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But, but, but.... they said it was a bull trap.

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  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
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    Spartacus. wrote: »
    I see no schadenfreude in that article, from a bull to bear point of view, I'm completely content to wait out our current appetite for borrowing as a country, even if the Haliwide posted rises right the way through until the election, the real deal will only see the light of day after that time.

    Why do 'bears' always seem to think that everything will 'go there way' after the next election?
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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    Dan: wrote: »
    Why do 'bears' always seem to think that everything will 'go there way' after the next election?

    Clutching at straws.

    They obviously forgot the Tories appointed Kirsty Alsopp as their housing advisor....:rotfl:
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Dan: wrote: »
    Why do 'bears' always seem to think that everything will 'go there way' after the next election?

    Politics is about power, hence politicians do anything to remain in power.

    Currently we are being sold a lemon in an attempt to keep Fuhrer Brown in power for longer. Hence nothing will be 'fixed' until after the GE.
  • StevieJ
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    Harry_Powell wrote: »
    I'd rather listen to Mark Dampier of Hargreaves Lansdown....

    "

    I wouldn't, not impressed with that guy particularly (except for the ruck of dosh he trousered from the sale of H&l :eek:).
    '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
  • digipeep
    digipeep Posts: 87 Forumite
    Shares were 6750 odd in 2007, and similar in 2000.

    Nothing to see here, move along.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    "But, but, but.... they said it was a bull trap."


    It is.
    Prices rise during a bull trap.

    The clue is in the name.

    You silly boy.
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  • chucky
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    nearlynew wrote: »
    "But, but, but.... they said it was a bull trap."


    It is.
    Prices rise during a bull trap.

    The clue is in the name.

    You silly boy.

    how long do these bull traps last?
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    how long do these bull traps last?

    If I could predict that I wouldn't be sat here talking to losers like you.

    :D
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  • chucky
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    nearlynew wrote: »
    If I could predict that I wouldn't be sat here talking to losers like you.

    :D


    if you're saying it's a bull trap you must have an idea or some evidence how long it will last... :rolleyes:

    normally your predictions are guaranteed so this one feels like you're not to sure... ;)
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    how long do these bull traps last?

    Interesting point.

    Perhaps the bears could point us in the direction of a previous UK housing market bull trap where prices rose for 6 consecutive months.;)
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
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