No. You can find them.
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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)
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robp135
Terry Fenwick
Shat it.
ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
Marky hasn't preemted anything....he's just cut and pasting.
The reason you think they probably aren't British is based on no data and no facts. It's just prejudice. I know others won't call you out on it. That's up to them. But the above is another example of your bigotry.
robp135
Terry Fenwick
The data which you cannot provide.
What is your obsession with trying to get people to take your side? Even been sliding in to DM's ive been told
The data which you cannot provide.
What is your obsession with trying to get people to take your side? Even been sliding in to DM's ive been told
The data that 65% of UK Moroccans are citizens? It's in the fudgein census lol.
robp135
Terry Fenwick
Remember we were told how the UK would be booming outside of the EU by Farage, Johnston and others , seems the stock markets haven't caught on yet. Stock markets are a pretty good indicator of how businesses are doing profit and growth wise, we seem to be lagging over the last 10 years since the referendum. Hope my pension fund pulled out of UK shares
European Multi-Index Capital Growth Matrix
Index Jan 2016 Baseline Dec 2016 Baseline July 2026 Price Growth from Jan 2016 Growth from Dec 2016 Italy (IT40 / FTSE MIB) ~21,411.47 ~19,227.50 ~52,658.71 +145.94% +173.87% Germany (DAX 40) ~10,283.44 ~11,481.06 ~25,074.19 +143.83% +118.40% Spain (ES35 / IBEX 35) ~9,313.20 ~9,352.10 ~19,323.00 +107.48% +106.62% France (CAC 40) ~4,522.45 ~4,862.31 ~8,327.42 +84.14% +71.26% UK (FTSE 100) ~6,093.43 ~7,142.00 ~10,484.20 +72.06% +46.80%
Ironically the FTSE 100 is a poor representation of the UK economy, most of the companies make the majority of their profits outside the UK.
robp135
Terry Fenwick
All of those figures are pretty brick compared to the growth in the US markets as well.
Well well well looks like the EU aren't so democratic after all, they lose a vote in March then bring it back using an obscure mechanism to do so on the last day before recess when quite a few MEPs have gone back already. The mechanism used means an absolute majority of all MEPs must vote no or it's considered past. The no's win the vote but don't have an absolute majority as loads had gone home already so it passes and the EU are now free to carry on reading your messages.
Not the first time they've lost a vote then carry on until they find a way of getting the result they want.
Not the first time they've lost a vote then carry on until they find a way of getting the result they want.
ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
And the US market in turn is somewhat distorted by the success of the magnificent 7. Not a bad thing in itself, but doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
robp135
Terry Fenwick
That was the case the past few years but in 2026 they have underperformed the rest of the S&P.
SirPercyHotspur
Tony Parks
Problem is if those profits are being made in subsidiary companies registered on EU stock exchanges by UK companies they won't be be paying tax to UK government but to example the Netherlands government where many UK companies opened subsideries after Brexit. Brexit was a financial disaster, about time people acknowledge that.
I dont think it's even that, most of them are low growth global corporates. Take standard chartered for instance, makes 70-80% of it's profits in Asia, same with HSBC. I believe Astrazeneca makes most profits in the US. You do get reasonable dividends for UK listed companies, US companies don't tend to pay dividends.
SirPercyHotspur
Tony Parks
Yahoo finance says most US companies on Dow Jones do pay dividends and the majority of companies on S & P 500 pay dividends.
Dogs Of The Dow: 10 High-Yield Stocks With Dividends Up To 6.8% - Including Several Warren Buffett Favorites
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record all-time highs in 2025 with many of the components ending the year higher. Along with serving as a well-known barometer of overall market health, the index offers some of the top yielding blue-chip stocks. Here's a look at the top-yielding Dow Jones...
finance.yahoo.com
ricky2tricky4city
Les Howe
Fair enough if we are (we weren't) talking about the last six months.
Plus what percentage gains have they given back from the monumental gains of the last 10 odd years?
robp135
Terry Fenwick
Most of the US funds I am in have dividend stocks in them.
robp135
Terry Fenwick
Yeh it’s 36% vs 11% the rest. Although the Mag7 only funds don’t tend to fair as well as the broard market funds.
MartyFunkhouser
Vic Buckingham
She was not my political cup of tea, but tragic about Anne Widdecombe