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The glamorous world of a Trader

20th April 10 By: Boredmum

You have to laugh sometimes at the pre-conceived ideas that people have of a ‘Trader’. I usually don’t divulge to people what I do, as the responses I have had in the past can be rather amusing. ...

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It’s good to talk

11th April 10 By: Boredmum

Yes I know, the Blog title sounds like a bad caption from an old BT TV ad, but it is important nonetheless. A lot of people like to dabble in the stockmarket and some people do it full-time as th...

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How time flies!

5th April 10 By: Boredmum

There is a saying of ‘How time flies when you’re having fun’. Well, I have now been writing my Blog on lse.co.uk for a year, my first one being published on 1st April 2009. I’m not entirely sure a...

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How do you pick the right Shares?

29th March 10 By: Riddler

What a month it has been for the markets- the FTSE hit a 21-week high, while the DOW is still eking out gains. I feared a pull back and had a key date of 15th March in mind as a potential turni...

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Losing a sense of direction

29th March 10 By: Boredmum

I’m not sure if anyone else can relate to this, but I seem to have lost my way a little on the markets lately. I think it may be as my shares are pretty much stagnant. Unfortunately, when that hap...

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On the inside

21st March 10 By: Boredmum

I have been in a couple of houses recently where things on the inside just haven’t been what I expected. It got me thinking about shares and how some companies or individuals can gloss over thing...

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Micro-managing Shares

15th March 10 By: Boredmum

On a Saturday morning when the markets are closed, I tend to look at the ‘Bid’ prices on my portfolio and work out my sell price. I find this method really good as it gives me an accurate view of w...

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lse.co.uk Fantasy Share Game

9th March 10 By: Boredmum

There are many Fantasy Share Games out there. Some of you might have had a go at them. Over the last two weeks I’ve had the privilege of testing a Beta version that LSE are about to roll out. My ...

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Who do you trust?

1st March 10 By: Riddler

Welcome to a new month fellow traders. We enter March with yet more conflicting data coming out of the U.S. and G.B. We had data during January suggesting that unemployment figures rose, yet both si...

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Once bitten, twice shy

1st March 10 By: Boredmum

Once bitten, twice shy...well, in the case of Tower Resources (TIDM code: TRP ) it was very much a case of yes and no. Tower Resources, as many of you may remember, was my largest loss. I stated ...

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What’s a penny worth?

22nd February 10 By: Boredmum

So, in real terms what is a penny worth? No, I haven’t suddenly aged and am going to tell you about all the things you could buy for a penny ‘in my day’. This isn’t a Blog about inflation but a Bl...

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China

15th February 10 By: Boredmum

February 14th, as we all know, is Valentine’s Day. Oh no, that’s right, you guys aren’t interested in a Blog about Valentine’s Day. Well, February 14th this year was also Chinese New Year, so I thou...

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Winners in times of economic turmoil

8th February 10 By: Boredmum

Well, what a couple of weeks I’ve had. It started with a leak in the bathroom ceiling, and then it progressed to a hole in the ceiling. We figured that although we would like a complete new bathro...

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Kopane Diamond (KDD)

1st February 10 By: Boredmum

For anyone who is a shareholder of the company in the title - Kopane Diamond (TIDM code: KDD) - you may have been like me last week...bewildered. You see, a very positive RNS came out with news t...

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Media meddling

27th January 10 By: Boredmum

I am truly incensed at the media reporting we have in regard to the financial world. We all remember how it was ‘overcooked’ in 2008. Oh yes, there was no denying that the markets were tumbling an...

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Be mean when choosing 'green'

23rd January 10 By: Riddler

When the equity markets rebounded in early 2009, many investors piled into the areas of the market which had been hit the hardest during 2007-2008. Amongst them were non-producing miners, smaller c...

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Feeling left behind

22nd January 10 By: Boredmum

You know that feeling; when your friends move on to new things and you’re feeling a little left behind. Well, that is how I have been feeling a tad this week. I have some trading friends that have...

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Can’t see the Wood for the Trees

18th January 10 By: Boredmum

The saying ‘Can’t see the Wood for the Trees’ is definitely true. Quite often, when you are right in amongst things, you just don’t see what is right there in front of you. For instance, take the ...

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A time for reflection

13th January 10 By: Boredmum

New Year is generally a time for reflection. Reflecting on what have you accomplished in the last year, or even a time to review your failings and have plans or ideas in place for a fresh start as th...

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My first trade of 2010

8th January 10 By: Boredmum

Well, every now and then I tend to be a little reckless. You know the shares that you shouldn’t buy - you know nothing about the company, it has already risen too fast – basically, the type of shar...

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