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I'm going to bump this one up for the "middle shift". Thankyou,

The twilight years of a Labour Government are alway's the same. high debt, high unemployment & a wrecked economy.

Guess we all did I suppose it's like a previous poster said you just won't know until you have hindsight. I don't really know about the various schisms on here, I was just after a rounded opinion. My guess, period of disinflation which we are in now, until Spring/Summer???, then aggressive monetary policy leading to high inflation seems to be general consensus, so probably base a savings strategy on that. (edit: changed deflation to disinflation, sorry, sneaking these off at work)

Has anyone got any more sensible answers on this most important topic? Time really feels like it's running out to make these kind's of decisions. Red Kharma? Converted Lurker? Car Seller? Your answers are always on the money. Cheers guys,

Not to mention time differences, language barriers, the fact that they are yes men and can't seem to think for themselves, wage rises in India (sorry it's not 2001 anymore) which are likely to increase further still due to still high inflation and a General Election on the horizon.

No that's a sensible call on gold William. I don't think there's a lot more you could have done, short of buying more of it. Can anyone explain why the Yen is gaining compared to other currencies considering their economy is staring into the abyss? Is it really just a case of lesser of two evils partly because of their limited exposure to sub-prime junk? Thanks,

Because Sterling has absolutely tanked in the last few months, if that's not pricing in I don't know what is.

Talk about blind leading the blind. Ireland is a bigger basket case then us!

Anybody know if Natwest Stockbrokers cut the mustard?

It's hardly a slump. It's not exactly new's this has been known about for weeks and most of it's already priced in.

This is becoming a nasty habit. I think the only people making moolah at the moment are the Day Traders.

That's all the proof I need. I'm in!

A few months ago many savers were getting hundred's of pounds a month in interest on their savings, now they're getting next to nothing. Sounds like being screwed to me and a side-effect to the BOE.

Yea, the Dow spunks up nearly 3% on this awful news, in the hope it means some sort of Stimulus package get's passed. How upside down and desperate does that sound?

Higher unemployment figures released today, so market thinks his Stimulus plan will get approval. Carseller is this why £ rallied today as the only way to pay for this stimulus is to print $?

I prefer the **** explanation.

Yea, that'll do.

Does anyobody actually know why The Daily Express is such a Vested Interest for HPI? Do they have financial holdings in Building Companies or are they just full of BTL landlords or is it more mundane and they are just all frustrated homeowners? I'd be interested to know.

"Earnings woes" but could this be a good point in to the next bear rally? At least it would be a good excuse to get out of Sterling before this Thursday.

I just spotted that too. Then just spotted your thread. I second the motion!

Tomorrow?

I read that a couple of week's ago and it's absolutely staggering nobody picked up on it back in 2005. It's an unbelievable read.

Ahh the ubiquitous Plasma! Not an Economic article is written these day’s, it seems, without using this beast as the ultimate example of a Credit obsessed world.

I fancy moving half my wealth out of Sterling but I'm worried I've missed the boat by a long chalk. Does anyone have any ideas if and by how much Sterling will drop this year?

It appears you were right GOMR. I guess a few Day Trader's made some moolah in the last month though. What Pompous number are we at now?