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If you want a great dip-tip buy YELL. It's dipped so far it's about to appear out the other side of the planet! "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield" apparently the view of someone rather good at investing. Perhaps not so applicable to a miner "on the up" but then neither is a drop of 17% followed by another of 10%. What will tomorrow hold in store?...Perhaps great results from the October Tender?

We'll wait for the October tender results. Regardless of what you think, I hope they are good. I am not in this to congratulate your "guesswork" or to compare the size of any of my appendages to yours, simply to make money and the FACT is TODAY FDI has been a let down.

The price is what it is for a reason. "Further major discoveries yet to be announced" if this is fact then i am all ears but if it's wishful thinking lets just say that based on the current SP the wider market doesn't seem to agree. Don't get me wrong i am in here and have been averaging down from around 35p when the news of what could be expected was equally positive. My hope however is that 5.38p doesn't become 0.0538p. I am sure it won't but i was equally sure that today would see a rise.

YELL and comet have got their bad news out too and you couldn't top them for the level of media attention the've had! lol

The pattern is becoming so obvious it's a joke... 1) The directors build expectation through anticipation. 2) They hold off releasing bad or poor news knowing that many will be convinced the delay is due to them wanting to pleasantly surprise the market with how great things are. 3) The great news doesn't materialise, instead we're told that things either haven't improved or have gone from bad to worse. 4) The PI's get "locked in" by the sudden drop, afraid to "take the hit" and sell out 5) The II's get panicky and or start to make noises 6) The board get panicky wondering how to calm the II's 7) Acting "in the best interests of the company) the board (with the support of the II's naturally) decide the best thing to do is fleece the PI's out of their wonga. Perhaps the job of a board should be to report the actual position of a company rather than build anticipation of what it might. If October's tender results are anything near half decent, where are they?

I was tempted to sell some (£30k) of my Supergroup holding yesterday and chuck it at FDI but my other half said that would make me an idiot. Needless to say I did what any self respecting man would in the same situation..."OK dear, it was just an idea!" If FDI skyrockets do i feel happy about the holding i have increasing or sad about the holding that i could have had?

They are not a lady's best friend, they are a girl's best friend! If the market was reduced to just Lady's, I'd be forced to reduce my holding accordingly!

A nice end to a Friday afternoon would be a push through 1700 which holds. It's amazing that Citi say they'll be investing a couple of billion expanding into STAN's core market. Add to that STAN's exposure to Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Spain and Japan combined is around 57 pence! Then add to that their core market having the capacity to grow at 8% per annum for the next couple of decades and i have to pinch myself because we're not already at 1850. Funny old world!

Roll on 10pm tonight! So who knew we'd have another opportunity at sub £16 to buy more? I'm watching this against others who are down more and getting tempted but i think as long as the moon isn't hit by a meteor over the weekend to upset the Market further, STAN will hold it's ground better than those others i'm watching.... Anyone got a telescope! LMAO

There was me thinking all was lost when it topped £17.35 earlier. Can't believe we're being presented with another possible top up opportunity! Thank heavens for Friday afternoons and for US jobs data.

I think £20.20 is optimistic short term but i'd say that £18.50 - £19 isn't far away at all. IMO. If we manage to punch through £17 today and close there it will help a great deal and looking good so far. Let's face it, if last year gave a solid boost to STAN what's likely to happen from here given that in January they've already chalked up another record month? Normally i would have pulled out of STAN around now but i think it's a relatively safe bet no matter how things pan out in the next couple of weeks so a good place to have money "parked". I love it when other banks Knock STAN for costs increasing as much as they are, especially when those banks are killing themselves to expand into STAN's core territory! Expanding a business costs money, what better time to do it than when you're rolling in the stuff. Imagine when many of those expensive new staff start becoming cash generative! 8 Billion? 10 Billion?? More??...Bring it on!!

A few days back i mentioned this being the last chance to grab these at sub £16. Seems like people are waking up to STAN's potential. Unlike the other banks they are "flying" (in as much as a company of this size can) on solid results and it's only market sentiment that has dragged them down of late. They are still excellent value at under £18 (even short term) IMO. What can i say... a profitable company, good at what it does (and getting better) which doesn't take rediculous risks and which is paying half decent dividends to shareholders...what a rare combination!

Very true, i am weighing up what's happening elsewhere against that which is a least a relatively "safe" return.

Here we are below £16. If you want to get in at these levels better hurry. STAN could give you a great return by next week IMHO

I like this share even more than i did a week or two back. It has the added benefit of seeing to have bottomed out since then. Would be nice to see it at £18.50 but £16 presents a buying opportunity. Not sure when Gaddafi will take the hint that he's lost his job and take the next flight out of Libya but i'm guessing that news of his departure could coincide with STAN reporting for added bounce?

So Jim Chanos things China is a bubble set to burst? Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with George Soros doesn't agree and my personal view is that if you really want to know what's happening in China......Ask a Chinaman! http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/11/china-bubble-chanos-leadership-managing-rein.html I'm long and staying long for a little while!

I see an easy 5% to be made here this week. Market sentiment has pulled this down but further ahead i think that results will give a good boost and if Egypt continues to cause problems STAN is less likely to be impacted than many. I like this share a lot at the minute.

http://www.dbrs.com/research/237428/standard-chartered-plc/dbrs-confirms-standard-chartered-plc-at-a-trend-stable.html

Rating report looking good http://www.hemscott.com/companies/company-news-item.do?companyId=18&newsId=128687957654716

I am now holding a resonable sized chunk of STAN Hears how i read what i'm looking at... 1) Record profit for the 8th consecutive year = Good 2) HSBC and Citi actively chasing this market, presumably making STAN pretty smart to be focussed on it already = Good 3) Well timed rights issue to keep a ahead of legislation that it felt might create pressure = Good 4) The foresight to see increasing costs as a potential problem and presumably be addressing them = Good. I'm no banking expert but assuming they get a grip on costs it seems that these guys are pretty good at doing what they do. You never know maybe they'll team up with someone who wants to get into the market, giving them a boost into it while helping STAN reduce their costs? Anyone else got any views?