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machiismo
" Lloyds still sitting in a good place now "

Political interference is the Bank's biggest risk now.

john46
Transitory or permanent until proven, nevertheless investors are currently facing an accumulation of potential political and financial risks. Hopefully in 2022 markets and investors will remain forward looking, positive and robust on global risk sentiment.

The big change in 2022, Central Banks will begin raising interest rates and withdrawing monetary support.

If investors can cut through the added confusion of inflation, the energy crunch and global geopolitical issues, we could see another year of positive equity returns coupled with a down year for bonds.

Russia and China's meteoric ascent to the global stage of economic and political dominance over the Western Democracies continues unabated.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine would send global stockmarkets reeling, and spark a further huge rise in European natural gas prices.

Falky, Good Morning.
A logistical nightmare for the oil companies to undertake, and could aggravate a serious spat between the UK and Argentinian Governments.

Theosus
Wind farms have an important part to play in the UKs future energy mix.
In the meantime the UK must heavily rely on cheap reliable French nuclear electricity, Norwegian pipeline natural gas, American and Quatari shipments of LNG of last resort.

UK future energy base load supply is now in a very precarious position !
In these uncertain we face, " spread betting " is probably the best option, being sensible, this will some money to be put into Nuclear Energy.

It is time for Boris Johnson to resign or be removed by the Tory Party.

BBC, outdated institution for the modern media age, expensive and unaccountable to taxpayers.

Investors will need to stay alert !
Markets are like devious leprechauns promising pots of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Amazing good quality fake replica Rolex watch purchased for £12 in 1997 from a Northern Cyprus market stall.
Watch still keeping good time 25 years on.

Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft to name a few pose an increasingy threat to society, and are now to powerful for Regulators and Governments to ignore.

Yes, Inflation will remain uppermost in the minds of Investors and Markets in 2022 !

Evergrande shares reopened higher in Hong Kong on tuesday with shares trying to hold on to gains of about 3%.

Troajan
Hardly surprising, Building Societies are no longer mutual organisations, like Banks they are now run for the interests and benefit of their Board of Directors rather than their customers and members.

Volcano
( FTSE hits 22 - month high amid post -Christmas lift )
Lloyds share price still down over 30 % for the corresponding period.

livestock
Central Bank " rate hikes " will not cure high push cost inflation.

calisto
Transitory until proven permanent maybe ? and is one of the most important questions facing investors.

More importantly, how will World Economies cope with Inflation !

livestock
UK banks and other financial institutions still face a considerable variety of issues which have the potential to lead to litigation, particularly relating to money laundering and past LIBOR misconduct issues.

Falky
" Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic" Simples !

Festive joy, or another lump of coal for shareholders and equity markets ?