Maximus Skepticus

agreed....I'll get the link....was a pub chat with a mate, he doesn't spout stuff without some sort of intergrity...something about analysis of other indicators. Sorry to resort to chinese whispers.....this is what I've resorted to just to keep sanity . Cant remember the thread with the guy working in luxury goods/ boys toys etc saying business has tanked....over last 12months, that was 3 months ago...

Supposedly we have been in recession since beginning 2016....which reflects reality, rather than official stats.....is it all about national morale now? rater than truth...

If gone bust Barclays is a 'bright spot'.....I'm teh Queen of Sheeba, or things royally FUBAR https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-stocks/earnings-and-ex-divs-blight-britains-ftse-barclays-a-bright-spot-idUKKCN1G6163 did most people not 'get' this? ...then wish for higher prices...

.....buy low sell high...why would these markets be any different lol Dow took 2/3 months to crash in 1929 hope y'all got to cash in time. There's no free money, no share buy backs....market forces now if you can time the next higher low for bitcoin, you may beat the game

even made up numbers start to tell a story..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43154467

Save your cash for the REAL dip.....like hysteria, selling spreads on the peaks. Stick a fork in it... How can something increase at a rate greater than exponential, it reaches an asymptote. QT is now the new term, no more free money...this ones gonna get messy. God bless you all

What happened to the premptive prop-up team? next leg down?......jhc this is painful to watch

Hopefully not....with 1Trillion derivative toxic debt legacy of 2008....they are the 'black swan'.....but because its all very apparent, I'm sure they easily cook the books. The 4 horsemen have probably helped with that.... its just a matter of what is their weakest link in the chain

This crash couldnt get much slower.... plenty of places to post this, I'll start here https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-19/deutsche-bank-is-said-to-cut-at-least-250-investment-bank-jobs

I've just had two rejected from CB.....after no recent problems. Still looking into it...

has anyone experienced this at all plse? https://www.ccn.com/bittylicious-santander-uk-terminate-users-bank-accounts-sending-fiat-bitcoin-exchanges/ I'm more likely to buy greater amounts of crypto if the banks are trying to stop it lol...isn't that ultimately the intrinsic value right there, and the reason BTC will reach beyond $50k....restricted purchasing, massive demand and limited supply...?

Faltering like a f*&$er.... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-14/stocks-bonds-tumble-after-consumer-prices-surge-more-expected whatever one says about ZH, as a FUDmeister...it does give a good retrospective analysis of the evidence....? nice drop earlier...bot's must have been bricking it!.....I've bought wholesale popcorn....

I think they want want to keep some listeners.....

Was listening to LBC just now...nice discussion on the debt crisis, low wage jobs, moral hazard since 2008 blah blah. Everyone has supposedly priced in zero % interest rates.....until.... I heard '20%' increase on mortagages in next few years as a figure being flung around over the waves... sorry to pluck random numbers out without backing...radio for ya! Thats some harsh reality there...didnt stick around for the call in response for 'stressed' lenders...as a true HPCer , that was enough for me

It has been hailed biblical on this forum for eons, that when the last bear turns bull..... Perhaps many have been caught in the complacency this time. However just as in 2015 it was horrible to miss the dip, not knowing the power of the QE. Inflation to the moon?!!

sure, but someone has to set those algos, right? In a bear market, bull, stagnant or volatile... The lack of volatility has been lamented on for many reasons...up up and away, yawn... But as soon as you get volatility there is a reason, and that is either bearish or a bullish trend still Just playing devils advocate.. The roll-over was months....and now we have a winner Some of us champion the end of zombie corporates and bloated institutions...perhaps then those gilts would have gone to productive investment rather than stock buy backs, which is all we are seeing in the market. An artificial self-pump while fundamentals of the real economy are eroded to zero. ps. Financial services isnt part of the real economy Doesnt look similar at all.....[sarc]

I thought the balance sheet is QE? bonds/ gilts/ treasuries whatever... that magic money tree piece is a good one for that.. http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3369-is-a-massive-stock-market-reversal-upon-us I see there is split sentiment...but the evidence is now as deep as doo doo. I was led to believe the price adjustment is because the market realises that QE is no longer and interest rates are going up? That seems to be teh consensus? http://uk.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-rate-hike-plan-to-unwind-45-trillion-balance-sheet-2017-6?r=US&IR=T At the end of the day...it's another signal that it can and will crash....

Lots of musing on here that Jerome Powell would disagree with.... http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3346-party-while-you-can-central-bank-ready-to-pop-the-everything-bubble Whats the difference between now or October....just get it done already. Btfd, or you mean catch a falling knife? pumped in 2008, again in 2015....steroids wont have the same effect on this corpse in 2018. It's over, it's been rolling over for a while.....looks like a bull-trap for the next leg down tbh. seem to get good narration here... http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3366-feds-qe-unwind-accelerates-sharply

goes down to the wire

Some people won't even have a retirement because of artifically blown economy since 2008....not everyone gets a pension or job, or house....that's why its called a correction.

Good close to the FTSE soon.... I'm starting to love Mondays (-1000?)

and 50% is back to the mean....where it should be Supposedly the mean reversion will overshoot the average for a proper correction...it was always going to be harder, faster and deeper on the next pull-back. everyones a clairvoyant suddenly.....wonder why...long washing powder manufacturers lol https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-07/vix-may-form-mother-of-all-inverted-vs-as-positioning-calms

couldn't be bothered to log into HPC....too busy diy'ing and extending or pretending lol http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3346-party-while-you-can-central-bank-ready-to-pop-the-everything-bubble a few days will feel like weeks as this thing unwinds at a rapid rate... Glad everyone on here was ready for the bubble to pop ;-)

Haahhaa, yeah....it's definitely a nursery/ kindergarten out there......on the train home from town late, lots of buzz on the carriage....would any of them care if you were the man with a crystal ball and said, the next few months/ years are potentially going to be the hardest in modern history of western civilisation......they think you is a crazy fool, lol. My tuppence is; although people will pile into crypto even more than they have, and lambos and hookers are fun in a working economy.... but farmers are savvy people, and will gladly or only take gold or silver when food is scarce ;-).....

all going to plan then...'bout time too.....short it till its dead, then short it some more I reckon ;-)