Member Info for BradSmith

The most interesting thing about Aliko is that he is Muslim.
Hackney licences are being bought up by Muslims who borrow the money (used to be £70k in Bournemouth) from family and church interest free - a huge advantage over people who are paying interest.

I found this short paragraph on the topic, before I am accused of supposition ....

A Muslim is not allowed to benefit from lending money or receiving money from someone. This means that earning interest (riba) is not allowed – whether you are an individual or a bank. To comply with these rules, interest is not paid on Islamic savings or current accounts, or charged on Islamic mortgages.29 Oct 2013

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100615/how-aliko-dangote-became-richest-african.asp

Agreed, potentially massive.
Oil and gas are already amongst his major business interests which adds fuel to the fire.

Bloody IG have still done nothing on my Bed and ISA , and neither the ASX or LSE has even replied. Online, superb, offline, useless! My UK options are still not showing in my portfolio.

NO SUPPOSITION IN THERE AT ALL without an IMHO qualifier.
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I switch my money between CBA and HL to dividend hunt.
Wanted to swap back to CBA at $59 but HL was losing too much so I did not this time.
CBA are now at $80 and I am kicking myself. Ouch!
I haven't heard from IG Aussieland, so I think I'll wait a while before Bed and Isa on TOU.
Ideally I think B&I is best done on a falling sp , dealer has a small chance of increasing your holding if he cares about you. Decisions, decisions!

Process

To arrange a 'bed and ISA' for your account, please call our helpdesk on 0800 409 6789. One of our team will be able to make the request for you.

I have just put the phone down after a 20 minute wait for the girl to find out how to do it!
And what did she say? Email them!!!!!

London office is even lower in my chart than it was before!

But TOU/ASX can be in my ISA! I did not dare ask if they would sell on ASX and buy back on LSE.
That could be the criteria, dual GBP/AUD ? But all USA stocks seem to be on offer so we'll see!

Over and out.

Found this on IG!

When selling and rebuying shares there is a risk of price movement while you’re out of the market, and therefore a difference in sell and buy price between the open and close of the trade. This can result in buying back fewer shares than you originally held. By using the 'bed and ISA' process, this risk is capped at between either £30 or £50 spread per line of stock.

I'm wondering if £40 will cover ASX as well, another line , and my options which show on ASX but not on LSE (London Office is a pain).

Spread will cost a lot more than 30 or 50 - so sorted!

Thanks Damo , I put up a quarter of million @ 3.87p for a few minutes and luckily there were no partial fills so I cancelled before one of those stupid £1 deals committed me to £3 commission.
I have emailed Aussie office about my ASX holding so it will be interesting what they have to say.
I'm expecting them to say that only sterling is permissible in my new ISA.

Cannot believe IG treat two accounts as one for charges! They are better than TD Waterhouse were, which is really saying something!
SP fixed quote is rising, very marginally, so this could be a good day to do it.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest, I think you are spot on.

I think I need Whizzer to keep repeating?
Just opened an ISA on IG and bought a few to see that funds are paid into the right account ok. OK!
Also found my frequent trader price of £3 applied - so I am delighted!

Now to my dilemma ..... I have to choose whether to Bed + ISA @ £40 fixed , or sell , wait til settlement day (2 working days) , transfer funds and buy back ... total £3 x 2 , + or - the cost of a variation in sp?

Could easily lose £40+ .... but could also go the other way so I'd be in clover!

Have to check, but at first sight I am being offered international markets on my ISA - I thought they had to be UK stocks?
I might have the same dilemma on my ASX holding, but at 10 aud commission!

I'm also worried how long it will take take to sell and then buy them back?
£40 versus £6 might be the best wasted £34 ever? I'll see if ASX/TOU is Bed and Isable fand if it is still £40.
I'll be dealing with the Aussie office - they were so helpful on the placing recently.
It is awful being alone, with Poppy , I ask her but she keeps her opinion to herself!

Do we know the figures from Tony's previous 2 successes?
I very much doubt it, but who is to say, despite making $1Bn and $4BN at the two, that he did not get the best possible results?
He may not be going to make the same mistakes again as you'd have him do, Whizzer.
He consistently says he is looking after shareholders, and of course himself in so doing, slowly slowly catcha monkey will do me!

Nine stitches now instead of one stitch in time is the Aussie version of an old saying in the UK :O) - if they thought like you Whizzer.
Just relax, we are in good hands.

He'll be buying soon, Winnie, he is so intelligent, for a Macaw , he is waiting for his first phrase "pieces of 8" to appear, and then he'll buy and learn "Whizzer is a pretty boy".

It would be nice to be missed by anyone Whizz.
But looking on the bright side I'll have a great choice of people to haunt.

A coach nearly hit me a few years back - it was tantalising close! - it was true at time but what has it got to do with today , it probably went to the scrap yard years ago. Give it a rest Whizz!

Probably Premier members getting their money's worth. I have known several people who pay up merely to protect their messages from being deleted on other chatrooms. Persona non grata changes rapidly if you cough up some cash each month.

I suspect that is true for LSE as well. They are probably sick of MM reporting so many of mine but delete them to keep his standing order alive?

I just posted this to Donk on ADVFN, I know some you avoid that site like the plague, so ....

Did you see MM's theory that the Pension fund might be buying on the Botswana exchange? He thinks that is why the sp is buoyant.
I can't find much information on it but expected to find it was them taking up their placements , as did CC and HS (and MM mislead some of us into thinking it was a big deal).

I think I'll drop dead in surprise if he ever posts something that is neutral or negative.

Personally, I think the rise is due to the lack of opportunities elsewhere.
Entertainment industry, travel , retail and wholesale, building trade etc etc etc are all in danger of bankruptcy due to lockdown.
And there is TLOU , everyone in Botswana united behind the need for more reliable economic electricity including Govt and financial institutions. As you say a bit of a gamble but less of a gamble than thousands of others, and the sp is incredibly cheap. Losing 4p versus an unlimited gain is not bad business unless failure is certain!

It is so far from certain with the options we have, and I won't mention TG , to keep you happy! Solar, existing power stations with dual fuel capacity, our main to supply the grid via Serowe - Lesedi, Mamba and Boomslang - and I won't quote TG's historical successes.

With Botswana seemingly bucking the world's trend towards lockdown ...... I think that is the reason for the upturn!

I don't remember if I posted that the vet said she a heart murmur at her last annual injections (2 weeks ago).
I've mentioned that to several dog owners and received feedback that two financial institutions has taken over most ofthe vets in the area. Medivet was mentioned and vets have a selling script that they have to push on unsuspecting customers.

Poppy seems here usual self, and runs around with no problems. The vet did say she is remarkable for her age (9.5 yrs) so that may have been a coded message that she was doing just that? It is sad world when you cannot trust a vet who sshould be devoted to looking after animals. I don't know if my vet is independent or not but I'm keeping an eye onher breating.
Over30 breathes per minute when rested is one symptom of several.

Back to my spreadsheets on Mac - I am quite busy in fact. But checked the chatrooms after walking Poppy ironically.
Avoided the storm veryluckily, it has been awful weather today.

I looked up the Botswana exchange to see if they had trading figures for BPOFP to no avail.
I expected to find trades from the placing rather than goodwill money (like CC and HS earlier in the month).
I wish Icould trust MM, but I don't.

Bob, I can't help you. My broker still shows I own Avanti shares which were moved to Jenkins a while back.
https://jpjenkins.com/news/avanti-communications-groupplc-q3-trading-update
They are valued at 12p but I just sit and wait for them to to close or reverse their plight with not much hope.

USOP moved to the GXG exchange in Europe before being kicked out and GXG itself closing in 2015.
My broker shows both holdings but told me to deal through Jenkins for AVN.
I just clicked on Trade GXG.G (the new Epic for USOP), and it showed buy and sell both @ 20p .

I await their fate too. I'll see if they are actually tradeable as GXG.G on Monday but do not believe they can be traded.
They have occasional placings but I ignore them totally. Sorry Bob ... good luck with yours.

I reckon most of us were the same Bob. I'm expecting 50p and more one day, so when it gets to 17p the optimist in us might say we are on our way?
And as it drops, isn't it great to see a Premier member telling you it is a blip all the the way down to 1.5p!

Premier my ass!

Thanks Bob, but I'm anything but bored familarising myself with a new machine.
I think Big ED and little MM would be better off on ADVFN with Donk - where I am considered to be the only TLOU ramper , and they , no doubt , are considered to be part of the twitter brigade. Donk needs a Moriarty now I have virtually abandoned th chat pages there.

In response to Big Ed, I cannot guess at how many links I have found , and posts I have written which favour TLOU and TG but they will be measured in hundreds over the last 5 years. I suppose I look can look anti-Tlou when MM makes outrageous claims that I counter. Suggesting TLOU are a strong buy whilst the price drops by 90% is downright criminal in my book. TG would agree if he is the man I take him for. But Ibelieve chat rooms influence traders , unlike the majority who think what is posted is immaterial.

I am very impressed Poppy stands out in Big ED's memory , I hope he treats info on TLOU the same!
He looks like one of the twitter brigade to me - no advice from him but he supports MM through thick and thin posts.!
I felt like a ramper here too, until MM appeared. BTS will possibly agree with that.

Selling on a 5%-10% rise following a 200% rise and air travel resuming in Botswana on the cards, sounds like a crazy bet.
My1 was the original big ED I think? Makes sense imho.

I did a spell check earlier and just saw what it said underneath. I knew I was lucky that they saved my leg (all 3 arteries blocked in the lower leg, only one has been cleared) but thiswas more shocking than Ed cases!

"A popliteal aneurysm is bulging and weakness in the wall of the popliteal artery, which supplies blood to the knee joint, thigh and calf. A popliteal aneurysm can burst, which may cause life-threatening, uncontrolled bleeding. The aneurysm may also cause a blood clot, potentially requiring a leg amputation."

Have a good weekend folks - we are off to a flying start.

Eddsy, I have just looked at your history.
4 posts. Two referencing me or points I raised, and 2 praising MM.
Nothing of any consequence regarding anything!

I try to encourage people to talk , and you try to stop that!
Funny you mentioned filtering ...... just filter me and form a mutual fan club?