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No Future, on 17 May 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

Would be nice to see a bit of Catharsis though.I get the feeling the 'players' tend to push this on and on until they do see it. Strangely quiet on that front unless I'm lookng in the wrong place?

Looks more promising..........

Edit: I'll have some of that on a 3 mnth basis. #ftse

This post has been edited by Banana Monarchy: 17 May 2012 - 10:28 AM

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Where are all those people who were screaming on the main forum to get out of sterling into the 'safety' or the euro a few years back?

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Impact of falling rupee on cost of oil imports

http://blogs.ft.com/...-support-rupee/

They can always sell their gold I suppose.

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Banana Monarchy, on 17 May 2012 - 08:55 AM, said:

So it's 'tree roads', Souther Balkans or Australia?

Pretty much but it takes a certain type of person to turn up late for a party and do well out of it. For the most part we are not that type of person.

To be fair, existing citizenship gives it the veneer of becoming reality rather than complete pipedreamland and I can understand her enthusiasm when things look so grim here but almost everyone in Australia thinks things are great.

When Greek property comes back into fashion, we'll be minted. Until then, humble subjects.

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North West quickly becoming a manufacturing hub. Ellesmere Port the new Eldorado.

http://www.ft.com/cm...l#axzz1uXkGX87B

The GM decision comes days after JLR announced another £1bn of orders for UK suppliers and the creation of 300 jobs at a new Ellesmere Port logistics centre run by DHL. Paul Dyer of DHL said the north-west region was "fast becoming a major supply chain hub for the automotive industry".



(metal bashing was traditionally midlands wasn't it - and you lot made cotton-based stuff?)

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No Future, on 17 May 2012 - 12:55 PM, said:

North West quickly becoming a manufacturing hub. Ellesmere Port the new Eldorado.

http://www.ft.com/cm...l#axzz1uXkGX87B

The GM decision comes days after JLR announced another £1bn of orders for UK suppliers and the creation of 300 jobs at a new Ellesmere Port logistics centre run by DHL. Paul Dyer of DHL said the north-west region was "fast becoming a major supply chain hub for the automotive industry".



(metal bashing was traditionally midlands wasn't it - and you lot made cotton-based stuff?)

The arabs are chucking petrol dollars around as well.

What goes around comes around.

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short side of long


http://theshortsideo...ty-markets.html

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No Future, on 17 May 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

short side of long


http://theshortsideo...ty-markets.html

Right on Q for the dead cat bounce

(shorts banking profits to sell the bounce)

Did you notice where he lifted some of that from? (see your pm on pup)

This post has been edited by Banana Monarchy: 17 May 2012 - 03:36 PM

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To distract from the ongoing 'panic'

Excellent paper by James Montier on The Flaws of Finance

Suggests a financial hippocratic oath, looks scornfully at VaR models, regulatory capture and complexity

https://www.gmo.com/...cFpQ3pNAg%3d%3d

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GLD makes a complete reversal of the July '11 breakout.

Rather predictably bouncing off support. Why are gold buyers so unimaginative?

http://stockcharts.c...id=p50702617028

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Quote

Graeme Wearden ‏@graemewearden Crumbs: Fitch downgrades Greece - saying euro exit 'probable' if new gov. doesn't get mandate for austerity http://gu.com/p/37jpx/tw #business

Only upgraded with a stable outlook couple of months ago.

Hey ho, that's the EZ for you

Edit: RIP Donna Summer, cancer at only 63

This post has been edited by Banana Monarchy: 17 May 2012 - 05:46 PM

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northshore, on 17 May 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

new yield lows (closes) on us, uk, german 10y

Time to short bunds yet? On a break up there'll be cap controls anyway.

I'll be adding to FTSE longs today/mon/tue

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Carnage in Dalal street (bombay)

http://www.ft.com/cm...144feabdc0.html

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Osborne's Royal bank of Sh1t back on Aug'11 lows

He has a plan right?

http://bigcharts.mar...=1&show=&time=8


Soc Gen 5th time revisit of support - squeaky bum time for Mr Hollande

http://bigcharts.mar...=1&show=&time=8

This post has been edited by Banana Monarchy: 18 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

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looks like you're going to get your gdxj longs back in the money HAM