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" Bonanza payouts for UK senior Bankers " largest since the financial crisis.

While ordinary shareholders are probably left to swing in wind yet again.

Certainly not the headlines i will want to be reading about over the next couple weeks.

I see no valid reason why UK Banking Sector dividend payments should not return to pre covid - pandemic levels at the very least, echoing a Global return and recovery trend in Banking Sector dividend payment levels.

China and Russia are now " closer together " than ever, in Economic and Military terms, and their respective territorial ambitions for Taiwan and Ukraine.

Investors lose money in 72% of all the companies ever listed on AIM.

The lower the market cap of a company on the AIM listing the easier it is for a group of organised investors ( including the BOD ) to manipulate the share price.

AIM a real gravy train for the CEO Directors at the expense of the nieve investor.

Falky
" The Cardinal Rule " never invest emotions in investments, if you do, your'e bound to fail as an investor.
Good look with your future investments.

I'm not of fan of short selling, however short selling stocks strengthens the market by exposing which companies share prices are to high or overvalued.

The FED have a difficult juggling act to perform, between maximising employment figures and keeping the lid on inflation.

LTI Up to your old tricks again, you conveniently omitted the words" American LNG imports" when quoting my post, of course the lights will not out without Russian coal.

Coal -fired generation accounted for just 1.8% of the UKs energy mix last year, it may seem an insignificant amount until the Sun doesn't Shine and the Wind doesn't blow.

Europe and Asia are presently locked in a desperate scramble to secure coal supplies, coal producers cannot dig the black stuff out of the ground fast enough.

Don't write the Obituary just yet " Old King Coal " still reigns !

LTI
Article published 12 months ago.
Russian coal imports into the UK are on the rise again.
UK net imports of coal accounted for 45% of supply in 2020.

Bubble
There are currently three active coal -fired stations operating in the UK with a total generating capacity of 4.52 GW.

Boris too weakened by " Partygate " to have any influence on the Ukraine crisis.
In the meantime American LNG and Russian coal imports remain critical to ensuring the UK's lights don't go out this winter.

LTI
These two American Investment bank giants are testing out the UK banking retail market to see if their brands, Chase and Marcus can be rolled out globally, however success will hinge on whether they can deliver slicker customer based technology and more attractive pricing than UK established incumbent lenders such as Lloyds.

JP Morgan Chase like Goldman Sachs before, is launching a full scale assault on UK retail and mortgage banking in a already saturated market complete with a new $12bn dollar IT systems budget, which is roughly six times the amount Lloyds spent on technology in 2019.

Theosus
Big Brother watches your every move, like mobile phones a cashless society promises a world of limitation, control and constant surveillance of the individual.

From bank closures to contactless payments, the UK is moving ever -closer to being a cashless society.

BoE unwinding of their £895Bn Quantitative Easing programme is about to commence.

Ask Yourselves !
What will it look like, and what financial impact will it have on the UK Economy, Share prices and Bond markets.

Uk Households and consumers will find out the scale of the energy bill price cap and interest rate hike due tomorrow.

Extremely volatile and risky than traditional fiat currencies.
Not for the Faint - Hearted investor.

Hopefully telecoms BT and Vodafone shares are finally beginning to move into positive territory again, and may be able to regain further significant ground lost over the last couple of years, coupled with attractive forward dividend yields for both companies.