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What's wrong with vampyroteuthis infernalis? We've all got to earn a living! Seriously, I don't understand how GS can "short, rinse and repeat" - please explain. As I see it, the SP keeps falling so a takeover offer can be pitched at the lowest possible level.
Which will still be at a multiple of the current SP which makes ITV a Strong Buy or am I missing something?

Of course it is! Goldman Sachs aren't stupid when they're not paying huge fines! Owning 21% of the voting rights looks like some kind of alchemy but it makes a takeover so much easier. Amazed Mr Market hasn't realised or is the relentless drop all part of the plan?

Hi, how's it going? Zero interest in PXEN means it doesn't move much! I've been doing OK elsewhere - my fantasy PF was even # 1 Top Riser on Telegraph Fantasy Fund Manager on Wednesday for about an hour! Needless to say PXEN didn't qualify for inclusion. I'm expecting the unexpected here - # 1 Top Riser after a Reverse Take Over or a cash injection from a major player. Who wouldn't want to own their own power station? DYOR

After news that the UK Military is involved in "peace-keeping" in Mali, how many CORA and HUM investors will decide ORR is a better investment? No reason why this won't 50-bag from here!

After this week's RNS I sold 26% of my holding @ 1.27p and banked a 48% profit. Invested the proceeds in ITV! Still holding 350,000 shares and hoping for fireworks! Good luck to all of us.

Stupid question, nurse! I've invested twice recently @ 66p and 58p and it keeps falling! ITV looks incredibly undervalued to me but WTFDIK? Surely a US major with $billions to burn will launch a takeover sooner or later? Whatever price they pay it will be a bargain. Is £2 too much to hope for? £5 would be much better! Buy now while stocks last you stupid shorters!

Forgot to post my X-wife's comment on my FFM "success" - "It's not real!"
And then she asked me to recommend some Investment Funds.
Woe betide me if anything I suggest doesn't perform.

... and no punters are interested. Because the Market is always right? This week I sold 26% of my holding in LOGP and banked a 48% profit leaving the rest of my holding open to a takeover offer which may never materialise. So that's one jackpot gone! Which is OK - LOGP's a solid long-term investment. No sign of a ZIOC takeover offer either but that's what we badly need. I like the gossip about an Arab takeover - surely ZIOC is a much better investment than IAG? But they're probably too stupid to see. Another solid long-term investment is ITV in which I increased my holding 89% this week. Another takeover candidate with US companies having $billions to burn. I hate to brag but, briefly on Wednesday, my PF was # 1 Top Riser on Telegraph Fantasy Fund Manager - largely thanks to AML rocketing 10% and it didn't last!

" Unlike some who will convince you the market is there to give you a free mansion" - what's wrong with that? As soon as my investment abilities have provided me with my mansion I'll be waving the market goodbye!

What's to stop healthy food advertising replacing junk food advertising?

Your link is SIX years old and I wish you weren't such a pussyfooter! You might help the SP to rise if you actually said what you think! It's not a crime.

Stupidly, I'd been expecting a takeover offer for Barryroe but now it appears LOGP is along for the ride however long that takes.
Definitely a good long-term investment but it could take years to hit the jackpot a takeover would've provided! Am I missing something?

With Gold hitting $1900 and possibly $10000 in the not too distant future gold minnows have to be the best place to invest.
Anyone remember Waverley Australasian Gold Unit Trust from many years ago? This time it will be even better! I hope...

Recent sells are interesting in that they look like LTHs capitulating - multiply 160,000 by 25 and I feel the pain! 4,000,000 shares in PXOG bite the dust! Come on Ed - DO SOMETHING! It's in your interest to keep this leaky boat afloat.

Can the Market ignore a £9m buy? Probably! But anyone who believes in following the money will be piling into ITV next week.
I think the advertising revenue is the icing on the cake which will return - core value is its ability to create watchable TV. Amazon and its ilk must be desperate to squander £billions on a takeover.

Total lack of interest here if we're the only two posters! STRONG BUY SIGNAL!

So many comments - so little SP progress! It was ever thus! Today I won't be making stupid comments as my son is in Hospital after experiencing agonising abdominal pain. It tends to concentrate a father's mind. Hopefully it's nothing more serious than a kidney stone. I'll know more at 5 o'clock. As for ZIOC, it's performed so badly lately compared to the other six pups in the kennel it's now only 53% of my PF. Must try harder! And question the wisdom of betting so much money on one horse. Can't help thinking there must be ZIOC investors who have bet the ranch and are confident of a successful outcome.
I've always thought the right 2 or 3 bets on the Stock Market are all anyone needs before they can retire. For me it's ZIOC, LOGP and ORR.

Don't the FTSE 250 Tracker Funds own shares in ITV already?

In theory, if it drops out of the FTSE 100 then all the FTSE 100 Tracker Funds will sell. At the same time, all the FTSE 250 Tracker Funds will buy! And be very glad they did when the SP recovers.

Thanks for the interesting link but why isn't Goldman Sachs' 989% increase in their investment having a positive effect on the SP?