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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 49m

the best thing today is it's finally the end of political party conference season in the UK.

BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

because they're terrified if the situation was reversed, they'd be treated the way they treat others. it's never once occurred to any of them that not behaving like assholes in the first place, would actually make for a better existence for everyone. no win-win scenarios ever for these people.

BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

obligatory:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

I note the 'book' has got a foreword by John Redwood, one of the least astute and most radicalised Brexiters. that really is all anyone needs to know. there will now be a blocking of this individual since they're clearly an idiot.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

to quote Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I:

Danny: If you're hanging onto a rising balloon, you're presented with a difficult decision. Let go before it's too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: how long can you keep a grip on the rope ?

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 6h

it's pulled back already to only -2%, just kneejerk algo nonsense in thin liquidity at the open

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 7h

*ASML SHARES FALL 7.1% AFTER US PROBE INTO CHINA EXPORTS

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 7h

UK reporting sees beats at #GNC.L Greencore, #NET.L Netcall, #MARS.L Marston's, #RFX.L Ramsdens, and private equity companies benefiting from portfolio sales. #VTU.L Vertu Motors on the back foot due to cost of the cyber-attack at their Jaguar Land Rover dealerships in September:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 8h

worth noting, there are a couple of UK listed trusts which should benefit here in the form of #VEIL.L and #VOF.L

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 19h

good news for @smtuffy.bsky.social

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 19h

Michael Mann’s ‘HEAT 2’ is officially in the works.

(Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/heat-2-is-on-michael-mann-crime-thriller-1236392878/)

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 22h

am getting strong Sally Smedley vibes here, rather than Alex Pates or Joy Merrywether

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 23h

US indices go negative on the day...

Russell 2000, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ETFs

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

UK rhyming slang: Sep shorthand for Seppo, which is shorthand for Septic Tank as rhyming slang for Yank

am also Gen X but quite possibly a bit terminally online 😀

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

my throwaway response of using a well known meme phrase was purely for amusement. please don't suck all the fun out of it.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

block Canadian listed companies from having foreign governments as shareholders is the obvious banter outcome

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

am very happy for psephologists and pollsters to do the heavy lifting until 2029 (it is after all their job). if I'm watching anything, it's the extent to which people I know start to get deranged over shifting polls (it's happened before)

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Carney has the chance to do the funniest thing

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

thank you for supporting 35 years worth of my priors re what stock pickers should pay attention to in macro 😀

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

South Park is basically an animated documentary now (apart from the Satan character)

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

fortunately we still have the Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Constitutional Court) to maintain standards:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

up there with Mrs Brown's Boys as a reminder that lowest common denominator 'entertainment' is not something to be proud of as a nation

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

fair, but he does also appear to be the new George Osborne for taking up other gigs in addition to his MP duties:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

like-for-like

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

UK reporting sees profit warning at #BME.L B&M European Value Retail (driven by weak UK l-f-l), new contract win for #CHRT.L Cohort from a UK defence prime contractor and slightly better trading than expected from #SHEL.L Shell in Integrated Gas in particular:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1d

never going to get tired of slagging off that ridiculous charlatan and his pivot to crypto and digital collectables, when it became screamingly obvious he was just another doom merchant with zero clue. another one who never got over the GFC and the fact that the world didn't actually end. utter 🔔🔚

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