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I do apologize dhub,please forgive my ignorance,your critique was very similar to a poster on the BMN site who posted under pdub .
I had incorrectly assumed that you were one of the same.

dhub,
Given your incessant uber bullish predictions ( Wrong ) regarding BMN,one would have thought you might have concluded that your powers of predicting the future was not great, like us all,but no,here you are at again with poor old Hemo.I will wait for you to be bearish then Hemo might have some chance of going up !!
Best of luck.

"How low can it go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcNKDsSq2D4

Good intra-day reversal yesterday and some follow through today,the darkest hour and all that !!,lets hope that £10 is solid and we have seen the bottom.
Best of luck.

The last date of big volume institutional buying was 2014,they were big buyers at circa £8.50.I am holding and not adding until/if this area is tested again.Any overall market weakness and it is possible that we could see that price.
If it turns north from here,great,but I would urge caution until this settles,the chart for now says down and has done for the past 12 months.
Best of luck.

If one looks at a 20 yr chart here and one asks themselves if they knew nothing about the underling security,would one buy ?,the answer would have to be a resounding "no way ! ".
I have a half position long here at £11.50.I have said on a number of occasions, that this current price level is critical.If the bears can nudge this below£10 ,then £7.50 is on the cards.I will not add until I am as sure as one can be that £10 holds.
Best of luck folks,caution required regardless of how fundamentally sound the company appears,after all, if insiders are selling should we be buying ???.Not meant to be a de ramp,just a best guess.

“Never interrupt your enemy while he’s making a mistake; it’s bad manners.”
In the context of a takeover target the above is apt.Management is currently in the process of destroying shareholder value all by itself.If one was machiavellian one would be forgiven in thinking there was a purpose behind such incompetence !

Context was poor here,insider dumping when he was just hot in his seat and well ready to kitchen sink the results/outlook.
£10.50 is critical here as if it breaks then further weakness is probable.
Its hard to make a case for a short term rally that wont get sold.
Long term a good investment,short term best to hold what one has and care warranted on adding until/if the £10.50 holds.
Best of luck.

Et Tu, Brute ? !

There are only two things holding birg back.the Gov overhang and the Fed.The former will soon be gone and the leater depends on the FOMC Wed announcement @7pm .Priced in is 0.75%,if forward guidance is dovish then expect markets to go seriously green.If 1% or if forward guidance is hawkish then expect to see 3600 s/p500 and 450p here and my £8 target will have to wait for now.
Finely balanced as always,everything else is just noise.

All want lower gold prices,to buy more.
Some European counties within the EU have been buying Gold on the instructions of the ECB .
There is something being planned beneath the surface.
Do not be panicked into selling physical,use it as an opportunity to scale in if funds available and can hold for a few years.
Lower for now but not indefinitely,the bear target for Gold is the pre-covid low of $1450 struck Nov 2019.
Thinking out loud folks,not meant as advise.Best of luck.

Gold core is a good reputable company for buying physical.
I buy gold coins to hold and physical silver to trade.You can buy physical in a sipp.The cost of carry for bars is 1% there is no vat if held offshore but there is if bought and held domestically.
I have a target entry for silver @ circa $15 at which I will buy a large amount.One has to buy and hold for 4-5yrs as the it can trundle along the bottom for longer than one thinks ! Silver coins are a no no unless you think we are going back to bartering as the spread is >40 %.Look at silver as a commodity and gold as a currency store of value.
Only buy the major PM miners and never juniors unless in an ETF.Buy the majors when they are dirt cheap.Think Fres at £4 !!
Not meant as advice,just my take & best of luck.

Its been my view that reducing the debt level is paramount.Scraping the dividend and accelerate the debt paydown would initially be a negative but would be rewarded in due course.The market sees the dividend as unsustainable in current market conditions.There are lots of shares that have higher and more sustainable Dividends than MCRO.
This is and has been a poorly managed business with jam tomorrow ad infinitum,long overdue for management to get of their complacency stool and proactively address the balance sheet.
Best of luck to all,its a great trading share but a buy and hold ? No,not for me.

MB UK,
To zero,to be precise,apologies for my error.

There is a real possibility of a recession in the UK which is being priced in by the market currently.
MF has been hopium for several years now,poorly managed and the market is not buying it.They should without doubt cut the Dividend,it would at least show an awareness of the real world.
A test of £2 is on the cards here,it may well be time to add if that level is tested and holds and with a US tech rebound and the outlook for inflation/interest rate improving.No rush to add/buy .
Best of luck.

As the markets remain bearish there is a reasonable chance of a test of the £10.50 area,this is the covid low and 8yr support and it is important that it holds.
Should be a covid recovery play but the market is not buying it for now.Sub 120 £/$ and it looks interesting for a predator.
That said the Fed is withdrawing liquidity and rates are rising which is a negative for funding a takeover.Never forget,market liquidity and low rates trumps fundamentals in this macro environment.
Adastra,I am amazed at the speed in which you went from am avid bull to a bear and back to an avid bull.
Best of luck to all,the market could break lower before higher,now theres an insight !!

I thought you had sold and were bearish a few days ago.
Whats changed ??

With any luck the euthanasia bill will have passed and we can join the queue for the final departure lounge !
At least older folk these days have enjoyed a relatively free existence in the West,or were we just deluded.The difference I think really is that those who like exercising power and control over the masses are more brazen and are so secure and smug that they no longer feel the need to conceal.I do feel sorry for the younger generation who have swallowed the lies,it is going to get a lot grimmer unless they take the glasses off.
https://www.*****ute.com/video/5czBO5rYX8PQ/?fbclid=IwAR30Gb9r0ZVbaxB8679RiZrp2xlgRpa_In_BzQavRJfWbU6Gu6ssHdiCxFs

Whoever thought up that gem as an incentive had scant regard for shareholders and reflects poorly on the decision making process at S & N.Very few on this board would sanction it,I am pretty sure of that !
In the wider scheme of things it prob doesnt mean a whole lot, but badly judged none the less.

The amount is small but the vibe is poor.
He either doesnt care or isnt aware,neither of which is bullish.
As long as the US recovers its mojo then S&N will also make progress,eventually !!