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worrying stuff you just said, where did you see this information? There may then be a year before it starts to drop.

We are thinking of doubling our holding as we have a small loss.

they probably did not want the divy to pay tax on.

Wish they would multiply the shares by 100 so the sp is £12 per share as this would encourage more small buyers of the stock. We buy stock weekly but not LtI as the price is to high. At £12 per share we would be adding on a regular basis

AUGUST GOOD TO BUY NOT MUCH DOING AND MARKET GOES DOWN WITH VERY FEW TRADES WITH HOLIDAYS DEC GOOD MOST AT HOME PLENTY OF TRADES

NO YOU ARE NOT SMALL COMPANIES SEEM TO REACT LATER BUT TO A HIGHER DEGREE WHEN GOING DOWN SIMILAR INCREASE THE DAY AFTER FTSE GOES UP BUT TO A LESSER GEGREE

WE WILL BE AVOIDING THESE WITH A BIG BUY/SELL SPREAD IN FUTURE, LIKE THIS AT 7.7% YOU NEED A YEARS PROFIT TO TO BREAK EVEN.

NOTICED A SMALL RECOVERY IN LUCE, STILL HOLDING ESC WITH A LOSS, TOUCH AND GO WHETHER WE SELL, IF WE DO SELL IT WILL RECOVER!!! ANY FURTHER DOWNSIDE THEN WE WILL SELL

TURNING FROM COMMUNISM, DEEP SEA PORTS, A BIT LIKE CHINA. THEY COULD GROW A GREAT DEAL

THESE MAY BE WORTH SELLING A PUT OPTION ON.

ONE OF THE FEW STOCKS WE HOLD AS MOST OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE IN INVESTMENT TRUSTS, BUT FEEL THIS CAN RECOVER AND THEIR IS A DIVIDEND. SO HANGING IN FOR THE LONG RUN. PERHAPS RECOVER OUR LOSSES!

WE HAVE SOLD UP AND CUT LOSSES AND INCREASED OUR HOLDING IN VOF THIS CAN BE A HIDDEN LITTLE GEM.

JUST NOTICED YOUR COMMENTS, WE USE LARGE LETTERS AS OUR EYESIGHT IS NOT WHAT IT WAS AND IT IS EASIER, WHEN YOU APPROACH 80 YOU MAY FIND THE SAME.
HAVE FOUND OUT HOW TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE PRINT ON THE OPTION PRICE PAGES SO PERHAPS IT MAY DO THE SAME WITH OTHER PAGES. BASICALLY WE ARE STILL PAPER AND PENCIL PEOPLE WITH CALCULATIONS DONE IN OUR HEADS.
ONE DAY I MAY FIND OUT HOW TO GET THE INFORMATION ON THE MOBILE TELEPHONE AS WELL,
AS YOU MAY GUESS WE ARE NOT IN TO MODERN TECHNOLOGY. AFTER A LONG SPELL IN HOSPITAL LAST YEAR I CAME OUT TO FIND I HAD BEEN GIVEN A MODERN MOBILE TELEPHONE, I COULD DRIVE A SPACESHIP EASIER THAN USE IT!!!!! BUT AT LEAST I HAVE FOUND OUT HOW TO TURN IT ON AND DIAL.
NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY BITTER AS I AM MORE A GUINNESS PERSON ON THE ODD OCCASION I TAKE A DRINK. WE ARE HAVING A POOR YEAR SO FAR WITH ONLY A SMALL INCREASE BUT THE 18% - 21% INCREASES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS SPOILT US, MADE US GREEDY?
PDL ARE DOWN AGAIN AND WONDER WHERE IT WILL STOP. BEST TO SELL OUT AND COME BACK AT A LOWER PRICE, AS THE SAYING GOES " THE FIRST LOSS IS THE LOWEST LOSS" A LOT OF SMALL COMPANIES JUST DRIFT DOWN UNTIL SOMETHING REALLY GOOD HITS THE HEADLINES
OVER 50 YEARS PRICE VARIATIONS ARE STILL THE SAME. JUST TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS CHANGED

WE ARE NOT SHOUTING ABOUT OUR LOSS, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF OTHERS OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS THAT HAVE GONE BELLY UP. REGARDS AFRICAN MINERS WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF MONEY FROM SOME OF THEM. HOWEVER OVER THE LAST 50+ YEARS WE HAVE INVESTED IN INVESTMENT TRUSTS ALONG WITH OTHER STOCKS AND THE TRUSTS COME OUT WINNERS OVERALL. WE ALSO DO VERY WELL SELLING STOCK OPTIONS WHICH BOOSTS OUR ANNUAL PROFIT. BUT NOW WE ARE IN OUR LATE 70s WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THE RESEARCH AND WILL LET THE I.Ts DO THE WORK AS THEY CAN BUY IN TO COMPANIES WE CANNOT AS WELL AS WORLD WIDE. THE OPTIONS WILL STILL BE TRADED AND IF WE ONLY MAKE £3 TO £500 PM FROM THE OPTIONS THAT WILL SUIT US. ALONG WITH THE I.Ts.

LOOKS LIKE WE BOUGHT ANOTHER BAD 'UN HERE
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MOVED 90% OF OUR INVESTMENTS TO INVESTMENT TRUSTS. WE DID HOPE THIS WOULD IMPROVE. BUT ALL WE SEE IS CHAT THAT INDICATES ONLY HOPE. WE SHOULD HAVE GOT OUT AT 50P. SO WE WILL GIVE IT A BIT LONGER BEFORE GIVING UP. IF WE HAD CASHED OUT 2 WEEKS AGO STOCK THE MONEY WOULD HAVE GONE IN TO HAS GONE UP 4%

ANOTHER ONE THE DIRECTORS DO NOT GIVE A S---- FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS WHO PAY THEIR WAGES.

THIS IS WHY AFTER 50 YRS OF SEEING THIS HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE ARE INVESTING ALL OUR MONEY IN INVESTMENT TRUSTS NOT JUST A PERCENTAGE, THEY HAVE RECOUPED THE MONEY LOST HERE AND WITH BNN

INVESTMENT TRUSTS CAN BUY STOCKS WHERE WE CANNOT AS WELL AS UNQUOTED. WITH A WIDE SPREAD IN THESE TRUSTS A BLIP IS EASILY COVERED.

DIRECTORS KEEP TAKING THEIR WAGES WHILE THE REST LOSE ALL THEIR MONEY. WHETER WE HAVE BEEN CONED WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE PROVED WRONG, BUT USUALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS WE LOSE OUR MONEY.

WE HAVE BEEN SAYING ON THE CHAT OF SOME OF THESE COMPANIES WE ARE NOW SELLING THEM UP AN JUST INVESTING IN INVESTMENT TRUSTS AS THEY KNOW MORE THAN US AND CAN DEAL IN UNQUOTED AS WELL., ALONG WITH FOREIGN STOCKS TO GIVE US A VERY WIDE PORTFOLIO.
WHILE WE HAVE DONE WELL WITH SOME OF OUR SELECTIONS OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS WE HAVE HAD MANY A DISASTER AS WELL. INVEST. TRUSTS HAVE ALWAYS DONE WELL FOR US. YOU MUST HOWEVER RESEARCH THE TRUST. VCT, SMALL, FOREIGN, FRONTIER ALL GIVE GOOD RETURNS. WE COULD NOT HAVE INVESTED IN THESE COMPANIES UNLIKE I.Ts. LET THEM DO THE WORK AND WE TAKE THE PROFITS. WE ARE STILL SELLING OPTIONS ON STOCKS, BOTH CALLS AND PUTS, COVERING THEM AS A SAFETY.

ISNT EVERY ONE?

DEALT IN A NUMBER OF PUT AND CALL OPTIONS OVER THE YEARS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROFITABLE WITH BLND BUT THEY REALLY ARE IN FREE FALL FOR A COMPANY LIKE THEM. THESE SHOPS CLOSING IS SPOOFING EVERY ONE, YOU REALLY MUST SUPPORT THESE SHOPS AND NOT BUY ON LINE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS CHEAPER AND MORE CONVENIENT. JUST HAD THE JULY PUT/CALL EXPIRE BUT AM LOOKING TWICE BEFORE WE SELL ANY MORE PUTS. DID WELL IN JLY WITH THE PUTS AND REGAINED THE SPREAD COST OF THE CALL.

RE YOUR QUERY WITH BARCLAYS.
WE HAVE SEEN BARCLAYS MENTIONED IN A FEW CHATS REGARDS VARIOUS SMALL AND AIM COMPANIES PLUS I.Ts.
MOST PEOPLE COMPLAIN THEY ARE UNABLE TO BUY THROUGH BARCLAYS OR BARCLAYS SAY THEY DO NOT DEAL IN THEM. WHATEVER THE REASON BARCLAYS APPEAR TO BE A POOR BROKER, PROBABLY ONLY INTERESTED IN EASY BUCKS WITH WELL TRADED COMPANIES IS OUR GUESS.

WE USE ADM BROKERAGE AND ALL OUR BUYS/SELLS IN ANY QUOTED COMPANY BIG OR SMALL GOES THROUGH IN SECONDS. VERY SMALL STOCKS WERE IT IS A PHONE CALL TO A DEALER USUALLY TAKES 2 MINS. WE PAY £12 PER TRADE FOR THIS SERVICE AND WE CAN DEAL OPTIONS AS WELL. MAY PAY YOU TO LOOK AROUND FOR ANOTHER BROKER. IF YOU DO CHANGE THEY WILL TRANSFER YOUR STOCK FROM BARCLAYS FREE OF CHARGE, IF THEY DO NOT, LOOK AGAIN.

On further considerations we are holding fire while they are still selling the stock