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There aren't any (major) global economic implications. The OECD is predicting healthy +3% worldwide GDP growth for 2026, and more for 2027. The world economy is doing just fine. Stop the hysteria 👍

Iran is not holding the world to ransom. It's just pot-stirring for clickbait headlines by Western media desperate for clicks and TDS syndrome. The OECD just last week predicted decent +3% worldwide GDP growth for full-year 2026, and +3% (and rising) for 2027. As for oil, the world is swimming in it. Venezuela today is now in oversupply, and can't give it away for love nor money. They are not signs of global economic distress. What's more Iran's total GDP is about the same size as tiny Scotland! Iran's impact on the global economy is being wildly (wildly) exaggerated.

Give over. Iran has lost 20-40% of its entire GDP in 2 months! Vast and sudden and unimaginable economic devastation.

Dow still down only a tiny -1% in futures trading. Market not bothered (so far) by the predictable on-off ceasefire.

Few people know... Iran is +50% bigger than all of Western Europe combined. And it is 55% mountainous, not too far behind Switzerland or Afghanistan. It is a vast country. Around 7 times larger than the UK. Soldiers and weapons can hide anywhere. The only surefire way to win is multiple nukes, or a (huge) ground invasion of 1m NATO soldiers. Although, having said that, Iran today has already lost 100% of its airforce, 100% of its navy, 100% of its heavy-water processing, 100% of its skies, 80% of its elite "leadership", 50% of all its missiles, and 50% of all its drones. So, despite biased Western headlines, Iran is not winning, in any way at all.

"...Great to see U.K Electricity becoming much more British due to homegrown renewables"...

A recent study showed around 90% of all UK cash and profit and job benefits for windmills and solar this century have flowed abroad to China, Denmark and Germany, who make the kit. Just a tiny (and insignificant) 10% benefitted the UK.

Britain has just moved its energy-dependency from small states that can be controlled, like Qatar and Norway, to mega states we can't control, like China. It is bizarre folly. China can switch off the supply of hardware and software for UK renewables at any time. And there will be nothing we can do about it.

Dow has dropped about -1% on the latest un-ceasefire news in the past hour or so.

Be careful here. The handbag revenue will probably be split by up to 5 firms. And BSFA is dumping placings on the stockmarket every few months, with more fundraises or debt on the way.

Not sure what the ridiculous hysteria and panic is about! The divvy window is somewhere between Mon 13 and Thurs 16 and Thurs 23 April, 2026. Looks like it'll be declared next week, and go ex-div next week or the weekafter. Stay calm. Go look at their ex-div history, it almost always occurs in the 15th to 25th of the month window 👍

At 2p, the shares were priced for a "yes" decision. The RNS timing and wording raises the prospect of a "maybe" or a "no" decision. That could point to perhaps 1p for a maybe, or 0p for a no. The weekend press and social media are gonna get very interesting!

It doesn't matter what the company wants to pay. It's not their decision. It's up to the creditors, whether they accept or not.

Pushing out a short RNS 5mins from UK market-close, on a Friday evening, nearly 9pm at night in Delhi, doesn't look or feel great 😉

Share price is cratering!

It's fast approaching 8pm in Delhi. That's Kingfisher time, not RNS time.

Note the words "part" and "refinancing" 😉

Be careful not to get caught on the spike here. Yesterday's RNS suggests only a partial debt payoff, and hints at a possible big placing and dilution for the remaining debt leftover. Rather than rise on the next RNS, as many expect, this may actually fall.

They sound like very expensive hires, which shareholders will have to pay for. Meta's AR / VR / AI strategy has been a disaster, such as the empty Metaverse. IBM hasn't really been a relevant tech stock for decades, and its share price is largely unchanged from 14 years ago. Quantum as a topic is out of fashion for investors at the moment, it's not hot. RBS is a failed bank that basically went bankrupt and delivered the biggest corporate loss ever in UK history. Meanwhile, Natwest hasn't been a major banking player since the last century.

Over 1 in 6 young people in the UK is now unemployed or unemployable. Around 1 in 4 people now out of work due to "ill health" are now under 35yo. Not one, but two, entire generations lost to no work or being workless.

Couple of folks on X (Twitter) in recent days speculating that updated DSG news may be coming here.

ASI,

At least factcheck your AI posts before posting them here!

The IMF 2026 GDP PC PPP stats show UK at $65k, and EU at $67k. Not only is UK GDP per-head now well below the EU average, since last year, the gap is falling and widening.

Jaguar's UK car production has collapsed 70-95% since 2018, nearly a decade of decline, due to a blend of overpriced industrial energy, overpriced "clean" energy, overtaxation, excessive worker red tape, awkward unions, uncontrolled minimum wage hikes, and disastrous EV mandates... All policies driven by the UK state.

The UK state / deep-state and its meddling is wrecking everything. Everything.

It could also be 0p by tomorrow afternoon! Will be fascinating to watch what happens here.