Member Info for oldbutnowisa

Up to and possibly beyond £3, which is where it should be!

All the 1.04p transactions are buys, shown as sells!

Biggish sale first thing so I did the obvious and bought some more!

Yes YES, but I am smelling a strong whiff of Rights Issue and it's getting closer. Don't actually mind because I knew when I bought!

...cuts in interest rates likely so presages a nice runup to next ex-div. If you don't have to sell, why do it now? Just might think of lightening the holding here once it hits £3 again.

....are still selling here. Surely they would have checked when the results are due? Obviously not.

...we in UK do not have a sacrosanct written constitution like USA. They should amend it to require all candidates for President to pass stiff psychological testing to ensure they are not mentally unstable.

Puts the whole depressed sector into play, hence today's gains!

....when all the heavy lorries etc run on Goliath!!

I managed to sell half at 7p so my other half run for nothing. At least one poster here has called me a liar and I can understand that, but I can now wait for 15p to halve my holding again and then hold 150,000 indefinitely. Since that day my luck with my speccies also seems to have changed for the better too. At 77, I still care for my only son who has disabilities and will benefit in due course if he survives. If not, then a few Charities cop the lot!

....the i year chart and then you will want a few !

Bonkers - I think you are right. Why should the new government abide by anything the former government agreed? This is Sri Lanka, after all. Like a few others here I thought Greg ought to have started drilling immediately the election was over, for this very reason. But he didn't! Now he probably realizes his stupidity and we are where we are!

...managed to top up again. Horrible turn on them because market is very small, but got enough now and, with luck, can see an exciting future here.

No broker ratings here since 2023: all-time low SP: no recent bounces: Does not give dividends:

Well below the quid I told myself would be interesting: even being referred to as a 'dog'.

Sector has not changed but prospect of interest rate here dropping SIGNIFICANTLY over next 12 mths is, IMHO, responsible for this sector starting to gird its loins. 0.5% fall is not out of the question shortly and, should BoE be that brave, insurance big boys will really jump.

Not surprised what you say about Swanson. I suspect Hebei may have overreached and have no idea how we could enforce by applying to wind them up in China, if that becomes necessary. Certainly would be easier and very possibly more lucrative to go into possession of Tant Valley and sell to highest bidder, preferably for real money. In meantime we wait for news on diamonds and mineral sands, hopefully rather soon!!!

...by making an approach to Capita to buy their Cosain business? That would really make us a big player in UK . OK, would need finding as well as our £90M.

Hi Dixon1! I have been using my ISA to supplement my pension income for the last 19 years.

But I have been on the market as a very amateur investor for 60 years! Unless you already have sizeable funds in ISA, and some investing (punting) experience, I would just use Vanguard.

If you do have some experience and actually want to manage a portfolio, then you should aim for a spread of at least ten investments, with the top three 'safe and boring bought for yield and safety(c30%) and two or three at the bottom highly speculative (c15%)

If your disposition is such that you will beat yourself up if your investments lose money for a while, use Vanguard, although you will still find that even Vanguard funds sometimes have a losing run - just not too extreme.

Hope this is helpful.

KDR to take them out?

....sticking with for at least 2more years,