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Warning - Don’t trade shares whilst tired!

15th July 09 By: Boredmum

Trading should come with a health warning – ‘ Do not trade whilst tired ’. I had a most enjoyable evening, watching T in the Park on television. I so wish I’d been there to see Seasick Steve . ...

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Patiently waiting

12th July 09 By: Boredmum

The strangest thing has been happening lately. For such a long time, I have had a portfolio where I have been wishing that the share price would increase. Recently, I found that I was sitting watc...

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Friendly advice...What if it was someone else’s money?

8th July 09 By: Boredmum

I have a friend that posts on lse.co.uk and ADVFN . I only found out through having a conversation at playgroup one day. I was excited at starting my Blog and had mentioned this to him. He then ...

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Gas and Oil sectors are ripe for consolidation

5th July 09 By: GedW

Most, if not all, of the Gas and Oil sector’s tiddlers are potential takeover targets, if historic indicators are anything to go by. I think the message is that consolidation is now inevitable, whi...

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Spamming: One aspect of Ramping

4th July 09 By: Boredmum

People often talk of ‘ramping’. Here, I would like to just talk of one aspect of it which is ‘spamming’. I myself have jumped into shares when someone appears to say that news is coming and the sh...

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The end of the Bull Run?

1st July 09 By: Boredmum

I think I need to accept that this is the end of the ‘Bull Run’ for now. As we all know, I lost a lot of money in the markets last year - mainly through suspension, de-listing and companies enterin...

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Just my luck

27th June 09 By: Boredmum

I put washing outside to dry. It rained. I took it back in and the rain stopped. I put it back out and it rained again. I buy a stock. The price falls. I sell a stock and the price rises. I...

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Rescued by a multi-bagger

24th June 09 By: Boredmum

Definition of a ‘Multi-bagger’; a share that bags you multiples of what you put in. So, I would say that an increase of 261% can be classed as a multi-bagger and, boy, did it come along in the nick...

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The market always knows

20th June 09 By: Boredmum

I heard the statement ‘The market always knows’ several times last week. Well, in the case of Tower resources (TIDM code: TRP ), the market certainly did. The share price started to drop two days...

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Never forget what’s important

17th June 09 By: Boredmum

Totally off the topic of share dealing... This week, in the area that I live, a little girl went missing. Now this little girl was only 4 years old and was visiting her Grandmother’s house, so she ...

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Emerging Chinese market set for growth!

15th June 09 By: GedW

With world economies still shrinking, China stands out as the economy odd-one-out, as it aims to expand its economy by between 6% and 8% within the next 12 months, having invested some £400BN into sti...

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Rights Issues - Hard lessons to learn

14th June 09 By: Boredmum

Well, I made the decision to sell my Mecom Group shares (TIDM code: MEC) at a loss. You see, when I bought into Mecom this time it wasn’t as a long-term investment, more for a short-term trade. ...

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Reflections on profit-taking

10th June 09 By: Boredmum

On the 13th May, I posted a Blog entitled ‘Taking Profits’. At the time of writing the Blog, I felt that I had possibly missed opportunities by selling too early and queried what was best - either ta...

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A day in the life

6th June 09 By: Boredmum

Admin: Submitted during the recent hot spell… What a day! 22 degrees Celsius, kids to get ready, a party to organize, food to buy, party bags, cake, candles, party food, balloons, party games,...

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Knowing how to react to economic news and rns

2nd June 09 By: Boredmum

Before I started investing in Shares I paid little interest to the world economy. I know that sounds bad, but I was happily plodding along in life and doing well, so a lot of these external factors w...

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Don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose

31st May 09 By: Boredmum

‘Don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose’. We read that many times on the bulletin (chat) boards. Do people actually take this advice? I have read many heartbreaking comments in the time that ...

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Previous Share Prices

27th May 09 By: Boredmum

When I started investing last year, I would look at the previous share prices for a company as a sign of where they had been and would maybe reach again. This is an incredibly bad idea for a few re...

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Tower Resources (TIDM code: TRP)

24th May 09 By: Boredmum

Today, I want to focus on one particular share; Tower Resources (TIDM code: TRP). I will talk you through my trading experience of it. It could be any share that I’m talking about and you may even...

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Day-trading over-confidence

20th May 09 By: Boredmum

I have found that I can be prone to over-confidence in my day trades. There are trades that I can buy and sell, and then be happy to leave well alone. Then there are trades that I buy, sell at a p...

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Can we rely on Net Asset Value (NAV)?

16th May 09 By: Boredmum

Net asset value (NAV) represents the assets that a company owns minus its liabilities. Can we really be dependent on this when we are looking at companies to invest in? We hear that a company may ...

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