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RDS (GOLD) - price has come back to $545, bounced around at that level and seem disinclined to fall through it ..... i think a small dabble at this level could reap a good return, but don't get greedy

ETL - still must be a strong sell .... today's rise on what i think is quite low volume compared to recent trading may well be MMs forcing some peeps to close their positions ..... if price gets near 32p will try again to go short.

BVC - late Nov press release .... "BATM's sales in the second half of the year to 31 Dec 2005 continue to show significant increases over the corresponding half of 2004 and are at a higher level than the 34 pct reported at the half year" ..... On 8th Sept, co produced sparkling half year figures ...... sp spiked to about 35p .... despite the above press release, sp is still only 34.25p having ticked up a little over the last week ..... full year figures must be due +/-8th March, so must be worth a BUY

TPH .... there is no reason at all why a public company should pay dividends, and that is not necessarily deleterious to the sp, if good capital growth is seen as sufficient compensation ..... more problematic for the tarder is lack of liquidity .... it is all very well to say that good news could result in exceptional (and unwarranted) rise, but in the reverse position, you can be left with virtually unsaleable shares.

DGM - "These approaches are all of a preliminary nature and there is no certainty that any of them will result in an offer actually being made" ..... All it actually means is that DGM are probably in pretty dire straights and are trying to find a buyer ..... Evene if they get an offer, it will always be subject to the usual stuff, so even then any finalisation could be weeks or even months away, or even fall at the last hurdle.

EOL - nominee - clearly you have not had enough dealings with lawyers ..... it is just not in their financial interest to write a simple document which everyone can agree on over a pie and a pint!

TGP - SG - why so excited about the purchase of 50,000 shares .... that's only £6,250 outlay!

TPH - I agree with TPH, but for myself, I just reiterate what I wrote on 25th January.

CHP - Tizza + mums* - don't get too carried away! ..... if the sp reflects a fairly realistic NAV of 19.1p then any holders will have done very nicely thank you ...... to calculate in all sorts of "blue sky" potential is very rash ..... the modest up-tick this morning reflects some interest, but no more than that

DGM - prob someone with a bit of sense selling into the rally ... take note that of 7.5 million shares dealt, 6.5 million look to be sales!

It could, I think, have been the result of a normal traded option being exercised ..... if i have it right, A can have placed a call option on the shares to be exercised at 0.19p ..... B, who accepted that call option, would then have been obligated to sell at the agreed price if it was exercised .... had the price fallen below 0.19p the of course A would have just abandoned his option ...... hope i have that right, but i sure GedW or others will shoot me down in flames if i haven't ... lol!

ELP - if I can buy at 36 I just may buy a few, but would probably still aim to get out at say 42 ..... judging by all the recent hype that hs surrounded this stock, i reckon the odds are pretty short on "the lemmings" rushing back in within the next 10 days, for the drilling result should be out about 9th March .... that said, i still do not basically like the company, for reasons that i rattled on about at length about a month back.

ELP - I think there is a good chance that ELP will indeed find oil, but the big question is how much ..... there is just so much hot money in here that I cannot beieve that holding on for the result makes good sense ..... on the other hand, there may well be 5 or even 10p to be made in the very short term as "the lemmings" get over-excited in the run-up.

RPT - RPT is in (flakey) oil exploration; DOO is in biofuels .... comlaring the share charts of each is like comparing apples with oranges .... they are both fruit, but there the similarity ends.

DOO - rosh - I do wish you wouldn't go for these fanciful sp projections which seem to have no logic whatsover ... I am afraid it just undermines the case you may be trying to make for the share in question.

ETL - I have tried very hard to get short of this stock, but as there seems to be no stock to borrow, this has proved impossible ..... As the Sunday Times said today, the current price defies belief, let alone logic ...... Shall try yet again tomorrow to get short of this stock.

RPT - unlikew with DOO, on this stock I am afraid i think you are nuts! .... lol ..... I think avoid like the plague.

DOO - you may be or have been right ..... I actually opted for BFC and took a very nice profit on Friday ..... However, I am not sure that the recent rush into biofuels (and mining and other comnmodity stocks) has not been slightly overdone, with the result that we are now due for at best a consolidation or perhaps some general and significant profit-taking .... The latter was certianly apparentr at BFC late on Friday.

RDS (GOLD) or RDS (INDICES) - good idea debbie - if we (me!) head up threads in this manner, everyone will know where to find general discussion threads ..... Without the RDS prefix, peeps will forget where to go.

PXC - GedW - not sure how to interpret that latest info on the holdings, especially as it relates to about 32% of ISC. UBS 19% - would not seem to be a strategic stake as it is spread among their various funds .... Though I suppose they may perceive a relatively quick buck across the board, assuming a bid comes along. FMR/FIL 13% - looks to be a much more aggressive holding, and that could be construed to be the preamble to a bid from someone, though if memory serves me correctly, they could uop that to 19+% without having to say a word. However, all in all, I am more than happy to be holding these and may even buy some more.