Riots, Markets & My 18th

My my hasn't a lot been going on over the last few nights? 


We all know about the riots, you can't escape it and strangely a lot of people are on the same side in terms of it's publicity. 


The debate now is to whether to bring in the army or not. Personally i don't think we should get the army involved as the mindless thugs and bandwagon-jumpers run away when the police run towards them, they can do the job but they need more on the streets and take a firmer hand, which i think they are scared to do because of previous incidents. 


Unfortunately the riots are spreading to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool. I also hear that Brighton could possibly be on the cards, which i really hope doesn't come to reality as events are being cancelled left right and centre with Notting Hill facing either being cancelled or postponed, not forgetting Pride is at risk in Brighton. It would be disgusting for these vandals to ruin others fun. This is how NOT to gain respect, how NOT to get your voice heard.
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The markets are in a shitty state. To simplify the US nearly ran out of money, which sucks because they buy a lot of things from other countries. Their credit rating was downgraded which means the country has a small risk in not paying its debts so people are less likely to buy from them and invest money in their businesses in fear they will not see any return.


Our market; the FTSE 100 is also affected by this and by other factors such as the riots and the Eurozone debt crisis. The FTSE 100 is a group of the biggest companies in the UK, and is used to manage business prosperity. It began at 1000 'points' in the 80's and reached a high of 6950.6 in 1999 and a low of less than 3500 in 2009. Generally <5000 is bad, >6000 is great with anything in-between being just right. This number is affected when people buy/sell shares the companies offer in the index offer. The more people buy shares in hope to see a profit when companies make their profit mean you'll earn money on the company's income. The more shares you have the more money you earn, however this swings both ways, if the company makes a loss you lose your investment. So when share holders lose confidence and think the companies won't make money they sell their shares for however much they are worth for that particular company. Just because the FTSE may be down, company shares can still be up.
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On lighter news IT'S MY 18TH ON FRIDAY!!! I can NOT wait, excitement is finally setting in as we are 2 days and 11 hours away! Im very excited to enter the life where i can make my own decisions and can do things without written permission of mummy! Any harsh reality will not enter my mind until the glorious sugar coating has been eaten =] I hope as many people can come out and celebrate with me, not only will it be a time to celebrate my amazing 18 years on this world but to get away from the shite which is happening. 


Love to all!