ANYONE KNOW WHY THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND IS SHOWING A SHARE PRICE AROUND THE 6.59 MARK WHEN IT WAS 18.00 OR SO THE OTHER WEEK OR AM I GOING STRANGE?????????????

gordon brown sold in 3 tranches at around the figs u mentioned, jkd.

problem was that market knew uk was about to sell and adjusted prices a bit and so uk lost several million quid on that too.....this aint been in media either.

brown bought into euro.....which has been stagnant until last year........and he bought into usa housing or something i think i read.....anyway i think it was a political decision to show that uk supports usa.

moral is that brown doesnt understand free markets or even value of gold......every country has ben wanting it for many years now....even putin in russia has put vast reserves in gold......and i bet he's a shrewd man!

scottish are odd people - can you really understand them

Haven't looked in on these boards for a while - treblewide still going strong I see!
Changed my moniker due to password issue, or some such similar problem, ages ago - used to be jojo.

Went long on a few via a spreadbet yesterday and added this am. Not looking too clever at the moment.

these fell 15p every day... now 150p.... does that mean there are only 10 days left?

My type of humour magicpriceless. Mr Magoo.you might be closer than you think? Are you in shock?

over 8 billion in lost reserves, 2 wars in country's we have no interest in, blair-brown have become the greatest incompetants since Maggie T, I thought she would take some beating but these guys are having a good old go.

Both should be treated like Saddam and trial'd in the international court for crimes against their own people!no doubt Cherie would get them both off though and get paid hansomely for the privalege! no justice in this world!!!

Cherie is surely not that good ... your memory ellio is not that good either, can't you recall the winter of discontent just before Maggie took over.

sod off magoo u speccy old b?????......at least we aint rapist mongrels like yourself

year on year ...... RBS down 74.22% ...... BARC down 63.42%

better than nrk and bb.

and prob al. if it wasnt bought out

i see usa is on brink of being brought to its knees......been reading they only have a few days to do something before dollar collapses

made lots of dosh shorting NRK ..... wish i had done same on BB. and of course BARC and almost any other bank - lol!

(a) not sure what comic you have been reading
(b) rubbish!
(c) weak $ is good for my biz overall (i think), and certainly a weaker Euro would be magic
(d) americans (especially internees they say) are very good on their knees - giving blow-jobs!

u r a sick individual!!

anyway, if u want banks to be done away with, then all companies would cease.....and even employees cant get money from non-existent banks.....

capitalism is about to end very soon in uk and usa.

marx and joseph stalin maybe had it right...........right 'm away for some caviar and vodka, lol.......we will all become communists soon even if its to be ruled by russia and china

poka

and u bought barc cynic, u must be ,losing loads on that crap bank

and just cos rest of world and u r fine, doesnt mean that things r ok........stop thinking i'm alright jack......look at shit state uk is in......immigration ut of control, violence, vandalism rampant.....debt is massive...economy is nackered and will take about 30 years to get back on track

what biz u got cynic......u r on this website every minute of every day!!

in simple terms, it's shipping related .... and by the way, who will look after me if i don't? ..... and surely the salubrious part of aberdeen that you inhabit is well insulated against most of the (perceived) ills that you nominate!

and also to remind you, and as posted earlier today, i sold BARC 10/14 days ago (i think) albeit at a nasty loss

ITS shipping TOO. NO NASTY LOSSES.

shipping is currently enjoying a huge boom, but remain aware that it is cyclical

Strange how no trades were showing this morning until 0805hrs. Never known this before re RBS. At 0805 plus a few seconds a sudden flurry came through. No doubt many trades were being carried out between 0800 and 0805, but presumably the high volume held them back. Weird or what.

the builders and banks don't open atm till about 8.05