Member Info for jamesmaggs

I hope they do the business for you bud,having upsetting emotional stuff again,not persuing the nurse,cant get over the ex that seems to have got over me! women eh!!! will just hold what i,ve got for the time being till i can get my head straight,catch up soon bud

Both i think,but glad i,m not holding them over the weekend is all i can say! Well i had at look at FRES and they,re over 7 quid,co thats a tad better than it was. Okay,strategy clear for you,have sufficient funds at the ready for consolidated bets. MONI,15ish if you get the chance i reckon,the others down to you as i just hold the things. I,m not selling any of mine unless they go up enough to make it worthwhile and i,m holding hawks pending reduction if/when they get back to sensible levels,moni and mwana just holding and keeping. The liquidity of cosalt is a concern, mm quote-driven,cant remember the numbers but thats why i,ve only got 25k of them. Noventa the other day,my broker could sell 100k but only buy 1k without going on the phones so i,ve limited them to 20k,that kind of switchover could easily go the wrong way,but things like vog,mwa,lonr etc 50k-100k no worries either way as they are order board stocks apparently. I got caught on some micro once trying to offload a million shares and could only get out in 100k blocks so am wary of that so always ask my broker when placing my wallet into the abyss!!!

That is the most unspread portfolio ever,talk about consolidated bets! I,m with you on cosalt and cant lose them unless they do a 20p+ takeover,or am i dreaming? In a moment of madness earlier bought 10k of barclays and then realised just how much money i,d gambled but got out with a 4p net margin,phew! Topped up/averaged down on PMK this morning a few and might need to do the same on VOG if they go down anymore!!! Are you not looking at AKT and NVTA at these levels? HAWK,not daring to look. Good luck with FRES!

Hi bud,cosalt looking rather ill today,longterm or takeover,or am i dreaming. Okay,monitise are in bed with visa and maybe the banks,i think its a bit like getting a cashback in the supermarket in the sense that theres a small commision to be earned,you take your mobile to a shop send a text and the "company" texts the retailer who hands over the dosh,presumably everyone gets some tiny fee for the priviledge. Some are thinking they,ve stumbled onto the next vodaphone at pennies, i,m not that ambitious but i reckon 50p maybe in a year. They,ve signed up plenty of subscribers and theres more mobile phones than bank account holders,esp in the third world,i have a link in my e-mail so will try and retrieve it and put it here,they,ve never yet made a profit but i reckon they will now,have steadily risen from 4p and had a big spike when visa came on board,a dip to 12ish a couple of months ago and now 19p and they stand out in my portfolio as apart from a handful of utilities etc,they,re the only ones in profit! http://www.monilink.co.uk/register/ good luck with the miners bud

Cheers for your thoughts there bud,on all levels ha ha! I can see what you meanabout the cut and run approach,my penultimate aim is together back to the value of where I was a couple of years ago plus everything I've thrown in since then,the ultimate aim is clearly to build on that with a healthy mix of maybe maybes and solid companies with a good divi and growth behind them. The only one I've never traded up,down or sideways is surprisingly Scottish and southern,a boring utility with a huge divi,wouldn't top up at these levels but it's the only one,centrica,Tate,elementis,bae so many I've drifted around but that has survived profit taking etc. Sentiment on shares is so fickle though,a penny up and they can be back to where they were perceived when you first bought the things I.e. full of 'hope factor' again? Then there's the patience issue,I knocked out the angels and watch them go up with subjective irritation and a passing thought of happiness for you and always i think whohad the patience to sit on a profit and watch it grow! Anyway,now I'm the one going on a bit,catch up soon mate,james

It certainly was a trying one on most of mine but made up for on mwana and the chariots. Made some subtle reductions there to pay for some of my recent share buying activities including vog and an akt top up still top heavy on mwana. My biggest concern is the daily drop on the hawks, I'm really getting fed up with them but I'm in so deep that I'd have to sell just about everything to get a decent average down on them so I'm feeling as trapped by them as I am in my business! The patience game is not a good one to play. I'm happy with most of the blues team except I need to top up on Tate if they get any closer to having a three in front. I tripled up on noventa so have 20k of them and got some more of the various others I've been holding,can't make my mind up about ifl,they touch profit then they retreat,frustrating trying to work out which to hold which to dump,which to average down/up on. Can't remember my last average up!!! The russians are a good play if you're willing to take the risk on day movements,I still think glaxo is worth playing that strategy with but what do I know!! Now have 45 various holdings including delisters and stuff I've had for years like psion which is about 10% of what I originally paid for them and didn't average down. I believe lots of them have the potential to go up if I've got the patience to hang on but amongst the mixed bag I hold including the ones you have or know about, my belief in moni is right up there as I've been sitting on a profit for weeks and not sold them, unusual for my m.o.you must agree? Anyway mate good luck with the Russians and keep an eye on spice, if they go sub 50i think I'm going in......james

Well no trading for me today,nice to see noventa doing something positive. Cant remember if i mentioned it but have dipped into ultrasis again end of last week,yet another maybe,maybe but plenty of liquidity trading up to 200k of them and the spread was negligable when i bought them,they are "pharma-esque" but my research has its limits,just wonder if you,ve come across them? Glad to see questor hot-tipping balfours again this weekend,solid investment that one and carillion got a good mention too,i think you,ve got them in your "untouchables". Asked the nurse for an opinion on those shares but kind of got lost in the moment(i,m relieved to report),but will report back anything she does dredge up on them,hope you had a good weekend and have got some "real" work in now mate,james

That's a substantial belief in them,I'm in for half that on them as a punt really but might look at them a bit more seriously. I'm in much heavier in my hawks,mwanas and moni all with their big hope factors but I reckon it really is all about luck as well as patience and risk in this game and the patience part is two-sided as it takes patience to wait for something to go up to what you paid with the spread and costs then patience to hold a profit when there is one! I struggle with it but I'm learning!!! I do like them as the spread and liquidity seem more acceptable than many I could mention, anyway catch up soon bud

I guess it,ll happen when it does mate,at least the snow,s gone now so we can all get about! Good restaurants in clevedon these days especially topend but the pubs just like wsm,a bit "young" generally. Yes in ultrasis,not sure for how long,see if theres a profit within the t-10 first or do you reckon they could be "the one"? wont quote or blame,no investment decisions or opinions intended,the value of your shares may go down as well as up and the spread is subject to change at any moment blah blah blah!!!!! VOG not presently but plenty of others to dream about!!! good weekend mate

Just got back to the office and with the exception of moni,looking like a veritable sea of red out there today,spice is getting closer to 50 on the offer but going to sit tight for a bit i reckon,with 40ish holdings in all sorts of stuff,surely they cant all be going down,havent checked the boring ones yet mind you!

Oh well,thats the way it goes mate,dont get the old thumper out of the cellar yet though! Went for a top up on noventa and 5k of kyrso res,according to my broker, they,ll either be worth 10x or nothing in time so deal done,only a few hundred but you never know. Still watching spice but that would be a larger punt and not enough funds till one of mine(and )bigger positions go up a bit,whereupon i,d probably want to top up some boring yielders i think!!

Thats what happens when shares get mentioned in the sun!! cant do any more oilies since hawk has rather inconsiderately refused to get off the nest

I still have them but not a lot,let me know if and when you go in heavily

Okay,on the watchlist,is this one you,re in already or contemplating? SPI its just the yield thats disappointing but i,m keeping an eye on it too. Just looked at the volumes of hawk and mwa and little or no SP movement either way,i guess somethings going to happen........... Toyed with HMV but fundamentally,who buys cd,s etc these days,i dont but there again i,m not indicative of the buying public,despite now having an i-phone!!!!

Was looking at spice as in less than 55 and out at 62 but wont as would need to buy loads and then if they dont i,d have to sell some good ones to pay for them and the yield isnt enough for a longterm hold. Utilities, 1,they missed the rise,2,the yield,love dividends mate,either way its about as safe as one can get and theres little or no interest on money in the bank. The pharmas hopefully will come good,worth the risk,when you look at what i,ve got riding on hawk etc, its almost inconsequential!! Sold my jarvis earlier,watch them rocket now!

Cant shed any light myself,just happy to call in now and again and check we,re still in double figures if i,m honest mate,so i,m happy!!! Noticed you,re still an "ultra investor" but without the HUGE disclaimer, i,ve dipped in and out of them a few times and am currently "in",how about VOG,i assume you,re still there? Most of my oil funds are tied up in HAWK, so havent been able to spread it around too much till i get the opportunity to top slice,patience is a big virtue on them i,ll tell you! Glad to see some thawing in our part of the world,was out in clevedon last night and was getting a bit interesting at chucking out time(with the weather predominantly!!)

okay,just bought 6k of akt and 10 of pym,didnt go for spice as the yield is rubbish and the graph is one way

Good morning bud,havent much time today for shaers but still toying with the baby pharmas,i see pym is 12 on the bid,a bit high do you reckon? Spice holdings looking cheap too but the yield is too stingy for a longterm hold,any thoughts on them?

Thats one i,m not worried about as i really believe they,ll have a 3 in front of them at some point and till that happens theres an acceptable and reliable divi. Good things are happening there on the roads,schools etc and whilst they wont be a fast riser,i think theres some reliable upside as long as the whole market doesnt go tits up again!!

Thats what happens when you excell in your endeavours mate,thanks for that,normal happy go lucky service will be resumed shortly!!!