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- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
David "Cave-in" Cameron. That's gonna hurt big time. It's in all the papers. "So are you really the twenty-first century Neville Chamberlain, waving a piece of paper in the air, saying to the public 'This is what I have, I have this promise’ where a ...
EU referendum: What happens if Brexit wins?
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
In that case we're really screwed!
EU referendum: What happens if Brexit wins?
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
If I had a job like that I probably wouldn't want to lose it either.... added: there are so many things wrong with this that I con't even get my head around the enormity of it all.
EU referendum: What happens if Brexit wins?
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
Seriously. This article sounds like the setting for a sci-fi horror movie including opression, mass-subjugation the inevitable uprising against the system by the films heroes and it is happening right here in Europe? I had no idea things had got ...
EU referendum: What happens if Brexit wins?
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
I see it like this. If we leave we have the hope and prospect of being able to do better. If we stay we have no hope at all.
EU Referendum: Betting Odds Shorten Sharply for 'Remain' Camp Ahead of Vote
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
Just as an aside, musing about the Euro and its forerunner the ERM, If when UK joined the ERM it had not been shoehorned in at such an unrealistically high currency price range, the pressure to blow out would not have existed and we would probably ...
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
LOL yes - pi$$ing oil revenues against the wall requires a special type of talent!
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
I think you are forgetting that we derive less than ZERO net benefit from being an EU member. Far from you subsidizing us it is actually the other way around. Yes, we currently live beyond our means and that is exactly what I am saying needs to be ...
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
Absolutely. If you are leveraged 5:1 and this thing Gaps 20% against you, you are toast!
Pound Climbs Early in Asia as Polls Show ‘Remain’ Camp Leading
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
UK ran a trade surplus in the late 70's - early 80's. We had a lot of manufacturing then. Then we ran surpluses again mid to late 90's. At NO time since then have we had trade surpluses and especially with the EU. Yeah sure the City matters, and it ...
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
De-regulation in the 80's saw a solid boom on the back of it.
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
pretty pictures tho.....
Kuroda: Overcoming Deflation: Theory and Practice
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
And I'm absolutely sure that most of the Snouts in the EU Trough don't give a $!?@ one way of the other as long as the gravy train keeps flowing for them...
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
They don't want us to leave (How heartwarming) but they also don't want to give us what we really need to be properly able to stay. Even if remain do win now, this is going to rumble on for another 40 years (assuming EU survives that long...) ...
Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
I hope Cameron goes regardless of outcome... (and Osborne)
What Anxiety Over Brexit Tells Us About the Markets
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
We may even see the economy re-balance itself back towards having a stong manufacturing base too. All depends on exchange rates. 15-20% lower will hurt foreign holidays etc, but would benefit exporting enormously and could easily turn UK into a much ...
Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe: Luxembourg's Asselborn
- nbfx commented Jun 20, 2016
True, but on the other hand making the product 15% cheaper due to exchange rate changes (effectivly devaluation and even after WTO import tarrifs) makes a new UK made Nissan car a very attractive proposition anywhere in Europe and highly ...
Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe: Luxembourg's Asselborn
- nbfx commented Jun 19, 2016
I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to sell Yen. It can go up a good deal more before it retreats.
Nobel prize-winning economists warn of long-term damage after Brexit
- nbfx commented Jun 19, 2016
Judging from the comments of Swiss friends - probably a lot of both! lol
Tracing the global market thread that could be unraveled by Brexit
- nbfx commented Jun 19, 2016
I know. But they have referrendums frequently on many subjects. I'm sure they are totally bemused by our shoddy approach...
Tracing the global market thread that could be unraveled by Brexit