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[johnwise] 14/5/2024 18:42

UK investors pile back into meme stock GameStop, but analysts warn of 'roulette wheel' trading


US meme stocks GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC) have attracted a surge of interest on both sides of the Atlantic while hitting short-sellers hard in the pocket.

Short sellers of the stock are set to lose $1.2 billion today, according to data from Ortex, with the stock surge today adding up to around $2.5 billion of losses for short-sellers so far this month, with other sources saying the two-day loss figure is nearer $5 billion.

The US games retailer was the second most bought stock on the UK investment platform Interactive Investor (ii) yesterday, while other online platforms, Freetrade and Saxo, said they had seen a tenfold increase in GameStop trading.

Freetrade said orders for AMC Entertainment, another big meme stock from the original craze in 2021, increased a whopping 43 times on Monday compared to Friday.

Shares in GameStop, the small cap video games, rose 70% on Monday and opening 70% higher to $51.91 after roughly an hour's trading on Tuesday.

[johnwise] 14/5/2024 18:33

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Jim Davidson - Aviva can go do one!

[johnwise] 14/5/2024 16:46

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Foreign Minister of Hungary Tells the Truth About Western Sanctions

[stonedyou] 14/5/2024 13:58

"Ukrainians SURRENDERING like never before" & Putin hasn't even STARTED the full invasion | Redacted

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Ukrainians are surrendering all across the North near Kharkiv as Russian forces advance. Is this Alexander Mercouris joins Redacted to analyze the latest developments.

[stonedyou] 14/5/2024 12:57

Polish authorities persecute supporters of relations with Moscow, Minsk — ex-judge.

Tomasz Schmidt sees some "positive" trends in Polish society, which, unlike the authorities, is determined to restore relations with Moscow and Minsk.

MINSK, May 13. /TASS/. The Polish authorities fabricate charges against those who are in favor of restoring normal relations with Belarus and Russia, says a former Polish judge, Tomasz Schmidt, who has taken refuge in Belarus.

"Such people are instantly labeled as ‘Russian agents’ on the Kremlin’s payroll. That's why they (Polish authorities - TASS) are against people-to-people contacts and positive relations. In other words, there is a whole army of agents who search the homes of these people, who look for and fabricate evidence that would confirm they receive money from the Kremlin," Schmidt said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

He sees some "positive" trends in Polish society, which, unlike the authorities, is determined to restore relations with Moscow and Minsk.

"The way I see it, in several years’ time the entire European Union will go bankrupt," the former judge said. "It will gradually lead everyone to decline. Ever more people will stop to think: 'Won’t it be better for us to cooperate with Belarus and Russia? Maybe we should look in this direction?' I think this will be possible in several years’ time," he noted.

Changed attitude toward Ukraine
Schmidt said that recently ordinary Poles began to look differently at the Ukrainians, whom they had used to actively support. Among the reasons for this he mentioned the meddling of Ukrainian businesses, especially those in the agricultural sector, who have emerged in the Polish market to start "destroying Polish businesses and destroy Polish agriculture."

Ukrainian businessmen come [to Poland] "in expensive cars and have fun at discos." Poles see this and begin to "wonder" why these Ukrainians are not involved in the fighting.

"Many Ukrainians, too, are also beginning to think this way. They now no longer want to die for their oligarchs, they do not want to die for the United States or for the policies of a foreign country," Schmidt said.

He noted that the Polish authorities’ attitude towards Kiev had changed, too.

"A certain evolution has happened. At the very beginning there were signals and speculations about [Poland’s] seizure of Western Ukraine. Then some began to consider some form of a federation or confederation with Ukraine or creation of some common Polish-Ukrainian state. This, too, has failed at the present stage. At present, there is a big question mark over Polish-Ukrainian relations," Schmidt said.

The former Polish judge pointed out that actions by Kiev’s military should be regarded as war crimes.

"What the Ukrainian army and the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine - TASS) are doing is war crimes. They behave like the Gestapo," he said.

Schmidt, a judge of the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw, who left for Belarus because of disagreement with the Polish authorities and their policies, told a news conference in Minsk on May 6 that he was going to ask Belarus for political asylum and protection. The Supreme Administrative Court of Poland has dismissed Schmidt and authorized his prosecution, as well as his detention and imprisonment. In Poland, the ex-judge is suspected of connections with Belarusian and Russian special services. Earlier, Schmidt said that Warsaw was planning to send assassins, trained by Polish secret services, to Belarus to eliminate him. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he had instructed the security services to take care of Schmidt’s safety.

[stonedyou] 14/5/2024 12:21

STORM SHADOW MISSILES DESTROYED OVER CRIMEA AGAIN.

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On the night of May 13, the Ukrainian military attempted new wave of strikes in the Russian rear regions. Suffering heavy defeat in different directions on the frontlines, the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed by their partners from NATO do not stop attempts to inflict at least some damage mainly to civilian rear facilities, using NATO weapons. Russian Air Defense Forces successfully repelled another attack. As a result, Kiev and NATO warmongers wasted at least €8 million more in vain.

On the morning of May 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense summed up the results of the night battles between Russian Air Defense Forces against enemy drones, shells and missiles. In total, 31 drones, 12 MLRS shells and four foreign cruise missiles were destroyed overnight. The attack targeted three Russian border regions and the Crimean peninsula.

According to the official data, the following targets were destroyed by Russian Air Defense Forces at night:

4 Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 7 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea;

12 rockets of the Olkha MLRS and 12 UAVs were destroyed over the Belgorod region;

8 UAVs were intercepted over the territory of the Kursk region;

4 UAVs were intercepted over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
Unofficial Russian sources reported no damage to the Russian rear infrastructure last night.

The Ukrainian military, supported by NATO reconnaissance means and armed by NATO missiles, loses no hope to reach targets in the Russian rear, in particular in Crimea. The peninsula and the Crimean Bridge is the sacred targets for the NATO/Ukrainian military.

In recent weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have resumed strikes on the peninsula. Different regions of Crimea were targeted by NATO ATACMS missiles, naval drones and UAVs. Only one attack was successful and inflicted damage to Russian Air Defense Forces deployed near the town of Dzhankoi in the northern part of the peninsula. LINK The further attacks, including with the famous US-made ATACMS missiles, were repelled. LINK, LINK, LINK

It is worth noting that the French/British-made Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG missiles were used for the attack on the Crimean peninsula back in late March. Then, the missiles targets the Russian Black Sea Fleet but the attack failed to inflict any significant damage to the targets. LINK

The ongoing strikes on the Crimean peninsula confirm the plan of Kiev and NATO warmongers to launch a massive devastating attack on Crimea or the Crimean Bridge. The Ukrainian military has ATACMS, Storm Shadow missiles from its NATO partners, numerous naval drones, as well as support of NATO reconnaissance means in the Black Sea, for attacks on the peninsula. On the other hand, Russian Air Defense Forces are on high alert. They also have a good experience of destruction of all expensive NATO missiles and upgraded unmanned boats.

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[johnwise] 14/5/2024 10:58

China's Private Gold Demand Nears 1% of GDP at Record Prices

Wholesale SGE gold buying +30% year-on-year by Yuan value...

CHINA's GOLD DEMAND in the first quarter rose to the highest by weight in 5 years according to data from the Shanghai Gold Exchange, and it hit a near-decade high in value terms as a proportion of the No.1 gold buying nation's gross domestic product.

China reported solid GDP growth last week, with the world's 2nd largest economy expanding by 5.3% in January-to-March from the same period last year on figures from NBS, Beijing's official data agency.

[portside1] 14/5/2024 09:00

Buy buy buy to hit 255 p by end of July

[bernie37] 14/5/2024 08:53

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 21 February 2024, the Company has purchased 245,859,018 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 184.5035p per ordinary share.

[stonedyou] 14/5/2024 08:25

IN VIDEO: RUSSIAN FIGHTER ALONE CAPTURED GROUP OF UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN.

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The video above was filmed by Russian reconnaissance UAV that was coordinating an operation of Russian servicemen on Ukrainian battlefield.

A scout of the Russian Southern Military District launched an assault on a hidden Ukrainian military position. The operation was performed under the command of the officer with the call sign Azaka.

After the Russian fighter alone approached the enemy hideout, he launched a grenade and opened fire on the entry. After the commander discovered that the serviceman had only one grenade, he ordered to go away; but at that moment, Ukrainian servicemen began to surrender.

As a result of the risky operation, the brave Russian fighter captured at least three Ukrainian servicemen prisoners.

The footage is another evidence of the low morale of the exhausted Ukrainian military. Ukrainian servicemen are no longer willing to fight.

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[bernie37] 14/5/2024 08:24

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 21 February 2024, the Company has purchased 245,859,018 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 184.5035p per ordinary share.

[johnwise] 14/5/2024 07:47

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Bankruptcies are hitting average American families, and U.S. businesses really hard in 2024, according to data from the U.S. Courts. Higher consumer prices are making Americans take on massive loads of debt just to get by, while businesses are being impacted by decreased sales and falling profits at a time costs continue to climb.

The credit crisis is now reaching levels last seen during the Great Recession, with big banks tightening their lending standards to prevent further losses and more failures in the months ahead.

Credit Crisis Hits Worst Level Since Great Recession As Millions Of Americans Go Bankrupt

[johnwise] 14/5/2024 07:31

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'Leave WHO Over Pandemic Treaty'

Nigel Farage's Job Offer To Help Trump's Campaign