Member Info for obmuj

A1EX. Yes, I do it three ways. 1. as has been said - Bed 'n ISA, 2. I sell in trading account, wait 2 days for cash, move the cash over and buy back. 3. I fund ISA (if £20k allowance not used up), buy and then sell in the trading account. The latter two based on waiting for price to go up or down. i.e. I try to do what I call these "manual Bed 'n ISA's" so I don't lose out on the spread and fees. Finally I am firtunate that I also have an A.P.S. (Additional Permitted Subscription) which allows me, this year for example, to put over £100k into the ISA. If you are entitled to an A.P.S. then go for it. I should add I don't have £100k to put into it so if anyone wants to top up their IA (via me) send me the cash - lol.

littlebricks - I have just purchased 70,000 in last few minutes and shows as sell.
Point being, as we are all aware that buys and sells don't necessarily tell the true picture, in that my order is same as a load of others at same price and they are all showing as SELLs.
I think this point is made endlessly. Buys are shown often as Sells.
Therefore in relation to your point of "mopping up" I would guess they are already mopped up ....just in the wrong column.
Makes me think about Morecombe and Wise (the Previn sketch).......not necessarily in the right order etc refers. lol.

Written in a bit of a hurry I think using pic from last year at least.
Old photo, bad grammar, punctuation and spelling ("Hurricne").
"Mr" Trice?
Anyway, nice to see any positive publicity.
Onwards and upwards although surprising how we aren't past 1st gear on the SP move even at this early stage.

LW - tbh I haven't followed the "mindset" of RB very much but interestingly an opposing view has just been "painted" on ADVFN after I posted the same ES article.
Like many I am hopeful and pleased that I am in HUR relatively early (well, about 50p avge) so whatever happens I certainly hope to make 100% and then "sell the cream" for a free ride thereafter to cover any possibilities of CA, or others, voting to sell up early.

PS: I should have clarified - not related directly to HUR of course.

This is old but interesting comment about the mindset of RB:

context of article........... "activists seen as the devil incarnate, creators of mayhem, the shares go up, then they're on their way, having made a killing?"

RB answer:

"We're not in-and-out merchants. We've never sold a share. We believe businesses should realise their potential. Their boards have an obligation to deliver to their shareholders and to realise their potential." What Crystal Amber does is "to drill down into the detail and see the facts.

throwingGmab. thanks again. yes i think there seems to have been an unusual delay or glitch on one side of the transaction., which I must say i have never seen before; strange as the portfolio still shows the phenomenal new value on 1st June. IE it has not been adjusted since 29/30 May. I've spent hours trying to look up some "missing" RNS of a possible takeover or whatever but nothing. oh well, nice to see �500 still worth about �25,000 2 days later, although the shock of losing it all again will be hard to bear. Bit like winning the lottery and then someone says - sorry, its a mistake. Very odd though. Thanks for your time anyway. will see if still "rich" on Monday. Maybe should sell quickly! lol.

Thanks throwingGMAB but why is the value now 50 x higher but the shares (amount) are the same? As I said, is this done in two "separate" actions (cannot think why). Please re-read to save repeating here. i.e. the portfolio states value 50 times higher but the shares have not been divided by 50. I appreciate it could be just a glitch by the broker but if not surely one side goes up 50 and the other down by same amount? That is what is confusing.

Yes. what is going on? Forgive me but I am handling the administration of my sister in law who recently died so have no idea about these shares.. Quite literally am in middle of transferring to beneficiary (my brother) . Thing is: the value of about 4,200 shares was only about �500 - �550 and today the portfolio states the value at 50 times that amount. I ave tried to follow the consolidation but now 4,200 shares is about �7 each which is an incredible rise. Is it simply that the broker has multiplied the value by 50 but not divided the 4,200 shares by 50? i.e. is there a delay over a few days between multiplying and dividing the two sides of the equation? seems very odd to me. As the thread states; what is going on. Sensible answers please and remember I am not the owner, just trying to work out, on behalf of the deceased's spouse (my brother) who knows even less than me. NB: I have used approx. figures.

IC Article - copy and paste it. No sub and works fine https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/tips-ideas/2017/12/28/not-too-late-for-serica-windfall/ or Google words - Investors Chronicle Serica - and it also works fine without request for sub etc. very good article and most encouraging. HNY Sericans.