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On store closures? There are a few. It looks like a wait before the housing market kicks off again.

They can probably control costs better than most in the environment though.

The US will help the UK, and The UK will help the US. Trump makes noise, but he doesn't represent a faction that even makes up the entirety of the republicans. Maybe 10-15% of the electorate.

Go look at the polls: this conflict is extremely unpopular. It's not like others where there was public support, and we all know that once costs go up, it's going to be even more unpopular.

I think the midterms are going to be a historic defeat for an incumbent and not because the other side are strong.

Well, Trump said he didn't need anyone else. Conjured up criticisms of NATO forces that fought when they asked, imposed tariffs, brown-nosed the menace of Europe, Russia, didn't communicate any plans, made no contingencies for the oild supply disruption, but probably should have let them use the bases and not done that stupid pseudo-reparations deal on Chagos that noone wants.

That being said, Trump is a strategic mess, and his decision-making and arrogance have got him into this mess.

Tomorrow he'll probably tweet that NATO is great and he loves them all, such is his manners. Tool.

Fleccy, personally, I just let my holding here ride. It's small for my portfolio and I topped it up at £5 when the price scarcely moved at the start.

It depends how much you have and what opportunities lie elsewhere, but there are discounts atm that offer good returns in the years ahead. Of course, depends on your time horizon too.

You know I see a deal of some sort coming so if I was heavy into BP, I would sell a lot.

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No, noone else can see my comments, only you! Everyone else thinks that tin hat of yours is stupid, but they'll see. You just listen to me 🙄

The Houthi engagement is a negotiating lever imo. Why now?

Return of the 1-2 share trades again... When will the authorities take note of the concerns I raised, probably never?

Should be a chug-along update Wednesday. Jan and Feb should be okay-to-strong with some impact in March.

Strong market participant so will benefit from distress to others if current affairs carry on (I doubt they will) but Mr Market will do his thing in the interim, I guess. One of many investments that will look like no-brainers in hindsight, but you won't hear that at the moment.

Also, longer-term, supply shocks feed supply-gluts and often rapid deflation once things go back to normal. It would be best for the parties involved now for this not to last too long. Go and read the history books about commodity shortages and the perennial deflation that occurs in the years after they subside.

Been here before, the world will not end. Economies will continue to function. Commodity sellers will sing when the sun shines and cry when it clouds over. Better to retain a mix of investments appropriately.

Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy could be wise words to heed in the coming days or weeks.

They are rationing as opposed to buying at elevated prices. Airlines are refusing to hedge at these prices as well.

Clued, it is only the poorer Asian countries that are rationing.

As for price movements, why do people make lots of money buying investments others are selling would be the response there? It's because things often go too far even when going in the right direction

I see a US plane got split in half. At this point, it's right to ask the question whether the US is a puppet arm of Israel.

The cost, lives and equipment that will be exhausted to fight a war with little strategic benefits to the US is utterly baffling.

The fact Bibi got his perfect patsy and only then has he been able to do it shows you how previous administrations preferred a dominance without war, because that's the only winning strategy long-term.

Given that the shortfall for demand is a lot smaller than the touted figure, I was trying to find some info on the nature of the reserves being released. Does anyone know what types of oil or have such a breakdown?

There's a really interesting graph here on futures that cuts through the notice and clamour associated with any commodity spike. It shows a higher average, but well below the extremes: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/yemens-houthis-enter-iran-war-with-attacks-israel-while-us-marines-arrive-region-2026-03-28/

Https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-pipeline-pumping-7-million-bpd-oil-bypassing-hormuz-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-03-28/

20 more P@kistani ships allowed through. Basically P@kistan can get whatever ships it wants through, and the negotiations are doing what we all knew diplomacy could. Let's hope these sensible steps continue.

Bp, turn on private browsing and go from a Google search.

Article on stopping the roll for now:

https://www.ft.com/content/6d4dc223-3295-49bb-8b35-041a5e6a96b6?syn-25a6b1a6=1