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Yes Hardup. That shower in No.10 taking the Michael.
What chance he can stand up in front of the cameras again and ask for another Lockdown "to save Our NHS" (do you see what he's done there? A politician's trick to get the sheep in line. As with "We're all in this together").

Inflation came in at 7.5% in the U.S. The Markets not looking too happy. I wonder if Banks will buck the trend?

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I'm beginning to wonder if he is Kinnock in disguise. Not the first 'Welsh Windbag' who loves to hear (read) the sound of of his own voice.

Gaylord? I say Brillo old chap... not Cricket. Darling. xxxxx

Used up ur binifits on my new girlfriend Brillo down fuking McDonalds. Doing it in style mate.

But seriously, I do hope your Granddaughter has recovered from her attack in the Park, and was not injured. It must have been a real shock. Hope it all works out for her.

'Ow many counterfeit Rolex's you picked up in the local market this morning Brillo fuk Forgeinurs?

John, where do they get these overpaid clowns from ? In Bailey's case, from the FSA, where he also screwed up.

For what it is worth, my view is that interest rates will go much higher, for much longer. More than if he had acted more decisively earlier. ****ing about with a quarter point here a quarter point there is like ****ing on the beginnings of a smouldering fire, before it bursts into a raging monster.

Ahhhh... the Three Amugos. All we need is MVankaway to join them, and we have a full deck of Jokers.

What's that in English fuk binifits?

Scatterstalker... this constant quoting of what people may have said in order to show them up, reveals an extremely unpleasant and distasteful side of your psyche.
You. Are, Basically. A. Sneak. and a stalker. I have no doubt in my mind you have stalked in real life. It is frankly creepy an sinister. Stop it, you immature an distasteful thicko.

Interesting, Hardup. Lloyds has always been a favourite of the the casual punter, because of of its privatisation freebies. So attracts all sorts of characters, which is reflected by the junk on this board. This is not, by itself, an indication of the quality of the stock, to be frank.
More interesting ( and less well known) is the mentioned IUKD. It has long been one of the pillars of my daughters' Portfolios, along with MRCH, TMPL (all UK 'Value' focused), VHYL (Mostly American 'Value'), and - more recently - HFEL (Far East high dividend). I've chucked in IGLN (Gold) as "Insurance".

Very well said Hardup...
Still looking for that elusive girlfriend Brillo....

TFE.... youre right, a FTSE futures up or down is not necessarily linked to individual shares. But it's an indication of broad market interest, or not.
I was gobsmacked, however, to read this morning that UK shares have had (continued) Net WITHDRAWALS by Investors in 30 out the 31 days in January. Amazed because, my Portfolio has had its best January ever (touching wood as I type this) - up just shy of 12%. (I thought it was up 9.8%, but including back the "missing" Shell holding gives me a gain of 12%)
I then checked the FTSE 100 (flat, ytd) and FTSE 250 (down 8.5%) - the Yanks have had falls as well. S&P (down 6.5%) and Nasdaq (down 12%).
I am perplexed as to how this could have happened. I'm happy to try and find the link if anyone is interested.

HSBC and Stanchart are up around 4.5% in Hongkong. But in the last few days they have been off in HK but up in London. So perhaps not necessarily a guarantee of a good day... Hangseng up 3%, Ftse 100 futures up around 0.65%

Thanks Brillo, I'll try... just not from your neck of the woods. Tattoos don't do it for me.

Can anyone suggest to me a good, basic Portfolio tracker please?
The one I use now overstates the value of each of my holdings by several thousand, which means the total of the overall Portfolio is well overstated. I do a deduction mentally to come up with an approximate figure. But really don't understand why it gets a simple multiplication wrong (price x no. of shares). And each time I rebalance, or sell and buy something else, it plays havoc with the graph.
And now my Shell holding has disappeared and the ticker (SHEL) is no longer there.
And no Scatterstalker, I'm not going to post on the Shell board to satisfy your unstable mind.

Scatterstalk... tell me why you haven't posted on the Cable page??? I don't believe you.
(oh by the way I know what it is, just so you know it's irony)

PCA... "I am a loose canon and I know that I scare them a bit".... "gits"....
What happened to the Himalyan Guru in the cave pontificating on the meaning of life? He seems to have been taken over by the spirit of a pub drunkard.

SuS AF? Dbag?