TOP PICKS IN FRONTIER MARKETS

Top Pick in the Frontier MarketsHSBC bank says Vietnam is its “most preferred” frontier market. A frontier market is one that is more developed than least developed countries, but too small, risky, or illiquid to be classified as an “emerging market” economy.HSBC says the Southeast Asian nation is “more investable than many think.” Its positive factors including an accelerating inflow of foreign investment, a government focus on infrastructure...

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DAVID DAVIS IN DEFENCE OF ALEX SALMOND

https://youtu.be/AJjZPRTEZN8 This post covers three subjects:The career of David Davis;The case against Salmond and the Scottish Crown Office attempt to gag hi.;A new law preventing people living in Scotland from speaking freely in their own homes.David Davis, 72, is from York and South London and grew up on council estates in a one parent family. His A'level grades were not good enough first time round for a place at University so he...

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THE EU IS ON THE ROPES

At the national levels, most reasonable people wait patiently to be vaccinated, but the EU and its net of national officials is driven by spite.Thus, decisions are made and reversed, and there is much argument and muddle.This is the third muddle in as many months - they closed the border within Ireland, they ruled the vaccine unsuitable for the over-65s, now they say it causes thrombosis. Each time, emotion is overcome and facts...

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FEEL SORRY FOR THE EU

Look, feel sorry for the EU. After accusing Britain of snaffling their supplies, then advising against the AZ for over 50s, now they say this AZ vaccine causes blood clots.They are hurt by theUK leaving them and they are scared by covid and the vaccine and they are as usual hopelessly split on all major issues of the day.They are overrun with emotionalism and cannot get anything right or hold the line on a single decision of any importance.They...

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ASPERGER'S

David Byrne. As an older adult, he realised he had Asperger's, stating that music was his way of communicating when he felt he couldn't do it face to face.His father used his electrical engineering skills to modify a reel to reel so that his son David could make multi track recordings. What I know is that everywhere he went he picked up pieces and made things. You couldn't stop his mad creations from fragments of his reality. It is...

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JETHRO TULL

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRzeRTRJOWwDPnF5kMuMBU4dLIUByQs14https://youtu.be/hAt1b21S97kAnd the most famous:https://youtu.be/B0jMPI_p...

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IS DISCUSSING SKIN COLOUR RACIST TALK?

I can't see anything wrong with speculating on the colour of the next one's skin, or you may chat about whether its hair will be red, or will it have big ears like Charles? Nothing wrong with that.... anyone who says to the contrary has just got the dirty journalist mind of a little racist looking to plump up hits .... ...

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ONE NATION TORYISM AT ITS BEST

The SNP has corrupted political life in Scotland. The system is fine, the personalities have corrupted it. "Levelling-up" of the economy is a positive response to address the root cause of regionalism. Levelling up socially socially is also needed to recognise and treat the extent of delinquency amongst the people of Scotland in certain districts (such as Glasgow). We can say two things: areas of high delinquency (drug...

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WHY HAVE GROWTH COMPANIES TANKED?

WHY HAVE GROWTH COMPANIES TANKED The "growth" is growth in earnings. Tremendous growth in earnings were and still are expected.Analysts mostly value companies using the idea that if you can sum all future earnings, you've got the value of the company.Except as £100 today is worth more than £100 next year you should apply a discount to those earnings to know what they're worth in today's money. And that discount rate is linked to...

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I'M JABBING, IM JABBING

JABBING, I'M JABBING The vaccine gets your immune system ready so should you encounter the virus you have a much better chance of overcoming it. It reduces the symptoms, hopefully to zero.You may still be carrying some virus so in theory could infect others. But chances are vanishingly small. There's not enough data yet to answer this, nor how long immunity lasts, but the UK has been vaccinating since 8 December 2020 and six million people...

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WHICH WAY FREEDOM OR SECURITY?

FREEDOM OR SECURITY? At this stage in the debt cycle, the government directs the previously independent central bankto print money, without issuing collateral, which it then distributes directly to citizens.(Previously, the central bank was buying financial assets under QE programs.)This means the government can organise and  control people's lives directly. It can play an even bigger part in people's lives. It is a controlling force....

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