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be careful out there.

hi Grahamsturman, my hunch is there will be no strike and an agreement will be met. My understanding is that they dont want to strike, but they had not been listened to (for almost a year) until the strike ballot happened.My misses used to be cabin crew and quite frankly what they are asking for seems reasonable to me, especially if you factor in the low salaries. Cabin crew voted three-to-one in favour of industrial action in a ballot which ended on May 25. Under normal rules, the union would have to give the company seven days' notice of a strike within 28 days of the ballot result, but Thomas Cook has agreed to extend the notice period for a further 28 days following talks through the mediation service Acas. The above paragraph is taken from http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2022352 the rest is just my opinion.

you are referring to June's hotel analyst? I think it only fair to highlight this was pre recent events. http://hotelanalyst.co.uk/2016/06/03/thomas-cook-sale-rumours-grow/

I have been looking for an entry here for some time. Before I start I am not a doom and gloom merchant and see the company as progressing. Now two things strike me as odd and some of those longer term holders will know I wrote to HG many moons ago advising the website was poor compared to its competitors and was assured it was being investigated and would be rectified. Now I am looking for a two week break and as the misses and I like to explore we often use holiday accommodation as a base. Unfortunatley the buying a holiday experience is still too challenging for me to be bothered with TCG. It is now so easy to book flights/hotels that they really need to up their came to remain in the game. Having said that, the countries for which we were looking appear to be sold out on TCG (going in Sept) so something good I suppose. Point two is they need better public relations stories almost continuously in the press tarnish their reputation endlessly. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3673317/Holiday-hell-Dream-five-star-Egyptian-break-Thomas-Cook-turned-sickness-nightmare-entire-family-struck-gastroenteritis.html Wish you all luck, the chips are down but not out here.

On small trades eg under 4k worth I am being offered fixed prices of 62.29 to buy.

Sorry Alpha crossed posts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36658187

Hi Newinvest, I have switched some to bonds, some in gold and little cash with regard to equities I have gone all in on an AIM company called CTP (this is not a tip or endorsement) They provide software and document management to the social housing sector and are looking to move to profit this year. I don't like to overly talk about other companies on the wrong boards so will leave it there. Personally I would avoid the banks -because of currencies but it is not an area I am knowledgeable about. I stress that everything has risk and reward though, we have to make our own choices. I will say that those looking to hedge their investment with spreadbetting could see the total stake allowed drop considerably over the weekend. Wish you luck what ever you do Newinvest3.

I used to be a long term holder here, have switched to more GOV backed companies since but occasionally trade this. The EU ref in my opinion will be for remain and I expect buying in the two week run up. Having said that I cannot bring myself to click buy here despite the relatively cheap price. I think the bottom is a bit lower, having said that unless there is shock out come to the vote I see the markets milking it for all it is worth. But does a 25% drop for a day or two really matter unless you need the money. It is a hard one to call in relation to TCG, it is in a risky industry with a dismal outlook (Currently). Would a shock vote cause more expensive landing and take off fees for their target market. Will there be trouble at the EURO or will just the threat result in low bookings. Who knows. We all take our chances and reward or heart ache will follow. Those sitting on big losses will no doubt panic more, those on the sidelines are put off by the possibility of worse to come. I figure if I was invested here and sitting on a loss, I would probably switch the screens off and let it play out. I would not make any choices based on a bb though.

Watching this one today. Previously sold out at 75.5 for a tiny profit and put money in CTP. This remains on my watch list, but dont like the current SP area. Hope it bounces back for you guys, you deserve a bit of luck.

Downed jet:new evidence of blast on board. Not exactly the news we were hoping for.

and just like that profit. Hopeful for a nice rise into next week.

Almost in profit now.

was over done. So I bought some.

Interesting

fault this could recover real quick I think.. its a gamble but that is the game right. Surely someone would have claimed responsibility by now if it was anything else.

Appreciated. I think this is will come good and will bail if not. A little extra cash during the periods of low volume makes the day go quicker ;-) Looks like Harry got lucky getting out when he did, I wonder if he bought back in this morning? Fingers crossed for a steady recovery!

Ok it's a bit of a punt but I expect this to recover towards 85+ am I way of track?

Fingers crossed

I will not post here any more.