Generali's XII days of Christmas Quiz (part 3)

Generali

So, answers:

Question 3:

By how much do the Office for National Statistics reckon that the total value of all the houses in England, Scotland and Wales rose or fell between the survey period 2006-8 and 2008-10?
a. Up > £200,000,000,000
b. Up < £200,000,000,000
c. Unchanged
d. Down < £200,000,000,000
e. Down > £200,000,000,000

Question 4:

4. According to the ONS (from Land Registry figures) which region (not Nation) has the highest rate of home owner occupation (incl those with a mortgage outstanding) and which region has the lowest in England, Scotland and Wales?

London lowest, South East highest

Generali

Question 5:
How many shares were bought or sold on the London Stock Exchange in November 2011 (AIM, Main Board and International shares)? Answers to the nearest 25,000,000.

vivatifosi

I don't even know where the ballpark will be. Er... 82,365,000,000. As with all my other answers, based on no knowledge whatsoever.

michaels

Hey - I hadn't had a chance to guess wrong on question 4 yet...

fc123

no idea at all

sabretoothtigger

I should probably have a clue but I dont. Without looking it up at all :think:

If its all of them then FTSE does alot of business so it must be at least 1 trillion for all the listed instruments, they even list bonds now

Im probably wrong as the suggested unit of accuracy would then be far less then 1% But I'll stick to my guns

[strike]Scrap that, 1tn/12 I'll go with for a monthly figure[/strike] 80bn is too low, Just hsbc is 100bn so 1tn is low if anything, 1tn it is :laugh:

Generali

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

I should probably have a clue but I dont. Without looking it up at all :think:

If its all of them then FTSE does alot of business so it must be at least 1 trillion for all the listed instruments, they even list bonds now

Im probably wrong as the suggested unit of accuracy would then be far less then 1% But I'll stick to my guns

[strike]Scrap that, 1tn/12 I'll go with for a monthly figure[/strike] 80bn is too low, Just hsbc is 100bn so 1tn is low if anything, 1tn it is :laugh:

Remember this is shares only and only nominal traded, not cash value. You're not in the ballpark.

sss555s

Easy! 10 000 000 000

sabretoothtigger

Generali wrote: »

Remember this is shares only and only nominal traded, not cash value. You're not in the ballpark.

oh dam. Yea I know hsbc price was not 1 pound, its far less shares then worth. 1 year ago today I was shorting selling them.

Ive no idea of the average stock turn around per month vs market cap. I will have to go with my second guess of 80bn shares traded, its only numbers

Generali

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

oh dam. Yea I know hsbc price was not 1 pound, its far less shares then worth. 1 year ago today I was shorting selling them.

Ive no idea of the average stock turn around per month vs market cap. I will have to go with my second guess of 80bn shares traded, its only numbers

Macquarie Bank in Aus is a great trade at the moment, it's a classic range bound stock between about $24 and $20. It's trading at $23.85 so a good short for now.

A mate was pretty much doubling his income trading MQG futures.

michaels

but isn't that the story of the world's stock markets, lots of volatility due to euro fears/hopes but all within a 10% band, but that does not mean a breakout one way or the other won't happen; like the carry trade, betting on past history is not always profitable.

Generali wrote: »

Macquarie Bank in Aus is a great trade at the moment, it's a classic range bound stock between about $24 and $20. It's trading at $23.85 so a good short for now.

A mate was pretty much doubling his income trading MQG futures.