Kilham

My current pet hate is the budget own-brand washing powder, Asda, Morrisons etc. used to sell a 3Kg box for around £1.70. I need to replace a couple of boxes in the stockpile and noticed the boxes at Morrisons have shrunk to 2.5Kg for the same price. Oh well I though, I'll wait till I'm next at Asda. No chance, they're charging £1.70 for a 2Kg box now. No sign anywhere of the old 3Kg boxes and I make that a 50% price increase over the last 6 months.

Maybe I've got the date wrong though.

The problem with Communism is some animals will always want to be more equal than others. The problem with Capitalism is some animals will always want to be more equal than others.

Stannic Tinfinger

Most deceptive part of the description appears to the that extra '2' that has crept into the asking price......

Insurance schemes??!

Not as hot as it'll be when she finds out

The money required for a place like that over in Canada is closer to the price of an executive penthouse in Middlesboro

Flashblock. Have never seen this ad you mention...

Seriously though, no firearms officer would grant Barmy Brown a SGC.

'Ahh Watson, I am afraid your laxatives have failed to alleviate my symptoms'

As always the market can go 3 ways....

The Lemming recovery!

Only those pre-1990, the more recent have been 'bathtub' shaped and all follow a pattern of increasing length.

I was unfortunate enough to get this far: whywhywhywhywhywhywhy....

I believe it's normally referred to as a 'lie'.

So that's why Sibley's been so quiet recently....

Could be wrong but I see it as slightly different. For example you would borrow say £500k from a UK bank and exchange it for AUD to invest, effectively shorting the pound against the earning potential of the australian dollars. The problem bit I see is that the UK bank working on fractional reserve principles has lent 50k of 'real' money + 450k of debt. This is then dumped on the market increasing the supply of GBP. Probably got it wrong though. I hope I have . Edit: typo

I feel it's more like a rollercoaster, we've just been down the first drop and are crawling slowly up again, to that point where it almost stops. Those of us paying attention have just seen the next drop coming up, know what it's going to feel like but we're hundreds of feet up in the air and there's no way off the ride.

US new home sales are out soon, if it's better than expected could push the pound close to 1.60. A bad week to be holding £s

Anyone who shorted Cable after my post you owe me 50% comission . Just wish I'd had the nerve to trade it myself . The rate it's dropping is a bit scary now, could the summer of green shoots be over already?

£/$ is not having a good day, been bouncing off support at 1.63 since late last night and looks ready to head lower.

Nickel is too valuable for pennies, they're just copper-pated steel, in other words coloured washers without the hole

It's about understanding the psychology of short selling.

I seem to remember when 800m instead of 500m would be bad news, now it's 8000m they can't even get the order of magnitude right.Pound did drop from a pre-release spike of 1.6611 to 1.6450 and is bouncing around 1.65 now. Edit - got the release time wrong, it went up about 50bps until the full realisation soaked through.