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This morning's entertainment is brought to you courtesy of Darth Trader and Derfel.cadarn.

Watch this space for the last word.

Keep it clean.

Here's THE 3-year dividend forecast.

That's the FOOLS 3-year dividend forecast.

DYOR.

"The prudent wealth preservers who want to use your pension fund to pay for their high risk projects"

Methinks someone on this BB doesn't know his left from his right. 🔄

It takes all sorts to make a world.

"gut feeling, conscious reasoning and a feel for current market conditions are now my successful trading strategy."

Not a bad strategy stagecoach, with too much information out there it's not only overkill, it can be a full time occupation. The upside is, its a lot easier dealing these days.

Jim Slater had the right idea, remember him?

Follow on from yesterday….

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments.

"The British Pound was the second worst-performing major currency on the day U.S. inflation was reported to have fallen by a larger-than-expected amount."

https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/eur/19001-pound-to-euro-rate-falls-victim-to-u-s-inspired-drop-in-uk-bond-yields

Dollar index took a fall earlier (nearly 1%) £ down slightly against the Euro.

Just saying.

Approximate 12 month performance numbers.

FTSE 100 +1.2%

FTSE 250 -3.7%

S&P 500 +15.2%

Dow +10%

"Not just the last six months. It has always been like this"

It used to be very friendly, civilised and courteous upto the early part of 2016, then it all turned sour.

No prizes for guessing why it all changed.

Yeah this government is responsible for everything, including the 'unexpected' rise in German CPI lol.

I wouldn't expect any meaningful replies Motbuck.

"had any Government been able to control the situation.??"

Apathy DT, total apathy. No reason to give up when situations get difficult.

I can see now why you don't 'nail your colours to the mast' where politics is concerned.

Btw, just asking, are you Scottish?

We now have calls for the inflation target to be raised to 3% or 4% to ease some of the pain in an aggressive drive to 2%.

This sounds to me just like the SNP trying to change the law and legalise certain drugs because it is unable to control the present situation.

But haven't we been here before with education? Lower exam standards, call them a different name and hey presto the pass rate increases followed by the inevitable self praise.

And they call it progress!

FTSE indifferent this morning.

I invested in saga (again) three weeks ago.

Just saying.

I wonder if anytime soon the rules on nominee accounts will change.

Currently, companies under the present rules cannot directly communicate with shareholders that hold nominee accounts, and that is, I expect the vast majority.

Just saying.

Bloomberg News.

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is planning to repeal a piece of European Union-era legislation that required financial businesses to separate the cost of investment research from trading expenditures,

The country's finance ministry had last year announced a slew of financial measures to bolster the City of London's role as a global financial centre. The measures included a review of EU-era stock and bond trading requirements known as MiFID II and a rule requiring brokers to itemise or "unbundle" their customer charges for research on stock picks and for executing stock orders.

Hunt is set to announce the plan in his Mansion House speech on Monday, the report said, adding that he is also due to reveal a pledge by insurers to invest billions of pounds into startups and infrastructure projects.

The move is intended to strengthen the attractiveness of the UK's financial services sector.

British house prices fell last month in annual terms at the fastest rate in 12 years, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday.

House prices dropped 2.6% year-on-year in June, after a 1.1% fall in May, Halifax said. It was the largest such fall since June 2011.

"And Europe isn't a continent because that starts with an E"

It also ends with an E, twat.

See what I mean, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. That's the sort of replies you get when you haven't seen the whole post. Sometimes filtering peeps and trying to contribute just doesn't work. Result, stupid replies.... moron.

Bought the 10k shares back that I sold last Friday.

Just saying.

"From the point of buy backs, a 10% decline in the share price is good. From the point of an individual investor then it stinks."

Look around you, you may get a clue.

Being a twat is something you share with the rest of the world.

All continents start and end with the same letter.

A windfall tax on banks being discussed today with labour now declaring if the FCA doesn't act then the chancellor should.

Why all the fear and dread about the UK entering a recession?

The MSM makes such a big deal about negative growth as if it is a given, a right that growth will continue on an upward path.

This time around redundancy should be a minor issue. Although some companies will take advantage and use the situation to revamp their operations.

Already fear is being deployed but it hasn't happened yet. It's not a death sentence. The pubs, restaurants, nightclubs ect will still be full.

Most won't even notice.