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[leedskier] 05/9/2017 07:08

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls update courtesy of CMC MARKETS - FTSE100 +8 points at 7,419, DAX +24 at 12,126, CAC40 +7 at 5,111 at 6.10am

[cfc1] 04/9/2017 09:22

Its all about China and Russia re N Korea IF THEY want to avoid war. Trouble is N Korea has 'rare earth minerals' worth trillions and China is key to its production and a key beneficiary ...so China has a big call to make.
All it takes is hit teams to take out those major facilities and NK is screwed. Trouble is they are heavily guarded by both NKs and Chinese.

[leedskier] 04/9/2017 09:11

Trump should prevail upon Barnier to negotiate with Kim Jong-un. Barnier seems good at making threats.

[leedskier] 04/9/2017 09:02

The disconnect between voters and politicians has now it seems widened to England's football fans and the football team.

[leedskier] 04/9/2017 08:03

7,410.28 -28.22 (-0.38%)

[leedskier] 04/9/2017 07:19

Timely reminder from David Buick that the US is closed today.

[leedskier] 04/9/2017 06:17

First day of the trading week .... so called to open down. Nothing changes.

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls update courtesy of CMC MARKETS - FTSE100 -12 at 7,426, DAX -52 at 12,090, CAC40 -22 at 5,101 at 6.12am

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 17:37

I should have written Euros but as you comment the difference between the GBP and the Euro is currently precious little.

[largeronald] 01/9/2017 16:13

Is it £100 billion? Rumours abound it is likely around €60 billion. Mind you, the way the £ is going, by March 2019 that will probably equate to £100 billion.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 15:03

The £100 billion the EU is demanding could be used to help the British to be more self sufficient and reduce our dependency on EU imports.

[careful] 01/9/2017 14:06

Brexit negotiations will obviously fail.
Both sides must know this already.
They cannot even get past the first hurdle of the exit bill.
And never will.

Why do we have to endure this endless ritual of bogus negotiation.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 14:00

Nothing changes. When the Germans realised that the Italians were unable to win against the British in North Africa, Rommel and his tanks were dispatched to hold the line. And we all know how that ended in November 1942.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 13:52

According to the Telegraph the Huns are now getting stuck in.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 13:33

Look at the RBS intraday chart above.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 13:32

US employment data falls short. US$ falls.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 13:29

Both greaT movies, if only they made them like that now ;

[blusteradjuster] 01/9/2017 12:29

Leedskier,

To borrow from two films:


"We're going to need a bigger DeLorean"

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 11:23

We seem to living in an age of retrofuturism or what Bruce McCall describes and depicts in his art work as faux nostalgia.

Gordon Brown personified it. He predicted in 2009 (or was 2010) that the future would be very rosy and global growth would continue unabated forever, seeing world markets and demand double if not treble over the next couple of decades.

There are many in Britain who think that if only we could turn the clock back to some past time when the present was predicted to be a far better place than (in fact) it is,, we could make different decisions to ensure that dream became reality.

[blusteradjuster] 01/9/2017 09:38

Leedskier,

From what I read today about French labor laws, it seems the French legislators/unions/nation are ready to move in the right direction - ours.

I'd agree that the French and the EU need to reform in our direction and can understand the general frustration with their hitherto slow progress.

I'd also agree that the best way to cajole them would be to remain in the EU and apply some noisy tough-love from within.


It would be something of a comic-tragedy if we left just as they started to see sense.

[maxk] 01/9/2017 09:25

And nothing has changed leeds.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 09:19

maxk we have expressed that view on this BB since the Greek drama first unfolded back in 2011.

[gcom2] 01/9/2017 09:14

we'd need trumps help but its do-able