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Congress rejects rescue Bill

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  • dunstonh wrote: »
    We taking odds on the drop on FTSE. my guess....4300-4500 until bail out goes through when it will climb back through 5000 again.

    I hope that's not your punters' dough that you're ploughing into index derivatives!

    Doesn't your advice come with a caveat any more?!

    Some of us are still nursing the losses from your reassurance that the B&B has "enough money to last until the end of 2009"!
    "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
    -- Thomas Jefferson
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 121,288 Forumite
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    Doesn't your advice come with a caveat any more?!

    What advice?
    Some of us are still nursing the losses from your reassurance that the B&B has "enough money to last until the end of 2009"!

    what losses?
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • Aegis
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    edwinac wrote: »
    Doesn't your advice come with a caveat any more?!

    Every single post he makes is followed by the signature:
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser.

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    nything posted on this forum is for discussion purposes only. It should not be considered financial advice. Different people have different needs and what is right for one person may be different for another. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser who can advise you after finding out more about your situation.

    Is that really not enough of a caveat for you? It clearly says that you shouldn't take anything written on this forum as financial advice intended for you.
    I am a Chartered Financial Planner
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  • Stavros_3
    Stavros_3 Posts: 1,288 Forumite
    You beat me to it Aegis. The only losses that will be felt will be by shareholders, not depositors, I don't recall Dunstonh ever recommending anyone to buy their shares.
    Liquidity is when you look at your investment portfolio and **** your pants
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 121,288 Forumite
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    The IFA tag in my sig attracts the trolls....

    At least Europe hasnt reacted as strongly as the US did on the markets. Perhaps yesterday's drop factored a lot of it in with anticipation of failure?
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • edwinac_2
    edwinac_2 Posts: 268 Forumite
    Stavros wrote: »
    I don't recall Dunstonh ever recommending anyone to buy their shares.

    Dunstonh's throw-away remark that the B&B had "cash to last until end of 2009" possibly persuaded people not to sell their shares!

    Never mind, it's only money.

    But it does serves to demonstrate one should exercise extreme caution when following anybody's advice, including advice from an IFA.
    "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
    -- Thomas Jefferson
  • Masomnia
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    Believe it or not, IFAs can't see into the future.

    B & B did have enough capital to see them through, but of course when a run on the bank looked likely that changed.
    “I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse
  • I know there is justifable resentment against financial institutions who have been mismanaged but do those who voted against the rescue plan realise the consequences of their actions? We are talking about undermining the efforts of European banks to stabilise the situation. This could cause a global meltdown. I am not drinking at the moment but I might start.
  • Jennifer_Jane
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    IFA's don't give specific share advice - for that you need a stockbroker - or the 'Daily Mail' or some such.

    Good luck!

    And always 'DYOR'....

    Jen
    x

    PS - if I had shares in a Company and someone said 'they had sufficient money to last till end-2009', I'd have been out of there like a shot - to me that would been already past the optimum time to dump those shares!
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Don't do that I thought they had bounced it again.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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