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RNS out. Seems to be flying under the radar. EMT is starting to come out of its shell and make some investments.

Another day of above-average volumes today. This is the fourth straight week of sustained growth in trading.

Agreed. The spike in free cash in the halfyear results recently has gone rather unnoticed by the market.

A whole day's average volume traded in the first 90mins today.

Price being paid on the Ask ticking up.

Up +8% now. Almost 100% buys today so far. Almost a whole day's average volume traded in the first hour. As mentioned a few days ago, this is recently becoming a familiar AIM pattern -- the sell-on-news brigade knocks down the SP on the first day of RNS results... and then savvier investors pile back in a few days later when they have had chance to fully digest the numbers. ARC's halfyear financial results a few days ago showed a significant improvement in cost control and it is on the cusp of profitability for the first time ever. Rumours of new contracts being RNSed in the next few weeks, also.

Cecil75 -- Agreed, patience is the key here. The new ARC CEO has done a great job of keeping costs under control. That is reflected in the better profit numbers. Now they need to deliver on adding new clients and new products and raising their profile among prospects and investors. RNS.com is owned by the LSE, if memory serves. Def a good website. Separately, AFPO is worth a look. Sitting on a big pile of potash (fertilizer) in west Africa and getting ready to drill and prove it. Merger rumours (with a Chinese company) also floating around. Dyor etc. BoL.

The sell-on-news brigade are in control today. It's a familiar pattern across many AIM shares at the moment. Let's wait and see what happens in the coming days. Just take a look at SAV -- they recently dipped right after an RNS came out... but once the news had been digested properly, there was a sharp upward rebound in the following days. ARC's revenue number was good but not great in the RNS today, but the profit margin was dramatically improved (more than expected) and they still have almost a million Pounds of spare cash. In an AIM world, where most companies are living on placings, borrowings and fumes, ARC is in better financial shape now after a bumpy few years.

"... maybe I could start up my own company and then list on the AIM market and just issue a buckload of shares out to pay may wages." Many a true word spoken in jest ;-)

Up +5% now. Good RNS. Costs back under control. Profits within touching distance for the first time ever in its history.

Good RNS from ARC. Profitability has *improved dramatically* from the year-ago period. Much *better than expected*. Positive profitability -- for the first time ever -- is now just a whisker away. And cash-in-hand is up from a year earlier. Interesting that ARC released its halfyear results a little earlier than expected (they were officially guiding up to mid-March). One wonders aloud if another RNS may pop out in the next few days.

Another day of above-average trading volumes in ARC today. That's almost every day now for 3 weeks solid. Interest here continues to grow. ARC is an an under-rated, under-the-radar software-tech play and there is still time to get in ahead of the herd. RNS due next week.

Price being paid on the Ask ticking up. ARC directors bought 5% of the whole company recently. RNS for halfyear ARC results due in the next 2 weeks.

Use all the available data and analysis on the LSE website. There is loads of it and it is a great resource, but you have to dig for it. BoL.

Interesting to see most ARC buys recently are in the £1 - 10k range. It indicates a slightly richer average-buyer (and savvier, by inference) may be investing.

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Just a few more days until the next RNS and halfyear update.

Trading volumes in ARC were 2 times above the daily average today. Volumes now are roughly 3 times higher than they were just a month ago. We are into the 3rd week of above-average volumes. There is sustained interest building here.

11ARC is a sleeping beauty, waiting for its next RNS. Here's why: 1. The ARC CEO, in an official public RNS to the UK AIM stockmarket on Aug 19 2013, said "I am confident that *I will be able to report even more positively* on the results of our efforts in my *next* Review"... 2. Between Oct and Dec 2013, the ARC *CEO, Finance Director and Chairman* purchased a huge *5% of the entire company*. In the open AIM market. With their own personal cash... 3. The next RNS update of financial performance for ARC is due any day between now and mid-March 2014...

Looks like the shareprice may have been tweaked to fill a large'ish order at close-of-play today. Let's see if any big trades pop out in the next day or two.