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if this indeed turns out to be a double bottom, an uptrend could be forming. http://shares-stocks.suite101.com/article.cfm/stochastics_double_bottom_a_stock_trading_tool let's see what next week brings.

forget about books. it's all online :- http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/guides/investing-terms-explained.aspx enjoy your ride. =) on other news, i cannot believe how low the FTSE has dropped...shocking!!! will it gradually drop below 5000? could this be the start of a double dip? any comments, anyone?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10102152.stm

make me. ;-)

trading inactively, 15 years. trading actively, 2 years. ensure u do as much research as u can into ANY company u invest. don't invest based on broker comments or these chatboards but solely on your research. this means macro news, annual reports, cashflow, debt, forecasts, revenue growth/decline, BoD background, everything! the only times i've lost money were the times i invested in companies i was too lazy to do the numbers. as for the markets, i think they are poised for a bull run depending on the election results. just check the ftse 100 chart and u will notice the trend has fallen below the RSI line of 30. i was expecting FTSE to drop to about 5400 by the election so we're just about there...

that is not true - EML is not worth zero, although i would love for it to drop to that price so i can buy loads. EML was already undervalued(and has always been) before ex-divi, not inflated. the market mainly priced EML's kalahari holdings into the share price, not much else. do your calculations. Eagle, EML will only recover as the solar market improves - this is their core business. kalahari was just what got investors excited and now that episode is closed, i don't see what else can keep EML interesting, hence the slow drift downwards. still not worth buying until the share price touches 1.87p. what sort of stocks are you into?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-prosser-the-pensions-regulator-is-allpowerful-1946357.html "Uniq warned yesterday that if the regulator did not back its plan – and an alternative could not be agreed with the trustees – it might have to consider winding up the company." be careful! and good luck.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/19/conservative-victory-property-price-crash

very much in jim mellon and some faith in the solar industry...but i will not buy into EML again until it drops to it's true worth, which is 1.87p! or at least an ask of 2p. i am annoyed at how the MM is trying to make us pay more. scimitar, is the date 27th may a calculation based on experience?

would've also been nice for them to clarify their cash standing in the last few announcements but i didn't find any...could've been blind like before. perhaps somebody else could read the titan website and confirm? i'd be interested to know because it's the last bit of uncertainty to blot out before i chuck money here(if ever). cheers

well done - it should be u to find that piece of info because u're the current investor. i was just helping out because i had spare time. Tamon, a £50 loss is easy to absorb and moreover, TSW share price drifted downwards. i don't invest based on any advise from boards or brokers and frankly, neither should u! =) any uncertainty for me, is a no-no for investment(but admittedly, i still make mistakes at times). i don't understand why a credit/risk assessment firm seems to think these 2 entities are tied as in the link i posetd, but i do know Mike Akers sits on both boards. It doesn't change my perspective on TSW anyway, as I have learnt undiluted shares aren't necessarily a great find. Here's why :- Cash Holdings 30th June 2008 was £42,706,000 30th June 2009 was £18,276,000 in one year of revenue decline, £24,430,000 of cash was used. They had £18m last june, revenue continued to decline and we're 2 months away from june this year. what do you smell? stay if u must, but this share is too much work/risky/uncertainty(for me) and i'm off to attend to my other investments. =) good luck all!

this is what i just found :- http://www.crmz.com/Report/ReportPreview.asp?BusinessId=7103022 Titan Europe 2006-5 and Titan Europe is the same entity. The former is a branch of Titan Europe based in Ireland. based on that, i believe u did the right thing.

here's some more positive news :- http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/29/santander-debt-crisis-spain-greece santander's boss thinks spain's debt issue is overblown. but well, the EU should have declared their toxic debts just like the UK did, but they didn't. now, skepticism could hold down any progress in europe because nobody knows exactly just how much trouble they are in(greece can't even get their figures right!).

no worries mate...we all have our days! =) but u should cut down on that stuff u're sniffing...lol. cheers for the affirmation.

ex-divi = ex-dividend = EXcluding dividend so if it goes ex-divi on 28th, this means any shares bought on 28th(till close of business) is excluding the dividend payout! just think - why would the share price drop so much on 28th if it still qualified for dividend? =) all the directors would've been screwed!

the diagram on that link paints a good picture of how complex these loan notes are - the debt restructuring itself was complex because there were so many parties involved - Hatfield Philips, Four Seasons Home Care, Credit Suisse, etc. Anyway Credit Suisse collects payments for loan notes issued by Titan Europe, which in turn is serviced by Hatfield Philips who own a stake in Four Seasons. Hatfield Philips is rated by Fitch and Moody's and therefore the loan notes were downgraded recently. We don't really hear of these loan notes because notices are issued on the Irish Stock Exchange. However, I am surprised the loan notes were not mentioned in the last report I read...so it got me thinking...could there be 2 different Titan Europe? I doubt it. Due to this issue's complexity, I decided to sell out at a small loss rather than take the risk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6744486/Four-Seasons-Health-Care-lenders-to-write-off-800m-of-debt-in-exchange-for-stake.html If anybody wants to get to the bottom of this, just type the keywords of the parties involved into Google and you will find more info. FYI, the loan notes haven't been upgraded. My Conclusion :- on a good note, the future does look brighter for TSW - even caterpillar(big customers of TSW) announced great results recently. however, due to Hatfield Philips having problems servicing these loan notes, I can't help but think there is a risk of a rights issue here, as an interim measure until TSW improves cashflow(not good as of last report i checked). Or at least at the brink of a possible rights issue/placing or some other way of fundraising. If anybody has anymore input, contribution would be much appreciated.

i see u're still having fun. lol... as posted before, this share is currently overvalued. before ex-div, share price was 9p(when EML had the cash). div payment of 7.13p. so if the market thought the share was only worth 9p before ex-div, it should only be 9p-7.13p=1.87p now. end of story. all this talk of going back to 7p is clueless - where is the uplift coming from? readers, think before u part with ur hard earned money. ok, service to society done for the day....lol...

could u kindly explain how you came to that conclusion? =) i was under the impression those loan notes were issued by TSW to a property firm who has trouble servicing them, hence, causing possible cashflow problems to TSW. I could dig it all up again but just wondering how you concluded that Titan Europe loan notes and TSW are not related? thanks

the share price isn't worth this much now. at close of business yesterday it was 9p. if u take away the dividend payout of 7.13p(which is coming from their cash holding and will be reflected on their balance sheet), EML share price should be below 2p. hence, EML is now (theoretically) overpriced.

URU and EML, i wouldn't think that EML will see anything above 3p soon. URU declared a special dividend of around 20p(i think) and their share price hasn't moved since then. so i'm not hoping for any great moves here in the short term as i cannot see any news coming soon until and unless we see an upturn in the solar industry, which is still facing a hard time. or EML makes a great, profitable investment again. =)