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    mikeiow
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    Any thoughts on the comments from the BoE Deputy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75kp1y43lgo
    Struck me as a bit of a nothing comment - “an adjustment at some point”, but not necessarily “today, tomorrow, in 12 months' time”.

    Is she trying to prepare us for a big crash in the next couple of years?
    Is she talking nonsense?!

    (meanwhile, have a great weekend all!)

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      Adam Kay
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      All I’ll sayMike, is the lady has worked at the BOE since graduation-she said the same in 24 and 25. Ask yourself why they say such things-high asset values create inflation. Economics at that level is theoretical and irrelevant to what we do. If she knew anything remotely correct she wouldn’t work at the BoE.

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        Adam Kay
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        Everyone has an opinion, some valid, some vacuous (mostly). The difference isn't hard to spot.

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          Adam Kay
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          #189

          Some perf figures:

          Cobens Tech YTD +17.8%
          Lifestyle +10%
          Index 100 +5.13%
          Equity +1.66%

          Nest Sharia +3%
          Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF +4.76%
          Fundsmith -7.3%
          ARK negative
          BIF Lusitania Tech -3%

          past performance is no indication of future returns.

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            Jason Knowles
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            Morning Adam can you tell me the YTD for Gobal Growth please.

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              Adam Kay
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              #191

              Hi J,

              GG YTD +6.15%-that is net of all fees

              Regards

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                Adam Kay
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                #192

                The following companies will report earnings next week. We will post the expected guides and some pre-ER thoughts, early next week

                Screenshot 2026-04-25 at 11.45.47.png

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                  Adam Kay
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                  😰 Sleeping is for wimps👊

                  Screenshot 2026-04-27 at 07.06.09.png

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                    Adam Kay
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                    #194

                    Brilliant results all round and some spectacular, GOOG beat any and all expectations, proving that AI is being monetised at pace. Earnings grew 100%-due to a huge space x revaluation(we spoke about that) however operationally which matters most, their business grew 30%-hard to fathom something this mature and large growing 30%!

                    Meta results were great and they raised Capex even more which naturally the market didnt like-we are not concerned.

                    KLAC beat all guide and raised but the sheer momentum of late resulted in an after market sell off-again, no surprises.

                    Amazon had its best quarter ever. AWS grew 30% in fact they grew everywhere. ATH for the stock
                    I'll start breaking down the note worthy aspects.
                    Generally the message is, not enough compute, accelerated Capex on AI! And obviously memory. The whole stack.

                    We have no complaints, many holdings are up nicely and this reporting window has validated the existing valuations with room for expansion.

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                      Adam Kay
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                      Starbucks surprised with a beat and raise-popping the stock 8%

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                        Adam Kay
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                        Cobens Tech hit an ATH last night:

                        YTD +21.3%
                        1 Year +81.6%

                        Past performance is no indication of future returns. Returns quoted are all after fees.

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                          bogie
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                          Fantastic results 🙂

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                            Adam Kay
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                            Our Tech portfolio nudged 25% YTD today. 1 Year +110%

                            Congratulations to all.

                            Past performance is no indication of future returns

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                              SunsetZed
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                              Even better results, thanks for the work guys!

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                                Good news , onwards and upwards.

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                                  Adam Kay
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                                  I think a better way to describe the situation is. We have been rewarded by spotting the AI theme early, whilst markets will remain volatile due to specific sector risks (concern/doubt) and the wider geo political back drop, we do consider we are still in the early innings in regards the AI story. :).

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                                    April’s(US) payroll gain of 115,000 is materially stronger than the 63,000 expected, which signals that labour demand is holding up better than economists had assumed.

                                    Even though the prior month was revised down to 185,000, the key point is that hiring is still positive and broadly stable rather than collapsing. A flat unemployment rate at 4.3% reinforces that the labour market remains tight enough to support incomes without showing signs of rapid deterioration.

                                    Futures positive

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                                      Rodders
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                                      Hi Guys,

                                      Any change to Withdrawal request timelines with Winterflood? We instructed a partial from Lifestyle today. Same 7/10 days- ish as before?

                                      Cheers,

                                      Rodders

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                                        Adam Kay
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                                        Hi Rodders,

                                        If you allow 5 working days you will be fine. WBS if anything should be a bit more efficient than Seccl

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                                          Rodders
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                                          Thanks A!

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