Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Kerry Smith has resigned as a UKIP prospective parliamentary candidate after apologising for offensive remarks he made in a phone call.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30473388

China won't rock the boat. They are effectively financing the US debt in exchange for access to the US market. It has been that way for around twenty years. They currently hold $1.25 trillion. That's is about a fifth of the total US debt. China likes it that way as it enables them to keep their currency low. It also gives them some political clout with the US. Occasionally they threaten to sell some of the debt, which would cause US interest rates to rise and slow growth.

Any idea when the dollar is going to weaken?

Yes, thank you.

Well thanks for that bit of inelegance.. see that you have been kicked out of bed again.

max - $ is no more or less worthless than gold

Stupidity.

It depends on whether you wish to fill a tooth cavity or wipe your -----!

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Max,

There are EFTs for oil.

I know nothing about them, but do a search on the internet or your broker.

Similar to using an indices. Personally don't like them and some spreads are wide.

If you don't already use Sbs. of CFDs. remember that they are leverages and think of it that you have to cover the total possible movement of the value of your bet.

Check the spreads.

I think the market is dangerous at the moment and I think watching is a little more sensible than engaging.

I wish I had listened to myself a few days ago.

C'est la vie.

that's very witty for you fred :-)

CON 33%(+3), LAB 34%(nc), LDEM 8%(nc), UKIP 18%(-1), GRN 2%(-1).

http://allnewspipeline.com/Inuits_Issue_Warning_Earth_Has_Shifted.php

Hils,

I don't know if you are a 'Strictly' fan but.....

Any educated guess as to what has happened to Ola?

The media are reporting a 'serious injury' which is also going to be damaging to her career as a top dancer. I can't find any additional details anywhere, though. In the picture below she has her leg fully braced up and is at least hobbling along on crutches. Reports did say she had badly damaged her hip too.

It does look like a very bad knee injury and so my own guess is that she has probably torn/snapped her cruciate ligament. If so, do you think it could it have been repaired so soon?

Anyhow, even if she has no make-up on and isn't wearing something skimpy, it's nice to see her out of hospital.

I like bears!

Cheers Fred.

Bin having a look at IG for oil prices.

http://www.ig.com/uk/ig-commodities/brent-crude


It looks like an excellent way of losing your shirt in a very short space of time.

Who needs dodgy smallcaps?

Doc,

I am a fan of Strictly, but I didn't know Ola Jordan had injured herself. Apparently she was practicing on a dry ski slope for 'The Jump'.

Looking at the leg brace, it certainly suggests a knee ligament injury, and there also seems to be some kind of dressing under her leggings in front of the knee itself. I'm not sure why they'd need to dress the knee unless the skin had been punctured, either during the fall itself or in surgery??

I don't know when she injured herself, but I think they need to wait until the swelling goes down before they can run the MRI scan. That in itself can take a week or two, and, if you've ever wondered why football clubs are cagey about releasing information about player knee injuries, it's because they can't run the scan to find the full extent of the injury before the swelling subsides. That aside, an experienced physician doesn't need an MRI scan to tell you if an ACL is snapped - they can simply hold the lower leg below the knee and move it about freely.

Assuming it is ACL, and if she's had reconstruction surgery already, she'll be out for 6 to 9 months. The rehab is seriously hard work, but she's fit, so I'd guess closer to 6 months than to 9.

Hi Hils,

bet your loving the weather over there.

Really shiity here.

You jammy so and so.

Are you actually trading as much as you would do here??????????????.

Or do you just close down and enjoy.

Very interesting list of the various non majority scenarios.

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/12/15/tricky-politics-hung-parliaments/

Fishfinger,

It's still very early in the season, and I don't think the links between the villages will open until next weekend. And, even once everything does open up, I'm not out there every day - some weeks, I'll be lucky to get out in the snow just a couple of afternoons. And then we have corporate guests staying a couple of weekends, which is a real pain. I normally get so p!ssed off with them that I 'accidentally' guide them to the top of the Wall and wait for them to wimp out and ask to take the lift back down.

And the trading? I don't do a great deal of manual trading nowadays. It's a bit boring, and I mainly use robots to do it for me. I just keep a login open into the VPN so I know what's going on.

ROBORTS............HAYS you mean.

Wondered why he wasnt posting as much as normal.

Anyway Im rather shocked that u arent getting stuck in as much as you used to do.

I have enough dosh to call it a day now easily, but I still love getting up every morning at 7am, ready for the day.

Without the Stock Market id be lost, genuinely I would be lost, OK I have other business interests, but without daily trading, that would be the end for me.

In fact if you check my posts youl find me posting at 2 or 3 in the morning.

I just love it, cant help it.

Anyway lass, enjoy your holiday/break and keep posting about what your doing every day, its certainly something I enjoy.

Cheers Hills.