Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[leedskier] 03/11/2017 09:16

I may give up following the markets during the Test Series, sleeping during the day and watching the matches overnight. Anything to distract from the chaos in Britain.


The first Ashes Test begins on November 23, while the fifth and final Test begins on January 4. Tour matches will take place in between, while an ODI series will begin after the Ashes series.

Play on the first Test will begin at midnight GMT, the third Test 2.30am and the fourth and fifth at 11.30pm. The second Test at Adelaide will be a day-night Test, the first in an Ashes series, with play beginning at the slightly more palatable time of 4am.

[leedskier] 03/11/2017 09:05

Yep she is the kiss of death. Perhaps Cronus the spider would be a better candidate.

[maxk] 03/11/2017 09:01

A throwaway article, but the comment section is worth a read.


isabella maeer
3 Nov 2017 12:36AM


Much as I sympathise with most views expressed here, what worries me most is that he looks like a clone for Macron.

Mrs May annoints him as her successor, frankly that is the best news, she has just dealt a fatal blow to any chances of him doing so.

Thank goodness.

[gcom2] 03/11/2017 08:42

Think he should of gone to specsavers, leedskier

[leedskier] 03/11/2017 07:46

It was quite right of Fallon to resign. The man clearly has no judgment or taste coming on to that ugly b*tch Andrea Leadsom.

[leedskier] 03/11/2017 06:51

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls update courtesy of CMC MARKETS - FTSE 100 +15 at 7570, DAX +35 at 13475, CAC 40 +7 at 5517, IBEX 35 +26 at 10483

[polar fox] 03/11/2017 06:26

Fallon

So you just have to look at the BBC's newspaper front pages to see why he felt obliged to quit. But Westminster is also expecting something else on Sunday.

What a creepy guy - I stopped believing a word he said/says in 2010, when Cameron made him one of the main speakers to the media on behalf of the Tories. I have the same attitude to several others, including May since she was at the Home Office. Reminds me of Major's situation in the '90s and we all know how that ended in '97.

[maxk] 02/11/2017 18:44

Nicola Sturgeon unveils income tax hike plan for Scots on more than £24,000


"She said the scenarios would generate between £80 million and £290 million, which she argued could be spent on a public sector pay increase that would help the economy."

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 17:28

Edward I aka Edward Longshanks, would have been impressed that the Spaniards have thrown the Catalan politicos in prison without even a charge being levelled against them. But of course he would have hung, drawn and quartered them too. Franco would mot have messed around with any of this lip service to human rights either.

He would simply have had them shot.

And what of Brussels? Given that the one the Spaniards really want garrotted is seeking refuge there, will they say anything?

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 16:12

7,558.37 +70.41 (0.94%)

[maxk] 02/11/2017 15:33

Looks like the Graun and the Torygraph are in agreement for once.

[right honorable lord lucan] 02/11/2017 14:59

Also this from the LLOYDS thread ...

The reason for Lloyds [banks] share price weakness?

Simply that Carney expressed too much caution (in the eyes of the market) re further rate hikes. And the Deputy Governor didn't help much by voting for the status quo.

So future hikes will, as always, be driven by employment numbers, wage growth, inflation etc. But the wild card is Brexit.

So early progress will help and now Parliament gets to see the recent reports on how it will affect every different part of the economy. Something like 50 plus of them.

[right honorable lord lucan] 02/11/2017 14:24

Read leedskiers post previous to yours

[tfergi] 02/11/2017 14:01

Why are RBS down ? Did the market really price in a higher rise today and in the future? It's pretty much what the expected outlook was also?

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 14:00

George Osborne gives his view ...


The pound slumped on Thursday as the Bank of England delivered a gloomy message on Brexit with its first rate hike for a decade.

The decision of the monetary policy committee was well flagged by policymakers in the build-up to the meeting.

But the dovish tone of the Bank’s comments, including the “noticeable impact” of the decision to leave the EU on the outlook, sent sterling plunging 1.52 cents against the dollar to $1.3107 and down 1.57 cents against the single currency to €1.1246.

[smurfy2001] 02/11/2017 13:46

1% by 2020 isn't really bringing much to the party.

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 13:29

The market reaction to this tiny rate change is bizarre. The traders should be locked= away in a sanatorium.

[blusteradjuster] 02/11/2017 12:30

The main losers will be households with a variable rate mortgage.

Of the 8.1 million households with a mortgage, 3.7 million, or 46%, are on either a standard variable rate or a tracker rate.

According to UK Finance, the average outstanding balance is £89,000 which would see payments increase by between £11 and £12 a month.

[grahamite2] 02/11/2017 12:22

Soros was presented with an open goal - what else would he have done?

[grahamite2] 02/11/2017 12:21

I too remember it well. John Major's obsession with the ERM ruined thousands of families who will probably never vote Conservative again.

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 12:13

I remember it well, it was when John Major was PM and the £ was shorted by Soros.

[leedskier] 02/11/2017 12:12

with the scary prospect of two more 0.25% rises over the next two years.