7th July 11
Happy Independence Day if you're from the other side of the Atlantic, or just another Monday if you're enjoying the English Summer. Ed: Sorry for the tardy publishing. Cast your mind back to...
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This latest sell-off in the markets, which began in earnest in... ...February, but was exacerbated by the events in North Africa and Japan, has been a warning to all that complacency can...
Read More10th January 11
Welcome back to all forum members and I trust a restful winter break was had by all. The New Year will bring new challenges and rich rewards if we can choose wisely. The title of this blog is in...
Read More28th November 10
I sometimes catch a glimpse on television of the programme Deal or no deal . I find the programme enjoyable, but usually only catch bits of it due to my two boisterous children and the time that...
Read More15th November 10
I have been in reflective mood of late, particularly with regards my ‘junior’ mining stocks. Commodity stocks are ‘red- hot’ at the moment, on the back of more QE (Quantitative Easing) from the U...
Read More14th November 10
If you are a regular reader of my Blog, then you will know that this year has been tough. Not tough to the extreme of losing money; just making it on paper and watching it go again. I...
Read More7th November 10
Well, yesterday afternoon I enjoyed myself by going to the cinema to watch Saw 3D . Now, I am a fan of the Saw movies and to watch it in 3D was phenomenal. 3D technology has been around a...
Read More31st October 10
Desire Petroleum (TIDM code: DES ); what a roller-coaster week, and I really feel for all holders of this share. It is one that I have sometimes traded successfully and, as previously,...
Read More21st October 10
This morning I was out cycling a little earlier than normal; at 6.30 a.m. It was also a little colder than usual. There is a particular hill that has been getting the better of me. I have...
Read More15th October 10
This week I was beginning to think that I had lost my ‘edge’ with trading. You see, I just wasn’t getting very much right. In fact, I was getting things very wrong. On one day alone, I had 3...
Read More11th October 10
Lately, I have seen a lot of stocks around that seem to have really taken off in terms of share price. I have been amazed at reading on chat pages of people holding and, although in considerable...
Read More27th September 10
I was recently chatting with a good trading friend of mine. I told him that I was “a bit fed up with trading”. The reason being that, in my first year in the markets I lost about 50% of my funds...
Read More17th September 10
Welcome to this traditionally busy time in the investment calendar, whereby companies will start to report on their financial health and prospects during the next 4 weeks. The subject of this,...
Read More10th September 10
I want to talk about ‘averaging-up’ in a company share. I have to say that it’s a fairly new concept for me, but one that worked tremendously well recently. I have previously talked of �...
Read More3rd September 10
It is well documented that women are good at multi-tasking, but I have to admit at times things can get a little crazy. Take this morning for instance. My daughter was away to nursery so, only...
Read More26th August 10
There is a thread in General Chat called ‘Sound tracks of our lives’. You can list songs there that may be apt to your trading. Well, my song from Tuesday of last week has to be from The...
Read More16th August 10
Okay. I realise that the title is a tad dramatic, but what else do you call trading in Connaught shares (TIDM code: CNT )? You see, it tends to go a bit further than ‘playing with fire’. ...
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