved in the internecine conflict with an appeal to cease fire and establish a Christmas truce from noon on 6 January to midnight on 7 January, so that Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and the day of the Nativity of Christ.

The patriarch has faced stern external criticism for his support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

that depends on the business, what is a bank or insurance company better to put it's money when it can only invest or leverage itself so far and stay 'safe'?
If the shares seem cheap then buying back shares is better for anyone who pays dividend tax (esp the joke reduction in this next year to £1k and year after to $500 b4 paying tax) but if price is high then returning money to investors seems a better option then gambling it.

you should stop regurgitating what the Mail feeds you and think for yourself.
Maybe a new year resolution, we will all be better off from it

probably why it's not just called Goldmetal

eviking it's never coming back down! :( but also :)

you'd think all these strikes leading up to xmas (the golden quarter if you will) has to be good for online retailers

There will be no diplomacy that lets Russia take more land as what would that say to China?
We'll be angry a few months if you invade Taiwan then we'll let you keep it?

Also there is a huge amount of money wasted in this country so nurses vs ukraine is an uneducated view.
How about nurses vs non-doms or vs covid loan fraud of £4bill Sunak wrote off, or all the dodgy or non-existant PPE we spent billions of public money on contracts for?
Those are where we should be spending our time not acting like nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, rail station cleaners, etc shouldn't get an inflation payrise after years of pay freeze, but Sunak's mate in the city need the cap only allowing them bonuses of double their salaries to be removed.
Ukraine money doesn't even come into it and is being counted against foreign aid budget , as is sinking asylum seekers in the channel (As they are trying to escape brown and black wars, not a white one) which has already been halved in the last couple years.
Global Britain looking very much like a nothing little island trying to blame everyone else for its failings.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Mining-Giant-Glencore-Sees-Huge-Deficit-In-Copper-Coming.amp.html

I don't think there is any direction currently. Earlier in year it spent about 2 months between 230-270 so expect it to sit in this range until something happens in war or China reopens/closes up, or possibly the US CPI and then Fed decision though obviously big Russian/Ukraine news will be most likely to move the needle.

four candles

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63832151

Hopeful, should at least help the SP in the short term

oops that was yesterday, no delete/edit function is pretty dumb on here.

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/999256/glencore-the-best-mining-pick-for-2023-reckons-deutsche-bank-999256.html

lowered its net debt to £18.6mn, from £32.8mn and yearly ebitda to be at the top end of that bracket I guess is what the markets like.
Almost halving debt is certainly a good sign, pre-tax loss tripled to £12mn but seems it would be pretty much no loss if they hadn't used money to pay down the debt which I think (and seems market to) is a good idea given the way the country may be moving the next year or two.

Poland are saying now it was a Ukrainian missile by the look of it, so expect this to recover some at least in the short term.
Depends what the response is though as let's face it Ukraine wouldn't be firing anti air missile defenses if it wasn't being invaded