Peter Rains

Investment manager and actuary.

[Peter Rains @PeterRains]

@ramonagusta @GHWTowler I would guess it cost less than removing flags illegally put on lamp posts, don't you think?

[Peter Rains @PeterRains]

@paddyarp @deGourlay Now looking at the analysis provided by the BBC the 4.4bn suplus becomes a 3bn deficit once the U turn on wunter fuel payments is taken into account. A U turn that was largely forced on the Goverment by the right wing press. So virtually all the £26bn tax rise was for the buffer.

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@john_actuary @SteveFifield3 Do they charge a lot?

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@MichaelRosenYes @ladyjean4848 I've done exactly the same as you many times with no problem, always paying for the one bag I scanned.

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@john_actuary Please provide information at your convenience

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@afneil This is, of course, worrying, but over the last month, the rise in UK bond yields is less than US Treasuries and similar to German Bunds, so more an international trend than a comment on UK Government policy.

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@john_actuary Oh dear 🙂

[Janey Godley @JaneyGodley]

“Islands in the stream” karaoke with Nadine and Jacob #janeygodleyvoiceOver

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@parthaskar Looks fantastic 🤞

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@Peston It's no more than primary school maths. Doubling the number of people with the virus by delaying means the lockdown has to last longer. Is he pretending not to understand?

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@BallouxFrancois Nicely argued!

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@imajsaclaimant @paullewismoney I helped someone with severe dyslexia who had lost their benefits. We won on appeal. The assessors are often not appropriately qualified. They should triage cases based on the latest medical evidence. This would stop many injustices.

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@REMausser @robertwrighter I like this very much.

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@Coronavirusgoo1 Thanks. Very very good news. Only just read it.

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@fascinatorfun @john_actuary Well put!

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@RishiGosalia They all look like great books. I have read Nonzero which is excellent. What is the red book?

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@EmblenReal @john_actuary @stevebrown2856 Vital work. Thank you for all your efforts.

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@EmblenReal @john_actuary @stevebrown2856 How do you know this? Thank you.

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@robertwrighter A classic market squeeze.

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@robertwrighter An alternative explanation is an attempt at market manipulation: there may well have been a number of bets at the seemingly attractive 1.05 for Biden. Some of these may well have had stop losses. You then push the market down to hit the stop losses on some vague good news.