Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 16:16

FTSE100 ... 6370 ... -1.04%.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 15:46

depends who is in power ... ;

[begorrah88] 08/10/2013 15:42

leeds

'that fear, either imagined or real has to created, and good news suppressed'

Isn't that the BBC's meme?

[dope007] 08/10/2013 15:34

True and despite being way overvalued, helicopter Ben is still printing bog roll. That part hasn't shut down....

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 15:26

Dope well you could, but the fat lady has not yet gargled let alone cleared her throat. When she sings remains to be seen.

But for sure the pressure is mounting. However the mid terms are still 13 months away and no doubt the GOP think they have time to reinvent themselves before then.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 15:23

begorrah88 you and I and most who post here know that 'gaming the markets' is all about creating volatility. To achieve that fear, either imagined or real has to created, and good news suppressed.

[dope007] 08/10/2013 15:21

The question is should I go long on the DOW, ready for the big ramp on the resolution, and Obama can crash the USA into even more debt?

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 15:19

FTSE100 ... 6382 ... -0.85%.

[begorrah88] 08/10/2013 15:19

The forecast for UK growth this year received a significant upgrade to 1.4%, up from July's estimate of 0.9%.

The IMF are not the best judges.

In the UK they were happy to beat the negative drum until they were caught out and there wasn't even a double, let alone triple, dip and now they've raised the UK over 50% from their forecast of only 3 months ago.

Pointless I say, pointless!

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 14:09

This was predictable given the 'trade wars' which the G20 promised not to engage in, but have.



Tuesday October 08 2013


BREAKING NEWS

IMF cuts global growth forecasts

The world will "settle into a subdued medium-term growth trajectory" unless leading economies change course to improve prospects for recovery, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday in its World Economic Outlook. Launching its twice-yearly forecasts, the fund trimmed its predictions of global expansion for 2013 and 2014 with all of the downgrade coming from weaker prospects in emerging economies. It still expected a "modest acceleration of activity" next year led by advanced economies, many of which could boast upgrades to their outlooks.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 13:20

US futures rising.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 12:25

Yields on Treasury bills rose as investors sought compensation for the risk of a U.S. default should Congress fail to increase the borrowing limit by Oct. 17.

Rates on $93 billion of Treasury bills due on Oct. 24 climbed as high as 0.18 percent, the most since they were issued in April, from negative 0.01 percent as recently as Sept. 27. Treasury note yields also increased before the government sells $30 billion of three-year debt today, $21 billion of 10-year securities tomorrow and $13 billion of 30-year bonds on Oct. 10.

"There's understandably some nervousness as it looks like discussions have hit a deadlock," said Bettina Mueller, a senior economist in Frankfurt at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, which manages the equivalent of $1.36 trillion. "Our base-case scenario is still that there will be a solution in the next few weeks. A technical default is highly unlikely in our view but it's a risk that people in the market have to consider."


I was under the impression that if the US Government defaulted on its debt, Treasury shares would take the hit. Clearly I was wrong. It is equities, not owned by the Government, which will ;

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 11:58

A variant on a scheme which became fashionable in the hope of luring big money into London markets pre Lehman.

[speedy] 08/10/2013 11:50

"The State Council, China's cabinet, said last month it will cut coal consumption, close steel plants and control the number of cars on its roads to gradually eliminate heavily polluted days in as soon as a decade. "

Hmmmm ... dammed if they do ...

[speedy] 08/10/2013 11:48

leeds - yr 115558

As far as I can tell, HFT traders were given hidden subsidies, and negotiated
trading advantages (eg queue-jumping) with the exchanges. Once that became news
their profits were always going to come under pressure. I am surprised that
London seems to have avoided that conflict.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 11:30

FTSE100 ... 6384 ... -0.82%.

I trust the bond heavy funds are going to rotate when the FTSE100 is priced to buy.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 11:20

The market will short it down ...

[begorrah88] 08/10/2013 11:16

The PR and spin on the Royal Mail IPO is something to behold.

Snake Oil comes to mind.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 11:00

US futures flat.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 11:00

FTSE100 ... 6387 ... -0.77%.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 10:50

No debt ceiling crisis discount for Royal Mail shares ...


Royal Mail shares set to be priced at top end of range on unprecedented demand
Ministers plan to increase amount of Royal Mail shares available to public in privatisation at expense of those set aside for banks

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 10:27

Notwithstanding the strong data in the UK ... weather impact on UK retailing aside ... (I thought everyone shopped online)the FTSE100 is now at 6394.

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 10:19

With the GOP Congress members threatening to inflict Global financial terrorism, I wonder if the NSA are reading their emails and listening to their phone calls?

[leedskier] 08/10/2013 10:14

8 October 2013

BCC: UK upturn is gathering momentum

UK companies saw sales and optimism jump in the third quarter, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).