Ann: Appendix 4E and Annual Report, page-7

Originallypostedbymadamswer

"Verycreditablenumbersinatoughenvironment."

IfaMartian-afinanciallyliterateone-landedonEarthforthefirsttime,andsomeoneshowedthatMartianthefollowingchart,andtolditthatchartspannedaperiodofquiteturbulenteconomicandpoliticaltimes,including:

GlobalEconomicRecessionin2002/3
MajorMiddleEastmilitaryconflict(2004/5),
GlobalFinancialCrisis(2008/9),
GreekDebtCrisis(2011)
Brexit(2016)
MiningBoomandBust(2016/7),
ConstructionBoomandBust(2019),
Variousebbsandflowsinconsumersentiment,
Variousextremesinmacroeconomicinputssuchassteelpricesandexchangerates,

and,moreover,thatthechartrepresentsanoutworkingthatrequiredabsolutelyzerorecoursetoshareholdersforcapitaloverthatperiod,what,IwonderwouldtheMartian'sresponsewouldbe?

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Idefyanyonetoprovideachartofanyothercompanythatlookslikethat.

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I posted on another ARB thread back in early May "If you're buying as a long term hold ARB is always a "buy", I learnt that the hard way...", that chart seems to confirm it. There may be a few ups and downs in the SP in the meantime, but long term...ah well, you know the rest. Of course I reserve the right to change my mind in the future.