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  • Shedman
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    quirkydeptless said:
    Foot fall low in this hotel, for some reason...


    "...You can check out any time you like
    but you can never leave....". 🤣
  • ratechaser
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    DT2001 said:
    The sun is shining brightly in Devon and our fruit trees are showing signs of growth. :)
    Bit early for the green shoots of recovery!
  • Thrugelmir
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    ratechaser said:
    Yeah, that stimulus package went down like a lead balloon. Rather like travel/tourism stocks are doing...

    US futures already at their 5% limit down levels. Could we see another >2000 point fall on the Dow today...?
    Survival package there's nothing to stimulate.......
  • westv
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    The dead cat appears to have bounced up and then right back down again.
  • ratechaser
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    edited 16 March 2020 at 12:17PM
    Thrugelmir said:
    ratechaser said:
    Yeah, that stimulus package went down like a lead balloon. Rather like travel/tourism stocks are doing...

    US futures already at their 5% limit down levels. Could we see another >2000 point fall on the Dow today...?
    Survival package there's nothing to stimulate.......
    Quite... sitting at home with not a lot going on at work right now... at least not a lot positive...

    Wonder when Vanguard's FTSE250 tracker might be worth a punt...
  • westv
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    westv said:
    I'll revise my -25% or more fall to -40% or more by the time we're done.
    Not out of the bounds of possibility that we might see the biggest overall fall since the 1929 crash.
  • ratechaser
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    ratechaser said:
    Yeah, that stimulus package went down like a lead balloon. Rather like travel/tourism stocks are doing...

    US futures already at their 5% limit down levels. Could we see another >2000 point fall on the Dow today...?
    2250 down at open, suspended straightaway. could be interesting in 15 mins. Will we hit the 13% circuit breaker today...?
  • westv
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    Not far off the 13% as of a moment ago.
  • ffacoffipawb
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    I could cry now. Better off in a box than watching this.
  • Sea_Shell
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    "Excuse me whilst I step out onto the window ledge"

    How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 3.24% of current retirement "pot" (as at end December 2025)
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