Member Info for cynic

CHP - shareguru .... what stock shortage? .... get real! ..... i bought 40,000 this morning very easily indeed ..... there are millions and millions of these little blighters .. lol! .....nevertheless, i agree it's a BUY and think i would rather have chp than goo as an explorer in colombia ..... cop is a completely different kettle of fish as its potential excitement is in iraq, which has its own very obvious problems and risks

RDS (advfn) - Pdiddy reckons that advfn is much more lively than here; indeed he reckons this site is getting stale .... i signed up for advfn a few weeks back, and took one look and have not been back .... at best it seems overloaded with rubbish comment which is not worth the reading .... at least most comment here is sensible and constructive, which to me is much more important.

CHP - why sell? ..... or was that an error?

EOL - i also have a stake in this company and am getting pretty bored with the performance .... this will not have been helped by the company being downgraded from AIM 50 on next rotation, presumably on 31/3

CHP - if the colombians have until 15th march, then you can bet your bottom dollar that that is when the news will come ..... unless they seek and extension!

CHP - and have just increased my stake to 50% of norm to show i put money where my mouth is

CHP - just as a watched kettle nevers boils and tomorrow nevers comes, so manana tends to be some way behind that! ..... actually just living up to my sobriquet, and i am sure that the relevant announcement will arrive in its own good time.

DGM - markets are clearly satisfied with the results and have marked the sp up a tad to 5 midddle ...... now let's wait and see if any bid arises ..... my guess is that now the figures are out, the predators (already know to be around) can see better what they may be buying and thus the odds have shortened on an offer being made (in our liftetimes!)

put the bottle down m8 before you drop it ... lol!

bigted .... i'm afraid i don't know any books and you probably need some quite sophisticated sftware to do the job well too ..... but can certainly tell you that Pearson are a chartist heaven at the moment now they have broken decisively through 740 .... looking for 840

MPH - i don't see that as any more than just rebuilding their stake a bot, for unless i am much mistaken, they reduced their positon over the last months .... nevertheless, what you say is true, but i shll wait for dip, or at least try to!

BUR - a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of coal ..... similarly with % movements ..... but to answer your Q, this is a pretty classy stock within the oil sector with a proven track record of good managment and cosnervative forecasts. While here ..... GOLD - my chart man tells me still no hurry to buy ..... ideal price to step in quite heavily is $525, but a dabble at $535 would not be too risky.

MRP - yes indeed .... bought 15/2 and topped up by 1/3 on 1/3 .... holding about 40% of norm which is quite high for me on mini-cap stocks

BUR - though a heavyweight and therefore not on the radar of many "friends" here, i recommend you read the typically well-constructed on oilbarrel today and consider an investment ..... i have been a fan for some months, and very gald of it!

MRP - in concentrating on EME (with good reason) "friends" on this site may have overlooked this share ...... check back over the posts and oilbarrel and you will see why i think this is still a (strong) BUY notwithstanding that it has now risen about 20% in the last couople of days

MPH - to me, it is the share buy-back that provides the interesting reading, though i confess i am pretty amazed with their profit forecast, for most assuredly the Boateng case will have costs them HUGE sums ..... i was certainly under the impression that costs had even been awarded against mph ..... wonder how they will hide those in the figures? ..... development costs? ...... one-off costs somewhere below the line? ..... we shall see in due course. GedW .... where did you get your info that they had kissed and made up with Boateng, and therefore by implication, Boateng will remain in the mph stable? ..... that is certainly not what i have gathered ...... If not, will that effect next year's trading? .... probably, as will assuredly the ending licence with YSL. How important is Moda? ..... no idea ..... similarly Kenzo whose label i think they picked up from Japan. That said, if the directors have topped up their holdings (saw it somewhere) it is encouraging, but if not yet "in" then i think there is plenty of time as the recent rise is almost inevitably overdone .... at which point it will rocket a further 6p!

creative or imaginative or intelligent interpretation ...... call it what you will, but there has and always will be lies damn lies and statistics, and accounts whether audited by deloittes or anyone else will always be open to manipulation of one kind or another ... and all strictly within the rules

DUN - creative accounting (if you don't mind!) is much easier in a private company and of course there are no arguments with shareholders or sec rules etc! ..... and if you're lucky, you still get taken out at a handsome multiple

GedW ..... so "I can only post what I think is what I believe", but do you believe what you think? .... lol!

DGM - this presages a collapse as have just increased my holding from 20% to 30% of my norm ..... may even go further in the morning