From where do you get the quaint idea that public sector pay is worse than the private sector? Apart from the bankers and other fat cats, the majority of private sector workers are paid less than the public sector. They also have less favourable conditions. e.g. I bet that every single public...
For someone to make money out of shorting shares, someone else must lose. It is now apparent that the ones 'lending' the shares don't actually own them so the losers are the owners of the shares who don't even know that their shares are being used in this way. Surely the time is right for an...
Well, the Mail on Sunday finally brought the full light of day onto my non-comprehension on this subject. It appears that the shares lent to the speculators are lent by various fund managers who make their living by looking after clients' investments. By 'looking after' they apparently mean...
I'm sorry, but this is too sophisticated for me. If I lent some shares and got them back at half of their value I would consider that I had made a stupid arrangement. I realise that the shares will (hopefully) increase in value but the value sitting in the hedge fund's bank account is my money...
I can live without credit cards, but I doubt that the banks can afford to lose the business when millions of people cut up their cards.
From where do you get the quaint idea that public sector pay is worse than the private sector? Apart from the bankers and other fat cats, the majority of private sector workers are paid less than the public sector. They also have less favourable conditions. e.g. I bet that every single public...
For someone to make money out of shorting shares, someone else must lose. It is now apparent that the ones 'lending' the shares don't actually own them so the losers are the owners of the shares who don't even know that their shares are being used in this way. Surely the time is right for an...
Well, the Mail on Sunday finally brought the full light of day onto my non-comprehension on this subject. It appears that the shares lent to the speculators are lent by various fund managers who make their living by looking after clients' investments. By 'looking after' they apparently mean...
I'm sorry, but this is too sophisticated for me. If I lent some shares and got them back at half of their value I would consider that I had made a stupid arrangement. I realise that the shares will (hopefully) increase in value but the value sitting in the hedge fund's bank account is my money...