Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[ramco] 21/5/2013 13:01

The European Union probe into potential energy price manipulation has made no adverse findings against Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B), CEO Peter Voser says at the company's annual general meeting, a week after antitrust regulators raided its offices. Voser says any allegations of price manipulation would be "against everything we believe in at Shell."

[ramco] 21/5/2013 13:00

The DJIA (DIA, DOG) is on a DiMaggio-like run, having closed higher on 18 consecutive Tuesdays, the best "Tuesday streak" ever, according to Schaeffer's (next best was 4 for any day). The only down Tuesday in 2013 was January 8th.

[ramco] 21/5/2013 13:00

ICSC Retail Store Sales: +0.2% W/W, vs. -2.0% last week. +3.1% Y/Y vs. +1.2% last week.

[jazza] 21/5/2013 12:47

"The rise of UKIP means British politics is becoming more European"

Another lesson is more discouraging for Mr Farage. Support for the populists, which typically comes from the main victims of Europe's stagnant wages and high unemployment, has so far been limited to around 25% of the vote. "That may be the ceiling for us," concedes Mr Soini, a candid sort of a radical: "I would say 20-25% is probably the maximum." Moreover, protest votes are by definition fickle; in the Netherlands support for Mr Wilders collapsed at the last general election.

In a British general election, UKIP is also unlikely to win anywhere near such a large share of the vote as it did on May 2nd. And Westminster's first-past-the-post electoral system is brutal. It is hard to imagine the party winning more than one or two seats in the House of Commons. Britain now has a properly European populist party and an increasingly European electorate-but not, yet, a truly European politics.



maxk 21 May'13 - 09:09 - 109853 of 109869
Exactly jazz, first past the post, just like last time :-)

[speedy] 21/5/2013 12:17

Leeds - since you are "in" ...
I recally you mentioning Ichimoku. I may want to see if I can enhance my bitcoin
trading ;-) ... Have you any links where I might read up on this technique?
Are you still comfortable with it? are there any places where it is best avoided?

[leedskier] 21/5/2013 12:08

Speedy I am thanks. It is only because it is drizzling that I am here today ;

[dope007] 21/5/2013 11:43

Anything not owned by Joe public is senior Speedy ;)

[dope007] 21/5/2013 11:17

To add to yesterdays Graph an article on those weapons of mass destruction - Derivatives, which have gone from a notional $500 trillion in the 2007 implosion to $700 trillion today.



Absolutely nothing has been solved. Debt is higher, and derivatives are higher. There is no way out in the short term, and QE is just adding to the problem as the can has become a fully fledged barrel.

[leedskier] 21/5/2013 11:11

House prices may be rising in the UK but in Holland prices are falling. Join the € and be assured of lower house prices ;

[leedskier] 21/5/2013 11:05

I guess those complaining about UK companies moving to low tax countries to avoid higher taxes will be not be surprised to learn that one of Italy's largest companies is doing the same. I can hear them muttering 'how typical' that is until they discover that the company is moving to the UK.

[speedy] 21/5/2013 11:02

Leeds - I trust you are enjoying you time away from the computer :-)

[speedy] 21/5/2013 10:22

O/T, but worth noting re energy costs ...



At face value, this makes no sense, hence the rise may be due to a short squeeze. That short squeeze seems to be happening in the shipping and other sectors. YMMV. Comments?

[juan2many] 21/5/2013 09:28

Accountants could be the new bankers.

[avatar333] 21/5/2013 09:27

That lady (I use the term loosely) is also extremely rude with no manners whatsoever.

[begorrah88] 21/5/2013 09:25

I find it a bit unsavoury that Margaret Hodge etc can call these companies names for acting within the law.

It is the law that needs changing not having a pop at people for not having a social conscience - that isn't how law works [it's also very awkward that Margaret Hodge is the figurehead of this mini witch hunt when she refuses to clarify her tax issues regarding her stake in her company firm that also employs the use of accountants to minimise its' tax liabilities].

[maxk] 21/5/2013 09:09

Exactly jazz, first past the post, just like last time :-)

[jazza] 21/5/2013 09:07

First past the post, max.

All else is irrelevant..

[maxk] 21/5/2013 09:06

Did you actually read that article jazz?


I know that it was written for/by loons, but the op polls say that the swivel eyes are within 2% of the tories @ 22/24%.

Are the voters loons and swivel eyed nutters?

[dope007] 21/5/2013 09:04

Miners being used to ramp the FTSE today

[jazza] 21/5/2013 09:00

Corporates need have no ethics?

that's even before all the lobbying/bullying they do on tax..