Member Info for JohnLewis79

Net debt as of end '17 was 34 pps. Could easily become debt free by end '18. Put that in your pipe BP & smoke it!

Averaged $50.80 throughout April 2017. This month to date $70.

Another duff day for tech lovers. Mfocus (-44), Sage (-19) took the 350 down 31 and off 27% ytd. Lots of blue trades shown as red -hardly encouraging for the casual passer by to see a mass of red trades in a prospective purchase! TT doubt my day off will make a h'pence worth of difference, sometimes even I find little to comment on as to date its 99.9% me keeping this BB going. Until we get off Aim I doubt Idea is going to attract more posters let alone more shareholders....just check the daily bargains! I get it, just me twittering on is boring. But what to do? If I pack it in who will take up the baton? Nothing worse than going to a Co page and seeing no trades, no postings, no sfa!

Two stories dominated London today. The news that M.Sorrell was standing down from WPP (-64) and activist investor Elliott stake building in Whitbread (+283). Others to catch the eye were tech heavies Mfocus(-47) & Sage(-19) cont the fall out from poor guidances. Shire ($50bn) take over by Takeda now looks in doubt having sold its oncology div to the French group Servier in a poison pill defence move. Sterling cont to gain v the $ pushing the ftse into the red from the bell a sell off in the afternoon took 66 off closing at (7198), 250 (-67), s/cap (+3) and Aim (+1). Oil had a bad day falling nearly one dollar ($71.88) on some profit taking and the 'fear'factor diminishing. Dow futures promised a bright start (+130) and on queue jumped 200 at the start following the successful strike and little collateral damage to people and surrounds or as Trump tweeted 'job done'. Q1 earnings will dominate mrkt action with the big banks beating expectations (BOA) JPMC, Citygroup & Wells Fargo but all lost ground on worries that earnings growth had peaked. Dow ended up 213 (24573) after a flat pm session. The S&P all 11 sectors gaining closed up (22) and the techs (+50). Following MZ's none too impressive performance at the recent hearings, two large investors have called for him to be dismissed. Thats going to be almost impossible as FB has two classes of stock. The A being publicly traded (1 share / 1 vote) and the B (1 share / 10 votes) and MZ has 60% of those & can out vote everyone...so tough titty! Asia was quiet as mrkts struggled for direction. The Nikkei (u/c) - HK (+16) & SSE (-11) on news that China's GDP (6.8%) was up (yoy) and better retail sales failed to excite investors. The nos: Oil $71.66 - Gold $1346 - Vix 16.36 - £$ 1.434 - £€ 1.158 - Bcon $8355 - FF (+9) & DF (+76). Morning all.

I'm easy, but surely you gotta draw the line somewhere?

The tapes went up at 8.00am...

On Friday Asian mrkts closed mixed, Tokyo up the other two slightly down on the surprising news that China reported a c.$5bn trade deficit. This from a $33bn surplus in Feb. Seasonal factors attributed to the large swing into the red. The military strikes were far less than feared and so far the Russian reaction has been muted. Asian mrkts are quiet, seeing a better start in the US, Tokyo is up 53, HK off 343 (1%) and Shanghai -25 still reacting to the trade nos but no doubt weighing on activity was the air strikes and fear that Assad could retaliate igniting further bombing on airfields and military targets which Trump has said will happen. Oil futures fell 1% on the easing 'fear' factor and Asia will be focussing on the Q1 earnings season in the US kick started by JPMorgan on Friday (beat expectations) and Big Blue reporting on Tuesday after mrkts close. The nos: Oil $71.83 - Gold $1348 - Vix 17.41 - £$ 1.426 - £€ 1.156 - Bcon $8021 - FF (u/c) & DF (+70). Good Morning all.

60% of investors are short the ftse with 52% short the Dow. The Nikkei investors are 60% long the market. Diworsification very much to the fore this year. Mind you if G is your only stock....happy days!

Well done Lem. Didn't back it myself but at least got something back from sweep bet. Statistically the jumps are around 20 times more dangerous than the flat so outside of banning the 'jumps' there's not a lot one can do. Last two bets well in front and c.8% up ytd (14%--2017). I have reduced the nos and size of bets by 50% this year and its paying dividends. Any year you make a profit is a near miracle imo. You have to have the discipline to log every bet you make. In my circle of bettors I'm the only one who can accurately say I'm up/down on the year. Last 10 years my record is 4/10 winners - 1 c. break even - 3 bad losers and 2 small losing years. Overall im down -- but not a lot. If I included my best ever year ('92) i'd be miles ahead. Wish I could say the same for stocks these last 10 years. However if I included my best ever year?....you know where I'm going with that!

Yes...ignore them H - you might as well look at the chart of the great things my past girl friends have said about my sagging appendants....going down!.. Heh heh Heh!

Not my kinda bet..but in the pub £2 sweep picked 5 horses - Last Samurai -pleasant Co - the Dutchman - Total Recall & a donkey T Nivernais. In the £5 sweep - Perfect Candidate & V Gilo....you never know...

Oil $72.62 - Gold $1346 - Vix 17.4 (10 is the low no ytd) - £$ 1.424 - £€ 1.154 - Bcon $8008 - Silver $16.68.....Place 3 Brighton 0...

JL 195 - Hasiba 196 - without 198 Klassic 201 - bunks 210 - H 215 - ocelot 225 - chops 234 - & the ever bullish and over optimistic Tartines FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX p......

I'm thinking of going bearish this wk as that will almost certainly mean I will be out by a large margin. However being a competitor and a sore loser....Bunks you ******** done me in a photo -- I'm gonna stick with 195 on the 'roundophobia' sp G will not cross...heh heh!!

Wk 15 ended to the sound of gunfire. The threatened military strike by the US & coalition forces was carried out at 2.00am our time on 3 selected sites containing chemical storage, weapon and laboratory facilities. No casualties were reported by either side. No further action is proposed by America. So far Russia has not responded. My guess is he won't. Putin has almost as many problems at home as Trumpsy. He won't want to become embroiled with the US what with the World Cup around the corner. Assad has had his '3 strikes and your out warning'. In London on a quiet days trading the ftse closed up 6 at (7265) the 250 up 66 (19839) the S/c down 5 (5716) with Aim unchanged (1026). In America a non volatile session saw small losses across the boards. The Dow off 123 (24360) was almost entirely due to JPMorgan (-2.7%) whose results beat expectations & Boeing (-2.5%) led the S&P down 8 (2656) and the techs lost 34 to (7107). Asia will have the first opportunity to react to the Syria crisis the Nikkei called 6 lower. Have a good wk/end all.

Bunks i declare you the winner!

Heh Taff boy....you can come with me to my other stock where iv'e been talking to myself for the last 6 months!

Bull's v Bears even Stephens atm...too late for a 190+ close imo....get ready klassic - bobby-s...for your inaugral speeches. Bunks & JL...we are excused though a close run....

Yup hydro: Trumpsy can't seem to stop putting his bloody foot in the doodoo...why his closest advisors dont lock him up in a dark room and throw-away the key and find someone whose vocabulary extends beyond, super - great, a nuke is coming soon... God bless America,.....ffs! Let's hope the two leaders can have a meet and come to an arrangement short of nuking each other.

T350 slumped some 80 points on Sage Co poor earnings news but has rallied in the last hour to be c.4.25% down. Sage the accounting software specialist tanked 15% on an earnings alarm call as revs slipped on some delays to ME contracts and....get this " inconsistent operational execution".... boy if ever that bit of mumbo jumbo wasn't a 'sell' signal nothing is! First Mfocus --now Sage adds to sector woes. Idea better had some good nos lined up!!