New Posts For Thread: Stockmarkets crashhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crashThis has been coming for a long time. Nobody can predict when it might happen, but each month, there seems to be more signs that it's closer.How can they think of raising interest rates by such a minimal amount, whilst simultaneously injecting a furtTalk about false news. e.g.'The FTSE was down 7.8 points today on fears over the effect of Brexit'The FTSE was up 3.4 points today on increased optimism in Bhutan'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551472019#551472019Talk about false news. e.g.'The FTSE was down 7.8 points today on fears over the effect of Brexit'The FTSE was up 3.4 points today on increased optimism in Bhutan'Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:33:26 -0500Dr Crippen 21 Mar 17 18:21 The next support level is 7368 if it dips again tomorrow. 7368 is wrong, should have said around 7302. So it worked out perfectly again.It's remarkable how these support levels can be predicted.It actually bottomed ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551471657#551471657Dr Crippen 21 Mar 17 18:21 The next support level is 7368 if it dips again tomorrow. 7368 is wrong, should have said around 7302. So it worked out perfectly again.It's remarkable how these support levels can be predicted.It actually bottomed aWed, 22 Mar 2017 12:49:00 -0500It would be a whole lot better if pension contributions and annuities were mandatory, and that their raison d'etre was to lower the welfare state bill, rather than dressing it up as being essential to everyone's self interest, when it certainly isn'thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551470079#551470079It would be a whole lot better if pension contributions and annuities were mandatory, and that their raison d'etre was to lower the welfare state bill, rather than dressing it up as being essential to everyone's self interest, when it certainly isn'tWed, 22 Mar 2017 09:55:10 -0500If someone said to me that you get tax exemption on pension contributions, but when you retire you pay tax on 75% of it anyway, and with that 75% you have to buy potatoes, nobody would think twice.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551470023#551470023If someone said to me that you get tax exemption on pension contributions, but when you retire you pay tax on 75% of it anyway, and with that 75% you have to buy potatoes, nobody would think twice.Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:47:33 -0500its for people with your outlook dri,m sure when annuties were paying 12,13 grand for a 100 grand pot,it stands to reason doing your own investing you could have got a better return,i,m not out to make a killing or of high expectations,but if i had ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551470013#551470013its for people with your outlook dri,m sure when annuties were paying 12,13 grand for a 100 grand pot,it stands to reason doing your own investing you could have got a better return,i,m not out to make a killing or of high expectations,but if i had aWed, 22 Mar 2017 09:44:53 -0500Annuities are a total tip off. Imagine a law where you have no choice but to buy potatoes. You might not even want them, but because you have to buy them, you going to pay too much for them whether you want them or not.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551470009#551470009Annuities are a total tip off. Imagine a law where you have no choice but to buy potatoes. You might not even want them, but because you have to buy them, you going to pay too much for them whether you want them or not.Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:44:18 -0500Annuities have got to be a good deal for the insurance companies.They base their annuity rates on the current interest rates of long term gilts.How can they lose?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551469975#551469975Annuities have got to be a good deal for the insurance companies.They base their annuity rates on the current interest rates of long term gilts.How can they lose?Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:38:30 -0500Calculating CGT on shares.http://www.scruttonbland.co.uk/blog-post/calculating-capital-gains-tax-your-share-portfoliohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551469949#551469949Calculating CGT on shares.http://www.scruttonbland.co.uk/blog-post/calculating-capital-gains-tax-your-share-portfolioWed, 22 Mar 2017 09:33:38 -0500Pension annuities were designed to lessen the burden on the welfare state.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551469937#551469937Pension annuities were designed to lessen the burden on the welfare state.Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:32:27 -0500I'm not up to where we currently are with pension rules but the last thing you want to have to buy is annuity, which certainly was the case. Annuities are friends of the state and the enemy of individuals.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30833623/stockmarkets-crash?post_id=551469933#551469933I'm not up to where we currently are with pension rules but the last thing you want to have to buy is annuity, which certainly was the case. Annuities are friends of the state and the enemy of individuals.Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:30:57 -0500