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.....I think its a bit late for that but a timeless classic nevertheless !! Brrrrrrrr !

......confirming that we're heading in the right direction !

Talk about timing !! Oh well, never mind. A profit is still a profit once its in your sky rocket !

And I'm out, not bad for a months hold ! Good luck team.

My new short position is looking good !

Apparently want 50p a share for their stake, anything north of 40p will do me just fine thank you.

Ok, its been a while since I've been in this stock but I liked the statement this morning and 30p seems to be underpinned so looking for another 20-30% from these levels. Fingers crossed.

Closed my short today and banked some nice profit ! The market makers will no doubt try to 'roof' this stock if we get a 'remain' vote and will try to suck all the punters in, that will be my cue to short again big time ! Bring on the result !

I've been watching this company for some time now, been closely monitoring their debt pile as well. But I think your timing is pretty spot on here, the debt is nearly gone and with consumer credit all but non-existent with banks, H&T are perfectly positioned. We are in the infancy of an economic slowdown, consumers are finding it tough and with short-term credit being offered over a longer period in the future by H&T, this will help enormously. In addition, the figures released by the company use $750 for their pricing of gold stocks for the last financial year and its pretty much safe to say that that price will at least double this year. I think they will also look to compete with Provident Financial at some point later in the year offering better lending rates for 'doorstop' loans. So, all in all its looking good going forward. It will be a slow and gradual journey as the stock is very illiquid but there are worse punts out there ! 5eights

......you decide ! So lets recap once again, Goldmans upgraded on the 18th November, price target £5.46 was an excellent bit of research. So much so that they now have reduced their target now to 369.70. Musn't forget the .70, its very important in calculating the new price target !!! What a complete and utter load of nonsense once again from these lot, why on earth do they bother ! Oh, I forgot to mention they also rate the stock as a 'conviction -buy', what the hell is that when the company has reduced the price target (I think it is a thinly vieled apology to all the clients who got all stuffed in at the higher levels November !). Nice one Goldmans keep the cr*p coming in !

.....is crying out to me 'TAKE PROFITS !' Which I duly did this morning and considering the precarious state of these markets I didn't think that was too bad ! 5eights

....and with a bit of luck we can settle in the forties, not too shabby considering the fragile state of these markets !

Ok, so lets get it right. On the 18th November, Goldmans upgraded HTG to a buy, price target £5.46. At the same time they were also predicting the oil price to hit $20 by Christmas. Oil price has fallen and so has HTG, down about 30% since then. Great work Goldmans you must feel so proud, your clients must really love you guys !! P.s. I trod in a load of Goldmans on the way to work this morning, I very much doubt itf that's going to be lucky today !

Hi Team I have kept an eye on this stock since it was offloaded by the private equity boys and I have to say, this reminds me of the company when it was in the form of RHINO GROUP, this could be a classic case of history repeating itself. I urge you all to have a look at that company's performance in the early nineties when it was selling Nintendo game boys, sega games and the like. Similar to the share price performance of GAME GROUP it unfortunately bit the dust. These private equity boys are not daft look at HSS Group and FOXTONS all classic cases of 'get out while the going is good'. I have read the statement from the company this morning and after the profits warning before Christmas, you would think that everything looks great going forward. Then why after a near 60% share drop since the profits warning has not one single board member put their money into this stock ? The stock is up a massive 5p this morning on the back of todays 'positive' statement, I think that in itself tells a story. Good luck team, you'll need it ! Five 8s

I've held back since June but it looks as though things could get quite exciting in the sector and with Toscafund increasing their stake from 14% to over 18% over the last few days, then that's good enough for me. Merry Xmas one and all ! Five8's

...should make good reading and a nice bit of market manipulation in our share price this morning is a welcome boost.

With the current operations in the middle east being firmly addressed by the new management, and Speedy's continued presence out there, I wonder if the new team will now be looking to get involved with this, it could be huge..... http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-32757-eagle-hills-planning-new-80bn-egyptian-city/#.VRfDfWany2c Just a thought....

.........damn I missed it !! Was it any good, I have looked at their website couldn't see anything there although if you look at their spring update section there is a good video there. The stock itself has been a quiet of late but that helps us underpin this 70p level and hopefully we should make a move from here, last year it was also very quiet in the first part of the year before the results. A weak oil price, good demand in the construction sector and the middle east operations being sorted out should help us move forward once again.

I know where you're coming from with regards to a break up of the company but if we look back at the history of Balfour under the previous management , a lot of contracts were won by undercutting competitors but were very expensive to complete and thus ultimately dented the profit performance of the company. Under the leadership of Leo Quinn et al, they will sort out the wheat form the chaff and make Balfour a more leaner and thus more profitable company going forward, expect a few bumps along the way to keep us on our toes !!

After reading through the whole statement this morning, there isn't any unpleasant surprises to note although the further writedown of £118m by KPMG is bizarrely better than the estimates of £200m that the city and everyone else was expecting. Ok, I grant you that the figure alone is not enough to sway anyone to invest but if you look at the market cap of Balfour approx. £1.6bn as of last night and the valuation of £1.3bn of their investment portfolio alone, it does make sense that perhaps a firm line can now be drawn at these levels and the upside percentage call looks quite favourable. In investing, there is a phrase 'you'll never get in at the low and you'll never get out at the high' but I'm back in this morning and I like to think I'm near the lows. Here's hoping for a good day.