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A lot of exposure to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, at the moment French banks are carrying many downside risks brought on by fast changing economic sanctions against Russia and possible future defaults on loans from Ukraine.

Gazzleberry

Surprising how many well known popular banking brands are linked to the same banking licence, quite easy for your savings to fall outside the jurisdiction of the compensation scheme.

Brixton

My understanding is NS&I have a maximum deposit limit of £2 million and is fully protected by HM Treasury.

Banks and Building societies ect, £85000 per person, per institution the savings are held with.

Excellent tax free savings and investment product for higher rate taxpayer's, easily beats returns on most savings accounts, and a sensible way to keep your cash out of the taxman's grasp.

Currybelly

Your post about sterling.

Sorry it didn't make any cents to me.

LTI
" super deduction " will help to cut the future tax bill at BT.

NO golden goose here, take a peek at newly merged Virgin Media / O2 investment ( one of many providers ) expenditure plans for future FTTP broadband rollout.

Telecoms are no different from Banks and Supermarkets they will be subject to the same sectoral competition and intense pressure on profit margins and earnings.

walkersworld

The shares have lost their shine recently, strike action at BT is the latest blow for company, inflation, competition and increased Capex combined with rising costs to finance its debt pile will now make it particularly difficult to grow its reinstated dividend and future free cash flow levels.

Having sold the shares myself earlier in the year I will certainly be looking at reinvesting at some point, albeit at a much reduced price to what the shares are currently trading at.

Markets down, as inflation and economic fears persist.

Very few alternatives left for investors seeking safe havens for their cash.

livestock

Get ready to start hearing a lot about " Demand Destruction " its coming, and its coming fast !

Unexpected rise in capital buffers coupled with higher future capital reqirements will mean some of the largest US banks will keep dividends flat and scale back share buybacks.

Note of caution - US bank stock index down 25% since the start of January.

chips

No extra giveaways for shareholders !

Strong balance sheets and capital positions will be crucial for UK banks, if they are to fend off the economic ravages of the impending UK contraction of the UK economy.

hardup

$100 million loose change, technical default and mostly symbolic and matters little to the Kremlin and Russian nation.

Business carries on as usual for Russia, imports of Russian energy into China and India rose 28% in May the world's largest two importers and consumer's of energy and are increasingly being viewed as Putin's economic lifeline.

Humiliated and unable to govern.
Boris Johnson's premiership and Conservative Party is now past the point of no return.

Market - Dealer

It may be time to forget about the Brexit illusions of a " Global Britain " the war in Ukraine and growing tensions in Asia, hammers home the fact the UK cannot escape its geography, economic trade ties and military security, and will remain inextricably linked with Europe for the foreseeable future.

Nothing rational or certain, and no easy way to beat the market in today's fast moving complex algorithmic trading systems.

UK electorate are in a foul unforgiving mood and will be borne out in this week's two byelections, tactical voting will deliver a real knockout blow for the Tories and Boris Johnson.

Will " humble pie " be on the BoE's lunchtime menu for today ?

Market value of a company is determined by various metrics, there isn't a single formula used to calculate market value and more importantly a company's financial standing and profitability level.

Coordinated Global " demand destruction " particularly in the Energy and Commodity markets is now the only thing that can stop Inflation from spiking further.

THe car industry in the UK is in a sorry state, and is on the road to nowhere.

It needs free unrestricted access to the EU market, or it will die.