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Laughton - not really, though I guess you could argue the TOTAL number of recent Director buys - and the price they paid - IS mildly encouraging.

Wildbunch - yes I do need a hand actually, as I can't see you ever mentioning your average buying price. Or providing the necessary info to work it out. I may have missed it though, as your posts often send me to sleep. Still, it would be kinda nice to know the full loss you're currently sitting on. That's all.

Clenchedcheeks - my thoughts exactly. And there was me thinking I was the only one on here!

Baf3 - think you'll find the other manufacturers' products are salt too. Doh.

Baf3 - bad language: usually a sign of losing the argument. I don't think other major salt manufacturers would add potassium iodate if it were widely recognised as carcinogenic, do you?

Wildbunch - if a share price of 30p makes you north of £130k, what does the current share price of 3.01p make you? Poor, I'd venture. Taht's all.

Think you've answered your own question there Alwaysone! If charts were any kind of magic bullet, don't you think everyone would be using them. For a start, how can they possibly take into account any unexpected external threats (like a war in Ukraine or a pandemic - to name but two recent examples). It's all gobbledygook, dressed up as some sort of dark arts science IMHO.

Maidit308 - another of your daily feelings that "tonight's gonna be a good night, tonight's gonna be a good, good night". Altogether now, sing along punters!

Stoater - "world class and well respected"? You're 'avin a larf.

Baf3 - how can it be a "necessary nutrient" then? Necessary nutrients aren't generally carcinogenic.

Nolupus - investment funds regularly seem to manage it (though admittedly not usually a majority stake).

Why would you exercise options at above market price?!

I still think having to include the following on the front of each pack is a major downer: "This salt does not supply iodide - a necessary nutrient". Other manufacturers have overcome this by treating their product with potassium iodate. So why can't Microsalt?: hTTps://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-iodized-salt. It's never great to have to list product deficiencies on your packaging, particularly front of pack.

Glad you liked it, wildbunch. It's had 4 recommends already - versus your zero. That's all.

Thanks Mystic Meg. And now on to the shipping forecast.

Maidit308 - you may be right. But didn't you say that last week. And the week before. And the week before that. In fact, let's face it, you think we're pretty much permanently on the cusp of something big.

It HAS risen over 10% from its May lows, so some improvement! To answer your other question, no open short positions notified: hTTps://www.lse.co.uk/ShareShortPositions.html?shareprice=SMT&share=Scottish-Mortgage. Probably still some negative sentiment for "growth" stocks in general &/or a downward revaluing of some of its unlisteds responsible for keeping SMT grounded ATM.

TopCatz - guess we'll just have to agree to disagree! To my mind, there's been little to no correlation between the SP of Bell and Lucy and the share price of TEK. That's kinda my whole point really. Until they unlock some of the value in their holdings, Lucy & Bell can do what they like and it'll make little difference to how people view (& value) TEK.

TopCatz - All that said, I appreciate your readiness to listen to others' views, even if you ultimately disagree with them. I don't discount your more positive take on TEK and I continue to hold, in the hope things will eventually come good. But at best, it's looking a long way off to me, which is why I won't be adding however low the price drifts.

TopCatz - time to have done it would have been at IPO stage, building it into the float perspectus. I know some have argued this would have reduced the amount they could have raised at IPO. But value destruction happened ANYWAY with Bell & Lucy post-IPO. And because there were no stake sales at the time, TEK's own price has simply drifted lower & lower. Because of this, I can't see TEK breaching 20p, even with the scenario you outline. Simply because there's currently zero transparency for investors on how any value in any of the holdings would be realised & redistributed. Bit like owning any big asset, without having a single mechanism or strategy in place to sell it. You may still think it's worth a lot, but nobody else will, because there's no chance of it being sold any time soon. So no easy way to gauge its true worth.