John Hjorth

All those F-16 fighters donated last last year to Ukraine by several allies, where the heck are they, and what are they doing? - Accumulating dust somewhere in a hangar?

@Irv72, If it's OK to send airplanes, drones, tanks and all other kinds of military hardware etc. - plus ammunition - as contributions to the warfare of Ukraines fight against Russia, what is then the problem with providing funds to Ukraine for hiring of an army of mercenaries?

Greg [ @Gregmal ], At least here, and I think in the majority of European contries the concept of the right of being Conscientious objector is instated, and also here in Denmark combined with the duty of Alternative civilian service. I don't think the right of being a conscientous objector here is in any way conditional to the countrys state of war or non war, which as I see things must be a balance between the conflict of the countrys needs and the freedom[s] of the individual citizens in the country.

Agreed. +1

From the local duck ond : Danish Ministry of Defence - Ongoing operations : Danish military support for Ukraine. Please try to expand the expandable '+'s a bit down in the article in the gray area. - - - o 0 o - - - Meanwhile take a look at this : Danish Ministry of Defence : The Danish Government proposes to fast-track key investments in defence and security. - - - o 0 o - - - So we [tiny Denmark] have been giving so much stuff and hardware to Ukraine, that in reality, we [tiny Denmark] aren't any longer capable of defending our selves, given the present circumstances and conditions. [<- ?] Wise. [<- ?]

Reuters - European Markets [April 27th 2024] : Russian think tank warns of stagnating industrial output, investment. I have posted about it before, - here, we go again : There is no way for Russia to avoid negative first order and up to xth order negative side effect on the Russian Economy by suddenly [and as done] reallocating a futher large part of public funds to running Russia as a war economy. The hostages and victims in this game will be the children in the population [Russias future], the elderly part of the population, and those for who life in general have giving them lemons, perhaps already starting by taking part in the ovarial lottery. It's sad and frustrating to think about.

Luca [ @Luca ], You definitely need to open a new topic in the COBF Books forum about this book.

Yeah, the concept 'company limited liability' is indeed a complicated legal matter. The legal basis is the legal form for the actual legal entity in mention, and what may furthermore be stated in the articles of association and bylaws of the legal entity. Also, some creditors may be capped one way or an other, [i.e. 'non recource' certain pledged asset[s]]. If a creditor may want to excercise some kind of economic responsibility for the obligations of the legal entity against the legal entitys owners, the creditor has to establish a causuality between the creditors receivable and the owners responsibity and actual actions. This isen't - in general - trivial by any means.

Bloomberg - Politics [April 26th 2024] : Sweden Ramps Up Defense Spending Goal to 2.6%, Past NATO Target, & Bloomberg - Politics [April 24th 2024] : Global Military Spending Tops $2 Trillion for First Time as Europe Boosts Defenses.[1] - - - o 0 o - - - Something is actually happening and going on, Mike [ @cubsfan ] et. al. As with everything related to Politics, things take time, and is subject to a lot of inertia. - Personally, I'm feeling confident, the general European sentiment about actual political support for the war of Ukraine against Russia now gradually is changing from 'empty / hollow' talk to real action. Btw : How is it even possible to talk while [dam'n] thumb sucking?! _______ [1] I have today without luck tried to verify the data in the article on the NATO webpage.

Yeah, The US justice system in operation and at its finest. Something to think about here.

Market shares1 of banks and covered bond mortgage companies in Norway at 31 December 2022. Percent : Tabell 6 Banker og OMF-kredittforetaks markedsandeler1 i Norge. Prosent. Per 31. desember 2022 Innhold Table 6 Market shares1 of banks and covered bond mortgage companies in Norway at 31 December 2022. Percent Index Brutto utlån til Innskudd fra Personmarkedet9 Næringsmarkedet10 Personmarkedet9 Næringsmarkedet10 Gross lending to Deposits from Retail market9 Corporate market10 Retail market9 Corporate market10 DNB Bank2 DNB Bank2 28 30 32 37 Nordea3 Nordea3 11 13 7 12 Filialer av utenlandske banker i Norge4 (ekskl. Nordea) Branches of foreign banks in Norway4 (excluding Nordea) 10 19 6 19 SpareBank 1-alliansen5 SpareBank 1 Alliance5 22 18 21 16 Eika Alliansen6 Eika Alliance6 9 4 10 5 Øvrige sparebanker7 Other savings banks7 14 10 14 9 Øvrige forretningsbanker8 Other commercial banks8 6 5 9 2 Sum Total 100 100 100 100 Totalmarked (i milliarder kroner) Total (NOK bn) 3.426 1.864 1.534 1.050 1 Markedsandelene er beregnet ved å summere selskapsregnskapene til selskapene som inngår i de ulike gruppene. 1 The market shares are calculated by summing the balance sheet items for the institutions in the different groups. 2 DNB Bank, DNB Boligkreditt, Sbanken og Sbanken Boligkreditt. 2 DNB Bank and DNB Boligkreditt, Sbanken and Sbanken Boligkreditt 3 Nordea Bank AB (Publ), filial i Norge og Nordea Eiendomskreditt. 3. Nordea Bank AB (Publ), branch in Norway and Nordea Eiendomskreditt. 4 Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Handelsbanken Eiendomskreditt + 9 andre filialer. 4. Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Handelsbanken Eiendomskreditt and nine other branches. 5 SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, SpareBank 1 SMN, SpareBank 1 Østlandet, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge + de 9 andre sparebankene i SpareBank 1-alliansen, BN Bank, SP1 Boligkreditt og SP1 Næringskreditt + 2 andre boligkredittforetak. 5. SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, SpareBank 1 SMN, SpareBank 1 Østlandet, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge, the other nine savings banks in the Sparebank 1 Alliance, BN Bank, SP1 Boligkreditt, SP1 næringskreditt and two other residential mortgage lenders. 6 Ifølge Eika Gruppens årsrapport for 2022 består Eika Alliansen av 51 selvstendige banker, Eika Gruppen og Eika Boligkreditt. I tillegg til de 51 bankene har vi med Eika Kredittbank i stedet for bankens morselskap Eika Gruppen. I tillegg til Eika Boligkreditt har vi med SSB Boligkreditt og Totens Sparebank Boligkreditt. 6. According to Eika Gruppen's annual report 2022 the Eika Alliance comprise 51 independent banks, Eika Gruppen and Eika Boligkreditt. In addition to the 51 banks, we include Eika Kredittbank in stead of its parent company Eika Gruppen. In addition to Eika Boligkreditt we include SSB Boligkreditt and Totens Sparebank Boligkreditt. 7 Sparebanken Vest, Sparebanken Vest Boligkreditt, Sparebanken Sør, Sparebanken Møre og Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane + 22 andre sparebanker og 6 boligkredittforetak, 1 kredittforetak og 1 hybrid boligkredittforetak. 7. Sparebanken Vest, Sparebanken Vest Boligkreditt, Sparebanken Sør, Sparebanken Møre, Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane, 22 other savings banks, six residential mortgage lenders, one mortgage lender and one hybrid mortgage company. 8 Santander Consumer Bank AS, Eksportfinans, Storebrand Bank og Landkreditt Bank + 22 andre forretningsbanker og 4 boligkredittforetak + Kommunalbanken og 1 kommunekredittforetak. 8. Santander Consumer Bank AS, Eksportfinans, Storebrand Bank, Landkreditt Bank, 22 other commercial banks, four residential mortgage lenders, Kommunalbanken and one municipal mortgage lender. 9 Personmarkedet omfatter lønnstakere, pensjonister, trygdede og studenter. 9. The retail market comprises wage earners, pensioners, benefit recipients and students. 10 Næringsmarkedet omfatter i hovedsak ikke-finansielle private foretak og personlig næringsdrivende. 10 The corporate market primarily comprises non-financial private enterprises and the self-employed. Kilde: Norges Bank Source: Norges Bank - - - o 0 o - - - Source : Norges Bank - Banking Statistics [May 10th 2023][the on the website attached Excel file attached to this post, - Please see table 6 in the file. banking-statistics-per-31-12-2022v2.xlsx

Thanks, @Dinar, I actually became a bit surprised by your your reply above [ ], but after reading it twice it became clear to me, that this information actually is great information as an entry point for looking at these things. I don't actually really know why I haven't ever been taking a close look at Norwegian banking as such. There can't be any doubt about that Norwegian banking much be somewhat special on the downside [in a good way, that is] compared to most of the rest of the Nordics, Scandinavia and Europe, because of the national wealth related to the national oil and gas related savings accumulated in Government Pension Fund Global, which is designed to work as a massive, giant shock absorber in the case of adverse macro events. I have never thought about Norwegian banking as such in that light and from that perspective. I'll post and share my findings here in this topic as I move forward looking at it.

Hi @Dinar, Your post above reads as if it perhaps the outcome / conclusion from some kind of screening. Could you please mention one or a few names with tickers?

Started with small positions today in : FABG.STO [Fabege AB, Stockholm, Sweden], & WIHL.STO [Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB, Malmö, Sweden].

Bloomberg - Politics [24th April 2024] : Russia Threatens to Increase Strikes on Ukraine Over US Aid. Just the usual Mainstream Media bull shit, - here, from Bloomberg.

It appears that Mr. Ridley - beside this book - has an extensive authorship attached to his name, that appears attractive, -at least for me, personally. So, thank you for directional guidance here James [ @james22 ] .

Started with small positions today in : HUFV A.STO [Hufvudstaden AB, ser. A, Stockholm, Sweden], ENTRA.OS [ENTRA AS, Oslo, Norway], & WALL B.STO [Wallenstam AB, ser. B, Göteborg, Sweden].

Yeah, naturally I was just kidding, @RedLion, . The fact is [at least I personally consider it a fact] that what you have hoarded, processed and taken in while practicing stock picking, noone can take away from you. You have become a much more - and better informed - a much more knowledgeable person and citizen in a wide range of aspects. Such side effect can't be said to be attached to the majority of hobbies, I think. - - - o 0 o - - - -Now back to topic!

I have read somewhere that this should be an extremely unhealthy component in the diet for red lions. However, I can't find it right now though.

Absolutely awesome. It do not exactly harm anything either, that she is a piece of eye candy.

From what I have read about the recent war sitution and the support package is this giant war support package to Ukranie from USA is not going trigger any European ally to losen up with similar support activity that we have just seen from USA, -at the contrary, likely instead it is and works as stimulation and motivation of the war support at USAs European war allies. Personally I think that what i.e. Mike [ @cubsfan ] has written earlier above in this topic about the overall and present European sentiment and political situation related to the war is quite precise.

Yeah, @Spekulatius, Add to that the German decisions to abolish German nuclear energy before the nuclear power plants EOL, by now amplifying the issues, those decisions in this regard in clear retrospect have turned out to be nothing less than dreadful and very costly, leaving German former energy giants such as E.ON and RWE behind almost as zombie companies laying around in rubbles. CoBF topic : The Direction for Future European Energy : Eurelectric : Statement.

Let's hope for a more - over time - reliable, consistent and smooth support to Ukraine going forward from those nations and institutions, who support Ukraine under its warfare against Russia.

What a disaster. Pretty much everyone in charge of staying cool and to think twice based on reason, and that have that obligation to their own citizens, have lost about all natural sense and reason. What a disgraceful chapter in the history of human mankind. It's soo embarrassing.

Yeah, it will certainly be exciting and interesting to see, what he has been up to, over time.