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That should of course be DHS (Dept of Homeland Security) not DNS.

I wish it were otherwise but the DNS news is no surprise, and the amount awarded is very modest. Today's news was expected, since the DHS has been trialing Factom's product for several years already, and noises were made in the Senate sub-committee hearings to the effect that this would continue. The big news is still awaited - the first disclosure of what all holders of FFWD hope will be a stream of NDAs from major Factom clients. As of now we are still drumming our fingers at Hacienda Snooty.

Depends on your broker, Barclays is still a problem AFAIK, but IG recogises it.

Someone with a weather eye on L2 saw the ask shrinking?

is old Snooty buying yet again into this flatulent old geyser, despite having a less than satisfactory win/lose ratio. Oh well, the bargain price, and the prospect of Gassy's company once again, tipped the scales. Que sera....

I wonder if FFWD are now out of their close period after those two RNSs.

I'm sure FFWD is succeeding and will succeed, that is why I bought back yesterday for the short term trade. My point is different: I believe the present global economic situation, in particular the mountainous debt, is not reflected in any way by the present level of the markets, and if and when they sink, they will take FFWD and other successful companies with them, as sure as eggs is eggs. But in the sense that they will survive and eventually rise again, you are right; I just don't want the aggravation of holding through perhaps years of such a dip.

IMO it has nothing to do with FFWD, its mojo, Abony or anyone else. There is nothing wrong with their investment strategy; in fact, as the recent Nuuvera/Aphria case shows, they have got things very right in important stocks. The problem for me is the mood of the markets, and AIM in particular. In this late stage of an almost unprecedented stock market boom, we are beginning to see wariness as to how much longer the boom can continue, and it has already affected the ability of punters to squeeze profit from any stocks bar a handful of rampy favourites. Now it's true that my thinking may well be influenced by my present position, where I am holding nothing beyond short term, but until I see indices worldwide make a major correction, I am not going back into AIM, or any other market, except in brief dips.

a few on the hope that Factom NDAs and/or funding Series B will come towards the end of the month, which should in theory give us a fillip.

In effect yes, as result of the court decision in the US last month, which changed everything.

I dumped this with a nasty loss a few weeks ago. It's clear AIM punters are not on board in numbers enough to make use of the good news at the moment, but that could change on a sixpence, with Factom news, for example. I'm tempted to buy back, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the majority of FFWD's investments, the problem for me is that in the present mood of AIM, one could be sitting on yet another stock doing nothing for months, something I've really had enough of these past few years.

Some Guernsey reg relating to our new fund investment status?

Not so much market no likee as market couldn't care lessee, same as with the majority of AIM stocks ATM. They're in bear territory.

Mr Fink - I've made it clear in several recent posts that there are serious shortcomings. However, we are as we find ourselves - a barely income-producing miner running a debt-free and largely derisked mine, just about paying our way with a skeleton management team. If you think Moz have been doing nothing, take a look at Daz's satellite photos of the site the other day - work done under very tough weather conditions. Nobody is saying things are ideal, but with the share price at rock bottom and conditions now good on site, there is hope, and it's that I prefer to focus on rather than read tired regurgitations of the same old gripes, largely from the same old people - present company excepted, of course.

L200 - that question is only part of the larger issue - whether Moz is now busy producing gold and paying off debt and interest. There are only two answers, yes or no, and I see no possibility of a loss for XTR. Whichever it is, you have to believe as an investor that management has not been negligent: either Moz are working full tilt now the rains have stopped, in which case debt has been or will be paid off soon or, if they've given up and gone home, that as CE and others were assured at the most recent presentation, the outstanding moneys owed are more than compensated for by our claim over Moz's plant. Some have raised doubts about the latter option, but I think it inconceivable that XTR would lend money without the necessary liens on Moz's property; to have done so would have opened the Board up to a class action by shareholders.

I see it from another perspective - every time we make an attempt, there is almost immediate pressure selling into the rise. See for example yesterday's trades. Until around 12.30pm there were almost exclusively buys. After that, a steady succession of sells. Some may say it is just small players taking meagre profits, but with almost everyone expecting good news from multiple sources, I find that unconvincing; I tend to see an ulterior motive - what that could be I don't know, though I have one or two ideas - but it looks to me like a concerted effort not to let the share price rise at the moment.

I see it from another perspective - every time we make an attempt, there is almost immediate pressure selling into the rise. See for example yesterday's trades. Until around 12.30pm there were almost exclusively buys. After that, a steady succession of sells. Some may say it is just small players taking meagre profits, but with almost everyone expecting good news from multiple sources, I find that unconvincing; I tend to see an ulterior motive - what that could be I don't know, though I have one or two ideas - but it looks to me like a concerted effort not to let the share price rise at the moment.

And we're off on another round. Your comment is contemptable. All holders who have been here for enough time know that problems exist and need time to be worked through. To carp and moan endlessly when Colin Bird doesn't hold investors' hands for a few weeks serves no purpose except to further dishearten other holders and discourage potential buyers. There is plenty to be encouraged about, especially at this level. That remains my position despite the setbacks.

Ammu - didn't you read? 2-6 weeks. We are in week 5. Even then negotiation with the Chinese is not a matter of clockwork.

give the guy a break! Do you think that CB could do anything about the weather in the last two quarters? If you want to have a go at him, at least wait and see what the results are like this quarter.