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150 bounce on the Dow....who cares about a trade war?...it ain't happening in the next few mins is it? Good...keep trading...whose bothered about such a piddling non event? Trumpton, has......will probably change his mind as the grenades are lobbed his way from his 'special' partners. No wonder mrkts are going up..

Gone to Epsom?...

Blimey times are hard...2 posts since 6.10am..must be a record..silence is golden...for the sp...we'll see.

Sage, Mfocus both lower the t350 u/c with Idea gaining 5 on the session (18 deals 144k traded). Doubt we will test historic high today as the background noise on trade worries will dominate mrkt action.

Oil $77.46. Trumps tarrifs (taxes) back on the agenda as he targets Europe, Canada & Mexico re Steel (25%) and Aluminium (10%) which takes effect this morning. The UK exports £350m (10%) of British steel to the US and c.30k UK jobs could be at risk.. So far the London mrkt considers this to be a "little local difficulty." Asia yet to be impacted (awaiting further talks in Beijing) and trading is dull (1up, 2 down) after a losing day on the street (Dow off 252). Ftse surprisingly called 5 up at open on the prospect of a Global trade war where there will be no winners -- when tit for tat retaliatory measures take full effect who knows where mrkts will be? Should mrkts tank I'm afraid oils will not be exempt. If that prospect worries you best watch from the sidelines. G traded in a tight 10 range all day closing off 5 and expect further slippage today being a Friday n' all. Good morning.

Yea wot a boring read!...but heh guys they only give you the bare bones. Chatsville is for later so I guess we won't know..has the sp moved? I v.much doubt it. Didn't expect anything of interest anyways...

Slightly better day for techs, Sage & Mfocus added and Idea tagged along behind 1.5 to the good. No crystal ball but imo 140 is a long way off which potentially would be my exit point ex any game changer for the Co and share price. How much being on Aim is hindering the sp i dont know but for sure many funds are locked out from investing in Aim tiddlers and those with mrkt caps of below £500m however good the nos and you cannot fault Idea in that regard. I guess we'll never know but maybe a 200 stock by now?

Oil$77.12. Asian mrkts all up c.1% on Dow's rebound overnight (+306) and a better day in London the ftse (+57). A solid start (+30) is forecast in London on easing of the Italian crisis the MIB jumping 440 (2%) yesterday. G did another quick retrace perhaps shaking out some weak pis and once again looking at 300. Sometimes it's better to tune out in volatile trading lest one makes hasty / poor decisions. As to the gas i have no idea at what stage the talks have reached. For sure we must be on the brink of an announcement. Meanwhile the cash piles up.....

Excellent long-term contract entered into with Connect Highway mainteance for the UK Motorway system (see update from Idea home site). Surprised nobody sold on the news as these updates usually prompt sellers. Wouldn't buy on this news as its way too 'fractious' but accumulating this type of contract long-term must be very good news considering the scope for add on's. The market ain't interested in 5 year projects as regrettable are mist pis. A hold is the best I can advise.

Scrappy small lot selling knocked 6 off the sp on a poor day all round for equities. Sage (-17) & Mfocus (-27) as the 350 fell off c.2% and c.21% ytd. Idea is off c.9% this last week and long termers might consider 120 a good top up price. I'm in no rush to add as my timing is invariably bad. I'll wait and see if results day provide us with some good new 'outlook' news.

G did a 'Houdini' bouncing off a interday 254 low to close 7 higher by close as did other K...oils. Can't be said of mrkts worldwide, all off between 1-2% -- the Dow the bigest casualty down 364 and Asia joining in the global sell off were all down in pm trading. The Italian crisis, volatility and strengthening T/bills causing equity investors the jitters. Oil trades lower $74.95 the £$1.325. London set to resume on a downbeat note softened by an 80 rise on the Dow futures exchange. Morning all..

No-one should be surprised at the falling sp...wait for a better buy entry.

US markets were closed for Memorial Day so Asia opened the week on a down note across the region. Oil up a touch at $75.66 & London called flat to +8 at open. Morning all...

I'm waiting for the F.U.K.C recovery...

JL 261 - Stockbstr 270 - mark888man 275 - Snapdog 291 - Hasiba 292 - bunks 293 - klassic 316 - ocelot 320 - without 321 - b/land 325 - H 330.

Oil $74.98. Asia trading flat after a mixed Wall St on Friday. Ftse seen off c.10 at start. G looks lower in the short term but could spike up on any DNO news if seen as positive. More reasons to stay in than out methinks.

Afternoon H...it was a different life in those (Colonial days)..jeez dare I mention the word!..think, by the time I went to Malaya in '62/3 i'd only spent my school years in England and holidays in Wales. Always had the 'wanderlust and your right though one doesn't realise it at the time...."eat and be merry for tomorrow we may die" Just don't overdo it....that's the bit I overlooked! Regrets?...yea one. I shoudda married a Malay girl to get Malaysian citizenship which would have enabled me to stay in the country. As it was us white men (ex patriots) were booted out in the late 60's under a Malayanisation scheme to promote the indigenous people. Fair enough...i was a wreck by the time i left, had i stayed i doubt id have seen 35. So here i am still breathing...just as well i got my marching orders.

Oh yes without...red blood in my veins- Bridgend RFC.... Arms Park.../ (born abroad) my boyhood pal was one Freddie Balsara. .so I'm told...probably ollox!.Mum and Dad were valley bred...my old man a very clever man did his law articles and entered Greys Inn then went abroad to practice as a barrister in Stinkypoor..hence me popping out in Zanzibar no idea why.....years later. Banished to Rugby for my sins, expelled from there (horrible place) landed up at Clifton College ( great school) best mate Roger Michaelson played for Wales a (Porthcawl boy).. holidays in Porthcawl where I kinda lived ever.... since my wasted years in the Far East. There we have it. There's a book in there somewhere...like most of my life too effn late. Enough...enough!!

Easy for me to ignore...no faith in 'squiggly' line theories but obviously it may work for some though why you should base your investment decisions on pivot points & reversals is beyond me. Ok..I know that's just one method among others pis use.... so a 'pot pourri' of data which imo would most likely lead to muddled thinking and errors if solely relied upon, especially in my case, more info more overload. I guess it's whatever works...I'm still trying to find the elusive formula and that's since my Dad gave me £10 to invest in my first pick aways back in the 60's- that incidentally was a weeks wages for me when rent was £2 per wk. Can you believe that!!? I think I turned a few quid....but back in them days I did as Papa told me...

Chatter about possibly raising production tanked the oil price yesterday to $76.33 down $2.5 at close. All the pis fave o...lies were off, Bp, Cairn, Enq, Gkp, Ophir, RDSB & PMO etc..So a sterling effort by G to climb back up to parity in afternoon trading though on the wk fell 25 and 17 of that on Thursday. The stronger $ (1.330) very slightly offset the OP decline. Fully intending to add a few got bogged down in a session at the local and missed the low 250 boat. Good pick up comeonvog (our paths have crossed on a couple of 'esoteric' (mysterious) stocks in the past)... H there may have been a 'mates rates' to the earlier drop to add into the mix of your earlier suggestions?....don't really go along with that scenario in a fast moving o..lie like G...more so in SMAGs (smelly microcap Aim gunk). Of the 11 mrkts i track 4 were marginally down yesterday (2 in Asia/2 US) so look to a weaker open on Tuesday. Any bounce in the OP or a denial of production cuts will see a strong bounce off 260's next wk. Two runners for me this wk/end doing ok, Rory & Rosey (no double up!) damn!. Have a good break....