Why Sun and Google?
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You don't know?Originally posted by boredsenseless
Basically there is a high probability of a severe chair throwing storm in microsoftland later this evening all because of what Sun and Google are going to announce in a few minutes at a joint press conference.
Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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Retail
You can have my shop for £7.89 and a packet of Quavers (Half eaten).
What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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I thought that was doing well?Originally posted by MarillionFanYou can have my shop for £7.89 and a packet of Quavers (Half eaten).The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Doing well.
Well it was doing OK. Sales are down but I make a little off Wholesaling, about £500 pm during the year on the shop and about an extra £15/£20k a year at Chrimbo (depending on Chrimbo)
Until recently when the new town manager for the landlords decided to increase my rent from £10k to £25 by giving me notice on my licence to be out at the end of October, thus forcing me to sign the new agreement.
So do the maths. I just lost £15k a year in profit. Now its not worth it vs time.
B@stards.
and yes, before you ask it was legal due to a particular clause.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Balanced Portfolio
Lesson number 1: do not put all your eggs in one basket.
Lesson number 2: only invest what you can afford to loose
Lesson number 3: Spread the risk (investment classes, and spread within class)
Lesson number 4: Income or growth
Biggest lesson: understand the risk (potential downside)
The part of my investment portfolio that is doing well at the moment is the (UT) Jupiter Emerging European Opportunities Trust
I invested just before the eastern block countries joined the EU
50% of the fund is in Russia (commodities e.g. oil, gas, mobile phones)
Russia is one of the cheapest markets in the world, and Putin is trying to clean it up and give it some credability (post YUKOS) so may still have some way to run.
I am waiting for the commodity bubble to burst and then get back in.
Gold is rising quite well.
I was in the (UT) JPMF Natural resources that did quite well and probably dipped out to early.
Decided to stop holding individual company shares too risky, especially technology companies e.g. look at the graph for Microsoft for the last 2 years.
Other funds that I have going well are (Investment Trusts):
JPMF India
Scottish Oriental Trust (asian smaller companies - growth)
Japan is just starting to take off after years in the doldrums, and recent political reform, the hype in terms of future potential is just starting. If I had to invest my 7K isa next week and was looking for a bit of a flutter, I might start here with say : (UT) Schroder Tokyo
Got these investment rules off an old retired bod on Motley fool, not sure how accurate they are:
Recession & low inflation: invest in bonds
Recession & high inflation: invest in property and commodities
Sluggish growth & low inflation: invest in equities and bonds
Sluggish growth and high inflation: invest in property and commodities
Faster growth and low inflation: invest in equities
Faster growth and high inflation: invest in property and commodities
Investments can be affected by different cycles - the rise and fall, bubble, curve etc
Please note: never invest what you cannot afford to loose and allways take independent advice.Last edited by ancient; 4 October 2005, 22:22.Comment
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Probability? Well, there's certainly egg on the face of a certain "Dark Prince of Bulltulip" now then...Originally posted by threadedYou don't know?
Basically there is a high probability of a severe chair throwing storm in microsoftland later this evening all because of what Sun and Google are going to announce in a few minutes at a joint press conference.
Threaded, where do you get your info? Oh, yeah, TheRegister and Slashdot, just like the rest of us.Oh Jesus - Disaster Management Ltd.
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Originally posted by ancient
Re the inflation and investing strategy. The governemnt defined level of infaltion excludes house price inflation and the cost of borrowing, so it could be a tricky strategy given that the real level of inflation is hiddenThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Bagpuss,
how much is a large pile of wad ?
just to put things into perspective
Milan.Comment
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About 100k, not a large amount by some standards but large to me,would like to get more than <=4k a year from it.Originally posted by milanbenesThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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