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ECB surprises analysts and CUTS interest rate to 0.25%

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    If you really say so.

    Just as every football fan knows far more than the manager of the team.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Just as every football fan knows far more than the manager of the team.

    Some of the fans probably do.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Now we have established I don't have a vested interest, would you car to comment on my original post?

    What do you want me to say?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Just as every football fan knows far more than the manager of the team.
    And if a team is failing, the employed manager gets booted out pretty quickly.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Just as every football fan knows far more than the manager of the team.
    That's why they are just football fans and post on a fans internet forum.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    An analyst isn't a fortune teller.

    This argument is rather like saying Brian Clough knew nothing about football because be never won the pools.

    Journalists and news outlets think they're fortune tellers.

    I don't know what an analyst really does. I'd assume they're better qualified than a 'commentator' but apart from that don't see why they're the arbiters used to determine if news is good or bad.
  • MFW_ASAP
    MFW_ASAP Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    What do you want me to say?

    Dunno. You seemed able to make a dismissive comment when you thought I had a VI. It's gone quiet now you know that I haven't. Don't worry, it happens a lot on here. Plenty of people manage to have a dig, not many able to follow it up with sensible discussion. :(
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Dunno. You seemed able to make a dismissive comment when you thought I had a VI. It's gone quiet now you know that I haven't. Don't worry, it happens a lot on here. Plenty of people manage to have a dig, not many able to follow it up with sensible discussion. :(

    I just asked a question, you answered quite reasonably. You have no VI.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • MFW_ASAP
    MFW_ASAP Posts: 1,458 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    I just asked a question, you answered quite reasonably. You have no VI.

    Fair enough. My fault, I'm used to having conversations that open with a question and develop from there, rather than open with a question and end when the answer is not to the taste of the questioner. :)
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    MFW_ASAP wrote: »
    Fair enough. My fault, I'm used to having conversations that open with a question and develop from there, rather than open with a question and end when the answer is not to the taste of the questioner. :)

    Had you have answered "yes I have a VI" I doubt I would have followed it up either.:cool:
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
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