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Sbustr 200
JL 218
Bunks 223
M888 225
Rangor 230
Ocelot 235

Having scooped the pool boyo perhaps you'd like to lead the way for next wk?

Well done boyo..now for a double tomorrow!

Get your speech ready boyo!

Two horse race?....evens the field. Place your bets!

A half furlong out the runners approach the line...
Boyo 215
Tiger 220
JL 224
Sbstr 227
Eccles 229

It's anyone's game...

Tough one a) describing squiggly line theory & b) making it interesting. Tbf boyo you do achieve that so ignore my post. I shall have to swot up on Bollinger and candlesticks!

Asia led London mrkts lower at the off, the 100 down 30 and stayed in the red all day.
The never ending speculation on China/US trade talks, Brexit and that the Govt look set to lose 'another' meaningful vote by 100 dented confidence and kept invstrs on the sidelines. Perhaps on Brexit we should focus on 'fisheries' its the only way we will get some cod peace!! Heh heh heh.

Stocks in focus were Banks, insurers & miners all (going down) following the ECB trimming Eurozone GDP growth to 1.1% from c.1.7% and pledging further long term loans to Euro institutions. On the plus side analysts say rates look stable till 2020. The DAX and CAC fell 69 & 21 strictly on Euro concerns.

A weak start on the Street (off 300+) nailed the ftse down 38 (7158) at close the 250 slumping 175 (19184) and the All down 24 (3926) to end another dispiriting day.

A bounce off 25350 by Big Board stocks Nike, Cisco,
Verizon & Exxon, pulled the Dow out of a blue funk dive not helped by Walgreen / Boots Alliance (-$11), 4/5 down sessions and taking 75 off the Dow indices.
By midday the 30 had recoverd its poise to trade off 130 by mid afternoon as bottom fishers came looking for bargains. However the rally fizzled out the Dow closing down 200 the 4th straight at (25473) and the S&P testing its 200DMA at 2750.

Asian stocks were sharply down (usual concerns) and that Chinas GAC reported exports had fallen 21% in Feb on weak global demand. The SHCOMP fell 90 or c.3% while TK & HK were off 400+ points.

The nos: Oil $65.91. Gold $ 1291. £$ 1.308. FF -38 & DF -81.

Morning all.

Boyo....your posts are becoming like treading through treacle or reading War and Peace for the first time. Brevity boyo....Brevity!
IMO of course. I think any subject that requires such an extensive explanation might not be worth reading as by the time i've reached para 3 i have forgotten the gist of your post.
Keep it simple for us dullards...

Boyo (215) leads with one flight to jump...
chased by....

Tiger 220
JL 224
Sbstr 227
Eccles 229
for the places.

I'm beginning to come round to boyos way of thinking regarding share price movements & timing your buys and sells.

The traditional method of future cash flows, increasing earnings per share and profits no longer work in assessing
a Co's prospects for growth or whether you should invest.
G is a prime example, throwing out nos many a Co would die for, its stuck in the buy one get one free
Poundland shop of horrors where you can buy a $ worth of value for 50c.

If you cannot rely on the nos and the mrkt ignores them what are you left with, what is one to do?
They say value will eventually be recognised but it aint written in stone is it?

Little movements of note yesterday in London or NY
the ftse (+13) and All (+3) posted small gains the 250 & S/caps slight losses, DAX & CAC both down.

In the US worries over China trade deal and the economy cont to impact mrkts the Dow sliding (133) for the 3rd straight session led down by techs and energy.
On the economy front more jobs were added in Feb than first thought yet the OECD cut growth to 3.3% for '19. The trade deficit with China widened in '18 to $419bn.

Asian stocks were lower across the region. Techs in Tokyo slumped on news that Reneas Electronics is to halt production for 2 months on weak demand from China. Other regions techs fell in sympathy.
China which has been the best performing mrkt this year by some way (+24%) internal stimulus from Beijing was flat, while TK fell 154 & HK down 233 late afternoon.

The nos: Oil $66.11.
Gold $1285. £$1.318.
FF-22. DF-64.
Morning all.

Morning boyo. My re-buy was at 222 having dithered at 215 ish, so showing a small loss to date.
Intend to hold through this year but am not expecting share price fireworks more a gradual rise to c.280ish.
I don't set stop losses so any drop sub 215 I will av down.
As my holding is minute compared to those holding 100k's I do sleep well at night so can take prolonged drops should they occur which I doubt will happen here.

Funnily enough trapped in my blood thing has probably been a blessing
ensuring I won't be tempted to waste money chasing blue-sky- no- hopers which I'm prone to do.
Ideally if my blood thing attracted a buyer for a reasonable value this year I would have some decent 'walk around' money.
To date the Co has raised £100m to reach the mrkt.
Come what may it will be the highway or the bye bye way for me & the Co come end '19.
So G at 200 or 300 will be small potatoes should W refuse or cannot find any further blood donors for Sphere to roll out P to
the US market via a 510k cert.
My fate is nigh as results / outlook will be released shortly.

I'm not a fan of short selling as the sole object is to destroy value in a Company by driving the share price down to near zero.
But it's a risky strategy one not suitable for most pis. However where corruption or dodgy accounts are thought to have occured...shorters play a role as in Carillion, Quindell and recently PV. I guess we will just have to accept its here to stay.
Not sure if the up-tick rule is still observed (can only place a short on a stock price that last price was up).
Tbh banning it entirely would be just fine by me.

Sorry to be a killjoy hydro but trying to get pis to sign up to any type of petition is a waste of time.

I remember a few years back a similar petition on shorting was attempted including backing from an MP that stalled at c 3000 sigs. I don't think the British are much cop at upsetting the status quo, preferring to keep their heads down and tend their gardens.

Now if we were French where short selling in France is banned (I think) we'd be storming Paternoster Row demanding action!

Ignore broker forecasts especially from house brokers, they are rarely bad...musn't upset the client!
A stock I was in had broker forecasts of 40,30 (never achieved) then 25 and finally 20 when the sp was under 1 effn penny!
Inwardly ingest and disgorge they mean diddly imo apart from confirming (or not) your own view.
I must say that a firm called T.Delta did a phenomenal 12 page analysis on my blood thing and look where I landed up!
However I'm almost 100% certain the demise and exit from the public mrkts was orchestrated by certain individuals.

I accept that's a jaundiced view but from all accounts I hear the Co continues to flourish and is filling vacancies.

Clearly my FC punt of 224 was too pessimistic but it's only Tuesday. Five days ago G was 203 so I reasoned a pause for breath was most likely or to use a boyo type analogy G's tide going out we will see whose been swimming naked.
Must say you make 'squiggly' line movements half interesting to a Luddite like me.

US stocks went into reverse on Mon on a 'no' news is 'bad' news day with much of the geo politic stuff, rates & inflation 'priced in'. Traders fretted seeking a catalyst but gave up fighting the trend ....down from the bell the Dow closing out
down 206 (25820).

London added 28 (7134) on a quiet session where Ted Baker hit the headlines the CEO leaving after a p/warning saw the shares flat at 1982, had been 3000 a year ago.

Oil $65.37. £$ 1.315. Gold $1289. Vix 15.83. FF +5. DF flat.
Morning all.

Must be a record entry (20) in the FC comp . The median no (ex Tartine 622)
is 241.
London called up 31 at open on back of rising Asian mrkts hoping for a resolution to the long running China trade talks.

The US set for a 130 gain today at open despite a fall to 2.6% 4Q GDP and a full % point lower forecast for Jan.
However offsetting this the US is adding jobs at an unprecedented rate, over
1.000.000 since Oct and 304.000 in Jan. Incomes and wages are growing at the fastest rate since 2009 and job openings are at a record level with unemployment below 4%.

The 12% gain on the Dow seems justified given the Fed has put rates on hold
for now and a trade agreement looks a lot closer.

Ok...but there's many a slip between one man's tip!! On quite a few metrics UK shares are undervalued....if you pick the right comparison and therein lies problems for pis... which of many do you follow?
I used to prefer to pick a selection of shares based on dividend payers, growth and some speculatives.
Nowdays I'm looking for / punting 'blue skies' (ex G) hoping for a bagger or two which I'd put in the desperation category!

Have to say finding that diamond in the rough is damn near impossible as the 'City' will be way in front of you (mostly).
As you well know when you find a beauty like G it sometimes fails to live up to your expectations.
However if your expectations ate too high
dial them back cos since Jan '17 G has risen 173% not too shabby if your still holding!
Incidentally the ftse was higher back then than now (7143 v 7107).

Cheers ocelot could not access as I would have to give... DOB, Bank acc details, where I live...etc.. so Fcuk-em!
I get enough unwanted emails on a daily basis which are binned pronto. Life really is too short to plough ones way through people's 'hearsay' most likely.
Once you subscribe to these types of e-mails you will spend many an hour deleting grunge from your memory.
Anyways cheers ocelot I'd prefer to invest in quality UK assets on a 5 year view rather than in Wall's dancing to Trumps tweets.
Shame my long term view is c 1 year at most now...