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I think if there is a split they would have to give 75/25 -90/10 which would make for a good risk reward mini portfolio. Do you know who the other contender is for EBS. PS I know your 60/40 was for illustration. So not challenging that; -} The news of Japan buying could be the stabilising news followed by updates On the actual plan on the recap for BKIR and IPM Would remove the uncertainty, factor From the market. coggy lets hope it holds some of those gains and marks a new start point

Hi I have put a little risk capital on here more of a recovery punt than a proper in vestment I admit. Based mainly on the fact as you pointed out that they have not needed Any state funding. Have a profitable life business ,although the banking side is quite exposed debt to out standing loans etc. They only need a relatively small amount of money and more time to achieve that than the other banks. But I have not seen that they are looking to unload the bank only that they are looking to try to acquire the EBS. Do you have a link or source to IPM offloading the bank. Or an update on the progress of the EBS bid attempt. Perversely, I am getting a little bit more interested now that this share has dropped. And you seem to know your stuff. Thanks

EBS Building Society. ?

did you get the divi LOL upside since your post more than any divi just trying to see if anyone out their.

for monday the price has been stagnent for a while, the interims should at least get it moving again one way or the other.;-]

Hi BBill Have been in this for a few weeks now, good to see someone on the board. I am confused about the RNS that shows Aberforth have dropped a few shares and down to 13.85%. This seems very deliberate to be just under the14%, which is classed as a threshold fig, { I know little about thresholds} with the interims out soon any thoughts you have would be interesting.

I dont really feel qualified to give much more advice other than to think of stop losses as a tool to live and trade another day. I made the mistake with Lloyds last year of watching the share price drop whilst I was waiting for the rights issue. The long road back up stopped me trading for quite some time as I was locked in. Before this I had kept stop losses and always had the cash to try again in aday or two, So what if a stop is triggered and you have to get back in. Take my word, its better than waiting for weeks / months to wait for a share to recover because I was to pig headed to sell, and watch lots of other opportunities pass you by. One has to protect ones CAPITAL. bark queried my reason for staying away from aim shares - it's not really stay away from them FULL STOP but stay away until you are aware of the effects of the wider spreads wich often widen at critical moments. AIM shares don't seem to be so directly affected by the wider economy - when unemployment figures came out this pm, most banking stocks had some sort of reaction that could be directly correlated to that piece of macro economic news. You would not see such a reaction from PPA or AMC or KEA, they are much more affected by their own micro climate - just factors to ponder. I am only one year in to active trading and started with £1500. I now trade in £5000 blocks as I am more confident and am roughly £3600 pounds up. On my first year I can only assume had I not hung onto Lloyds and continued as before with stops, I would have done better. I sold BG @ 1088.something and am in rbs now @43.5 something. If BG goes to <1025.something, I will raise new capital for the 1st time and get back in. I wish you well. PS barc good going I hope you continue as well as you have. I have seen your posts around and they are always in the spirit of congenial swapping of opinions and ideas, which I wish more posters were like.:-]

if you are still around my tips are....... drum roll...... stay away from AIM stocks. and BUY naked trader. great book ;-}

I hope the current share price finds you in better mood. It still seems under valued in my humble opinion. And I cant believe there are not more post on this bulletin board. I have been in and out of this share twice, as despite my fears of the oil leek originally . It does not seem to have affected the trading range. Until this double whammy of news. 1/ market tacking note of its Brazil assets 2/ Bid rumours. I wish I had come along this share earlier As with out this bid speculation, the trading range was easy to under stand if One is not greedy. Never quite the bottom and never quite the top. I have now stayed in as as a result of the above, as apposed to selling at my original target. And now find it harder to decide weather to take slightly more than my planed swing trade or change tack and stick it out.

Hi, I bought into these a couple of days ago because they seemed to be an obvious trading range. I got out this morning after seeing the news of the oil leak last night. I'm not sure if the interruption in production for a company of this size is meaningful? I'm relatively new to the oil and gas sector so any feedback/views would be interesting. Thanks.

Thanks for posting the link. More positive reading.

Janbo

Thanks its nice to think I am not the only one scratching my head. Luckily I bought this share out of profits from day trading rbs so I am only loosing profits at this stage rather than my original stake but I am trying to learn all the time. Are we due trading update or results soon. Seems like a numpty question but I have got quite muddled now.

I was wondering if I am missing something about this company The only piece of negative news I can find is about being slightly behind in installations because of the snow. {ages ago }but they have caught up. smart1 metre out, New contract announcements. Brocker upgrades ect ect So if any one has a tip for a gap in my research I would be grateful. I have searched ADVFN, Bgloble home site. ,invest Egate ,LSE and can see no reason for this drop. So is this a tree shake ?

Orders for smart meter installations from the Group's major utility customers have increased significantly in the second quarter (following the resolution of meter asset funding difficulties towards the end of the first quarter) leading to an acceleration of installation activity. This has resulted in the Group beating its target for September and installing 3,993 meters in the month, hitting a peak installation rate of 224 meters per day. The total number of billed meters for the six months to 30 September is 17,666.

Investegate is the most comprehensive online source of announcements from UK quoted companies, allowing you to view all regulatory and other published information in one place. trustnet investegate datafeeds fundlistings Online Alerts E-Mail Alerts Top Announcements Annual Reports Free Brochures About Us Latest FTSE-100 FTSE-250 AIM techMARK Company Category Sector Archive Search by: Keyword Company EPIC / TIDM SEDOL / ISIN search Bglobal PLC (BGBL) Thursday 24 September, 2009 11:13A - Directorate Change print mail a friend fundamentals rss more announcements TRADE HERE RNS Number : 6022Z Bglobal PLC 24 September 2009 &#65279; 24 September 2009 BGLOBAL PLC ('Bglobal' or 'the Company' or 'the Group') Appointment of Non-executive Director Bglobal plc (AIM: BGBL), the leading smart metering and energy data services company, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of David Gammon, aged 48, as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 October 2009. In 1988 David founded Rockspring; a company which since 2001 has been advising and investing in technology companies, helping them to grow to enable eventual listing or trade sale. Previously Mr. Gammon worked for over 15 years as an investment banker for Credit Lyonnais UK, Robert Fleming Securities Limited, Salomon Brothers International Limited and Baring Securities Limited. Peter Kennedy, Chairman comment

18:49 19/09/2009 Investors Chronicle - BUY at 43.25p From Investors Chronicle: Smart meter specialist Bglobal has added to its list of clients with an agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom's UK arm. No value has been revealed for the contract, under which Bglobal will supply its smart meters to Gazprom's UK business customers. Gazprom entered the UK power market in May 2009 and is committed to supplying all its business customers with smart metering and accurate energy data. Thus far, Gazprom's UK operations have only grabbed a small share of the UK market of around 1.5 per cent, or approximately 10,000 customers, but the company has plans to aggressively grow this either organically or possibly through acquisition. Meanwhile, Bglobal has also signed a deal with Superdrug to roll out smart meters across its 900 UK stores. Bglobal's shares are rallying hard after the resolution of financing issues earlier this year. The Gazprom deal may not bring huge initial revenues, but it bodes well for the future and the Superdrug deal shows Bglobal's ability to win sizable contracts. Buy at 43.25p

I have been watching these shares for a while now. And I would buy at this price and sell again near the 3.20 but I am fully invested at the mo else where. But its been 308ish 325ish 3-4 times lately. You can get a quote in gbp or euros. Not a bad swing trade option. Just my opinion long term ? ps I posted aquestion on here awhile back and I think the changes in exchange rates will not effect results of trade buy much.

I am interested in having a punt on RYA. But I have been told I cannot trade it Electronically. I will have to phone in for verbal instructions. And I can ask for a euro quote or a GBP quote. Do you think I could loose any potential gains or losses due to the currencies fluctuations. Or are the movements in forex to small to take account if you are only trading£ 2000_ £4000 at a time. It seems quite a volatile share with an upside bias. From its recent falls. Any chat would be appreciated.

By Rachael Gormley At DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Shareholders of Intermediate Capital Group PLC (ICP.LN) Monday approved the mezzanine debt provider's plans to raise GBP351 million so it can take advantage of cheaper debt prices and refinance market leading businesses that are burdened with debt. At its extraordinary general meeting Monday, shareholders voted to allow the issuing of 302,193,703 new shares at 121 pence. This marks a 39% discount to the theoretical ex-rights price based on the July 1 closing price - the day before the rights issue was announced. As a result of the rights issue being passed, the company, which raises third-party funds to invest in mezzanine - a loan tier that bridges the gap between equity and the main debt - will be able to extend the maturity of GBP395 million of its bank debt until 2013. It has already extended GBP150 million of its debt. When the rights issue was first announced, Managing Director Tom Attwood told Dow Jones Newswires the lack of liquidity in the banking sector was providing "significant opportunities" to invest in the primary and secondary markets for buyout capital at attractive prices. "There are literally hundreds of high-quality companies with too much debt," he said. Company Web site: www.icgplc.com -By Rachael Gormley, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9308; rachael.gormley@dowjones.com By Rachael Gormley At DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LOND