Absolute Carnage on the FT-SE 100 expected later today.

chucknorris

Doctor_Gloom wrote: »

That's what I love about you guys, you always bite! :T

It was down 2.5% today at one point. And that's on top of recent heavy falls. That's carnage in anyone's books.
Still down today, and it's likely to go down much further in the days and weeks ahead. Tin Hats at the ready.

See that's the difference between a bear and a bull (although in recession times I can actually be bearish but not now this is the time to invest) the point you have (embarressingly) missed is that anyone that bought into the market at the low point today got a great price, it was a fantastic opportunity. Personally I still think the closing price is a good buying opportunity but the tracker I tend to invest in has a noon settling price so I will have to see how the market behaves on Monday morning.

You see it as some sort of personal game by someone biting etc. But it's not its about economics, while you play the fool others are investing and making money.

Anyway it's time to cook dinner I will log on Sat and read your reply and respond then.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

FTSE closed down a whopping 0.25%.

So much for "carnage".

Muppets.

Exocet

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

FTSE closed down a whopping 0.25%.

So much for "carnage".

Muppets.

Halifax up .1% in Aberdeen.

So much for "soaring".

I will not use an uncouth epithet, but I think Sir, you will understand the meaning.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

chucknorris wrote: »

See that's the difference between a bear and a bull .

The difference between a bear and a bull is only their perspective on what the market will do. I will no doubt be bearish on housing at some point in the future. But not now, when we have such a severe supply/demand imbalance, sufficient to outweigh the other headwinds.

However on this forum, the difference between the "bears" and the "bulls" is much clearer.

BULLS:




BEARS:

Blacklight

Doctor_Gloom wrote: »

That's what I love about you guys, you always bite!

Openly trolling.

Jonbvn

Blacklight wrote: »

Openly trolling.

I would say he is just trying to make it appear that way, so that he doesn't look quite so silly. Didn't work.

Generali

Jonbvn wrote: »

I would say he is just trying to make it appear that way, so that he doesn't look quite so silly. Didn't work.

If you're going to put in doomsday predictions, better not to put a date on it because it makes you look very foolish.

Cleaver

Generali wrote: »

If you're going to put in doomsday predictions, better not to put a date on it because it makes you look very foolish.

Yes, but if you don't put on a date you a bit too vague and clueless. Doomsayers must have a hard life - damned if you do and damned if you don't.

The weather is stunning here in the UK Generali and I'm about to get going in the garden before watching the play-off final at 3pm. Tell me it's a bit rainy and grey in Aus, which would make the rare sunshine here even more enjoyable.

Harry_Powell

Even better, write down your doomsday predictions in a manner so vague and convoluted that they can be discussed, interpreted and applied to every future disasterous event. Nostradamus anyone?

Generali

Cleaver wrote: »

Yes, but if you don't put on a date you a bit too vague and clueless. Doomsayers must have a hard life - damned if you do and damned if you don't.

The weather is stunning here in the UK Generali and I'm about to get going in the garden before watching the play-off final at 3pm. Tell me it's a bit rainy and grey in Aus, which would make the rare sunshine here even more enjoyable.

HTH Cleaver old thing.

The weather has been cold and wet all week - 19C today max, now a decidedly nippy 13C and falling fast. Brrrrrr. In fact for 2 days it rained too hard for me to cycle in to work as I have slick tyres on the bike and they don't go well with rain. I'm also being extra cautious as I went over the handlebars the other week and ended up in hospital!

Showers tomorrow and then rain again on Monday. We need the rain as the dam is down to 56% of capacity* and falling as the autumn was unusually warm and dry.

On a more positive front, I had an interview this week with an investment company for a pretty senior role. I suspect I could get them to pay for me to do an MBA which would be good. Retail financial services are even more of a con over here than in the UK BTW.









*Less than 60% is poor.