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No certainty an offer will lead to an all cash bid but it might flush out some interest in others. Shares will jump first thing allowing loose holders to exit at a nice profit. A loss maker in 4/5 last years holders hoping for 100+ might be disappointed, that would value Ophir at £707m. What price G?

On back of falling mrkts across Asia (TK closed) HK is off c3% on weak China manufacturing data. London & the US are called lower at open. The ftse off 26 and the Dow by 230 as the OP trades down c.2% at $53.15. Forecasts for 2019 have been thin on the ground owing to Brexit but i heard one fund manager calling the ftse at 8000 by year end, that's very nearly 20% north of now....good luck with that! It's a mugs game as you only need a 'December' month to kibosh your predictions which did for most crystal gazers in '18. Until Brexit and "deal or no deal" is resolved the mrkts are going to be as jittery as ever..... a traders playground and one long -termers will have to ride out.

As ever boyo is down on the nos..makes a change! Were still I assume paying 7.5% on our bonds ($300m) which might be a drag on the sp if the mrkt wants to punish us? A div is out of the question, why would they consider that? Much if not most depends on the barrelage v the oil price heading into Q1 and a div would be a waste of money...we aint had one for 6 bloody years....so not now! Yea or nay on the div, G is in a much better position than Jan 2, 2018 so if the Wall Streeters are right and a mrkt surge of c.10% is talked about.... there's mileage heading into Q2 for G holders. You take a lot of external factors into consideration if your a buyer sub 200, which most likely the wider mrkt will not give a hoot about G's progress. So while G's progress in Q1'18 was terrific (108-168) most holders will settle for half that in these uncertain times.

Well I claim the prize forecasting 350! Some bloody claim. Perhaps 350 in 2019?.....

Not to put too fine a point on it a carp one here in the UK and globally. In London equities suffered the worst of years since the 2008 financial crisis the ftse losing 12.5% & sterling weakened 5% v the greenback. In Europe the Stoxx 600 fell 13%. In the US some window dressing and bargain hunters saw a rally (+265) on Friday but couldn't stop the Dow having the worst Dec since 1931 and posting a near 6% loss on the year having risen in Q1,2 and 3. Gold, oil, bonds and Emerging Mrkts (-17%) all fell in '18 completing the rout. No change in the Far East the Nikkei off 12%, HK down 14%, South Korea fell 17%, Taiwan off 9% and China down 24%. Here's the list of year end nos & % +/-s. Genel 177 (+64%) Gkp 181 (+69%) DNO 12.55 (+32%) BP 495 (-5%) RDSB 2340 (-7%) Oil $54.15 (-18%) 350 OG (-7%) *** Ftse 6728 (-12.5%) All 3675 (-13%) 250 17502 (-16.5%) S/C 5177 (-13%) T/Mark 100 4365 (-7%) AIM 859 (-18%) *** Dow 23327 (-5.6%) S&P 2507 (-6%) NSD 6635 (-4%) R2 1348 (-12%) MSCI 456 (-12%) *** Gold $1285 (-12%) Silver $15.56 (-11%) Vix 25.42.(+130%) Coin $3738 (-73%) *** £$ 1.275 £€ 1.111 $Y 6.878 *** Morning all.

JFT must be a psychic...cos I'm sat in my local boozer reading the Y/E posts. Shall not be seeing the NY celebrations or staying up to such an ungodly hour so while I'm reasonably composmentit I wish all G men the best in their efforts to beat the mrkt in '09. As for ones investment in G i really dont know....if there's any justice?......But as you all know 'justice', is fickle at the best of times, so we might be looking for another catalyst to kick start G from the 'slough of despond' today excepted!. To date I'm still not invested though at 158 i should have put a few quid in however I don't trust these mrkts as far as I could throw'em and that's what's holding me back. Enough of my doom....you brave Genellians deserve a decent re-rating of the shares. I shall be cheering from the touchline! Go G!

Expect a bounce in equities as Trump tweets 'big progress' on trade talks. Ftse called 20 better the Dow 200.

Several Poolers in my local had 5s on Liverpool for the Premier title. Now 4/7....nice!

Mrkt closes 12.30 tomorrow so no fireworks expected. Last year G off 1/4 to 107.75 & OP $66.38. Ftse at (7688) & 250 (20726). Gold $1301. £$ 1.3515. When you put it like that H it sure makes good reading! For sure as JFT reminds us the board must be a lot more proactive in selling G to the wider mrkt next year. They won't be coming running to us given we are just one of hundreds of companies vying for attention in a crowded mrkt place. Usually in companies its the CEOs job to deliver sp results, it's part of his remit for heaven's sake and our Mr Murat has failed miserably. So while pis think he's been asleep on the job the iis who hate any sort of board disruption will back him to the hilt. Can't say I'm much excited about 2019 in general but should the OP stay sub $60 through Q1 our nos won't look too bad v '18s Q1 the OP averaging $53.70. Hopefully we will have an increase in bopd keeping our nose in front and you never know a Gas deal of sorts....

Well done JD the last winner of the 2018 FC competition and a good double with Liverpool!

With just one half session left in 2018, Dec is proving a big bust of a month. It was all going reasonably well. The Dow though off year highs ended Nov ytd +819 & the ftse -694 (underperforming the Dow all year). Just one month later the Dow has lost 2476 mtd & the ftse off 260 mtd (out performing the Dow) while the 250 is down 1027 mtd. London had its best one day gain in many months leaving the 100 up 149 (6734) points thanx to a turnaround in energy and miners. The 250 put on 375 (17465) & the All 79 (3675). In NY stocks advanced (mostly) throughout the day the Dow hitting 23380 (+241) late in the session until sellers cut positions ahead of Monday's opening leaving the 30 nursing a 76 loss (23062), the 500 down 3 (2486) & the techs up 5 (6585) while the R2000 put on 6 but 13% down ytd. Asia was quiet TK lost 63 (20015) as BOJ warned on a weakening economy. HK erased earlier gains off just 5, properties out performing but well down ytd and SH added 11 despite GDP to ease next year. The nos: Oil $53.04. Gold $ 1269. £$ 1.269. £€ 1.108. Coin $ 3893. Vix 28. MSCI 453. 350 OG 8449 (+232). G +3. Gkp +5. DNO -0.30%. Morning all.

Cheers boyo..have read similar but like jobber strategies is just too convoluted for a 'keep it simple' invstr like self. Anything that doesn't trip off the tongue makes my mind boggle nowdays....confuse 'n bemuse I am. Dot the i's and cross the t's on obscure strategies might do for some invstrs but not me. Have a good wk/end all.

Boyo...you continue to dumbfound me vis a vis your analysis. I must be thick co's im left left frustrated! I cannot see a way of you making your views easier to understand (surely your aim?)....well I sure could not (not that i would try) so is your audience dwindling and are you farting against thunder? Hope not, as all views are more than welcome here in what must be the best BB on lse. Can anybody point me to a better forum? I have trawled over 150 forums and most are of the school first form remove (the worst) in my time you understand. Even for a casual observer expecting a base form of English expression, there is little to recommend reading further. Great shame G aint BP or Shell or Sound or Hur....ffs!

Bunks...you know the UT is a 'roll of the dice' that only sets the next days price. Totally useless imo outside of the bettors who hope to front run the sp but for the likes of you & me? WGAF? Back in the day (correct me if I'm wrong) the close (4.30) was the close and everyone went down the pub secure in the knowlwdge that the jobber boys were drinking with you. I know the Rodime MM was a pal...ahem! Nowdays these bloody machines are blinking and beeping, buying and selling to who knows what effect? Look, the old face to face system may have been to 'old school' for many but at least you could state your case /bargain for a better price. I may be a Luddite /old fogey and don't understand the current lingo of mrkts but I'm happy for others to put me straight.

Sound (gotta be a misnomer if ever i heard one) & Hur...what have they got that G & Gkp have not? Better mngment? Better assets? Santa's Xmas stocking? Tony Hayward not involved? (gotta be worth 100s of p). I think we should be told.

I take no comfort from the 'dead cat' bounce of today and 'occasionall' yesterdays.. outside of the 31st (cheers hasiba). I very.much.doubt.the.indices. will. much.change....leaving the ftse some 13% down on the year, not the worst by some way I might add but given everything....kinda so so..(check 2008). That's fine imo, 13%, 23% down makes little difference to o...lie investrs who need global growth and oil at $70 to invest in risky oil assets and that's our advantage if mrkts stay semi stable and Trumps keeps his trap shut. Ok thats a big ask i know but nothing G invstrs are not capable of dealing with.

Guys at the end of the day...low vol & any other metrics you like to name will mean sfa in these febrile mrkts given the mass of negative comments. Ok i should exclude the day traders....they luuurve this... The barrow boys need to keep their books at 'even stevens' if possible and if that means knocking your position....so be it. Nothing ever changes there as your out of money and luck and their not...deal with it...Not! Whether G at 600 or 150 is immaterial, I mean wgaf? Why on earth should the wider mrkt take into account distressed positions of pis however much we feel the stock is under valued? You all know their is no rational way to value Kurd o...lies....I should say by the mrkt (us pis think we know different).... So when G is valued at less than cash do you bail and leave the worthless assets to a preditor, who suddenly finds many hundreds of million bucks swashing around or stay strong? Past history will tell you that's exactly what will happen leaving the rich pickings for iis to pick up while pis bemoan their fate & lose a bundle. Some things never change in these rigged mrkts solely(mostly) aimed at wiping out pis of their investments by whatever means possible. If you don't believe that best go play roulette and see how you fare after a couple of spins! Oh well...dont know who said it but 'Caveat emptor'..... never a truer word said....must have been by Tony 'bloody' Hayward the disgraced former boss of that minnow BP.

If it couldn't get worse it just did, HMV (130 stores, 2000 staff) have filed for administration.

DNO threaten to walk should Faroe holders reject the 152 cash offer next Wed. The offer would lapse and DNO would be unable to bid for 12 months.

Kurd o...lies? Read across Gkp bb and identical concerns are being raised by holders. Are the two companies in cahoots for a merger/take out at peanuts?