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Bought on a spike, averaged at 4 p Only another 5p to go and I break even.

I was amused to see that Morgan Stanley appear to have left their finger on the zero button too long. The predict the share price will reach £31000

This just looks like a tidying up exercise. The fractions of shares arose from the script instead of dividend scheme which many companies operate. What worries me more is the drop in price today for no apparent reason unless the headline (directors sell shares) sparked a fire sale before the RNS was read properly. However, of the last 25 London transactions 22 were purchases so hopefully a recovery.

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I worked in a stockbrokers both in the back office and later as a dealer. Not being on the register does not deny you the benefit of the dividend. HL will have a department who's specific purpose is to claim dividends for clients who held the shares but were not registered before the company went ex-dividend. They will contact the selling broker and claim it on your behalf. Have a chat with them just to remind them of the position

http://www.snoozebox.com/significant-shareholder/index.html Makes for interesting reading. 57% held by institutional investors

I was alerted to this stock this morning from another board and having already risen 45% I was worried about buying on a spike. Glad I did as they have risen another 30% since. I tend to be a long term investor which doesn't always pay off but I think that this will be a substantial company. Using containers (which are relatively cheap) to create a living or business space is a popular and efficient substitute for buildings. It is instant, easy to do and transportable. Have a look at container city which was quickly erected following the earthquake in Christchurch NZ. In addition it is now considered to be an easy way to provide comfort and protection for disaster victims in third world countries.

I don't know why directors make a statement saying that "they know no reason for the surge in the share price" following which the price drops. 4th March 2009 this company's share price was 550p Could the surge in share price just be that investors have confidence that the company is returning to some of it's former glory and want to get in now before they miss out? Why be so negative?

It looks to me like they have consolidated and whatever shares you hold, you should divide by 100.

This company manufactures and fits top of the range kitchens. I bought one and they are very good they have a unique worksurface called "Fusion" which can only be installed by their team. They sell directly to the public via their several showrooms in London and the home counties. They have a good marketing team but query whether they can survive the stagnant property market? I do not intend to be a shareholder.

The spread on a particular share is deterimed by the market maker on the company's marketability. For a widely traded company say like Royal bank of Scotland, the spread would be minimal because the market maker could be sure of matching the bargain with another trader but with small companies trading in pennies, the market maker has to cover the possibility that he might be stuck with stock or be short for a while before he can find a match, so he quotes a wide spread to cover himself. It also depends on the size of the market in that stock. With no liquidity, shares can move very quickly. IPI is a classic example.

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I was suckered into another punt when I saw IPI move rapidly upward. In at 3.66. Probably a bear squeeze or desk top traders having a go forced the price up but when a loose investor like myself see a stock drop from 60p to less than 2 and then rally, I don't want to miss out on the big recovery. This will either go spetacularly right or I will leave the stock to my daughters when I die. Any comfort to be had???