Any punters living in Birmingham Area interested in a Pie, Pint and jaw, one evening in a pub in Birmingham area.
Personally interested in small time investing(gambling), developing an appetite for CFDs. Also developing an interest in Charting or TA.

I use Sharescope, Moneyam, Barclays, Comdirect and IC

Hopefully be better than 2008. Note well - "hopefully".

Seeing all the "for sale" posters up in early December was like being in a time warp. Never seen so much pre-Christmas discounting. Many retail managers, when asked, were unable to respond to the question - "so what will you do come January?"

Looks like being a year or three of good old fashioned cost management. Wetherspoons are doing £1 a pint and cheap grub! If they can still turn a profit on that then fine and dandy.

A really hard recession will act like a purge on this once green and pleasant land. It will be uncomfortable, maybe unpleasant and could become ugly. What is left of the nation should emerge - one day - stronger for it. If not........

Happy New Year all.

55011, Cheer up, we still alive!

A Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to one and all.

Don't worry about it Ian, it's Capitalism..What did you expect -):

How are the "bits" working Fred? looking at a meeting sometime early Feb. perhaps?

Jam on it, Stan. Jam on it!

Cost control used to be a way of life - I just feel the skill is going to come in handy again, (and probably won't be for the last time).

Yes capitalism indeed, and so much for the "end of boom and bust".

I don't know about Fred's 10,000 mile warranty, but he may like to contemplate the outlook for an old friend of mine who has been diagnosed with "Lupars". (Forgive the spelling if wrong but it is phonetically correct). Interestingly, she says there are very few experts in that particular field. She is having to go from deepest Surrey to north London to get her next operation done. The outlook is not particularly wonderful for her.

Came across the following just now. Might be of interest - if we still have the stomach for this sort of thing........................

The London Stock Exchange is running a series of free seminars that give insight into innovative tools that can help investors capitalise on their trading opportunities.

Targeted at both short and long-term investors, the seminars are designed to help investors balance risk and returns with Exchange Traded Funds, Exchange Traded Commodities and Covered Warrants.




For full details and to register, please visit www.londonstockexchange.com/seminar. Please note this event is neither hosted nor attended by Selftrade.

Noted.

How are you?

OK. Something in Birmingham on 5th Feb too.

Free seminar: Opportunities for the Private Investor -
thoughts from the experts

Successful investors are able to create strategies using a diverse range of tools that generate value in both stable and volatile markets.
The London Stock Exchange is running a series of free seminars that give expert insight into innovative tools that can help you capitalise on your trading opportunities.

Targeted at both short and long term investors, the seminar can help you balance risk and returns with Exchange Traded Funds, Exchange Traded Commodities and Covered Warrants.

BIRMINGHAM
Venue: Maple House
Date: Thursday 5 Feburary 2009
Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm
LIVERPOOL
Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel
Date: Tuesday 3 March 2009
Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm


Seems to be UKWarrants running.

UKWARRANTS.listedproducts@sgcib.com

Where is Maple House?

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/education/resources/investorevents/Birmingham.htm

All the details there Fred, probably a bit short notice for me I will have to see, anyone else going?

Just signed up for it.

Travel and transport permitting.................

Thanks for the tip 55, it was worth the trip.

Noted, Stan. The travel forecast for the Midlands wasn't too good, so I let it pass.

I'll try for one of the others.

Yep, well worth it I thought.

SPECIAL EVENT: Major Trading Opportunities for March 2009

Discover which markets are NOW setting up for high probability trades.
Join Sandy Jadeja, Chief Market Strategist of ODL Markets for a highly informational and timely event on 11th March in Birmingham.

Anyone interested in going to this one? no times etc. mentioned yet.

Interested. I will E-mail you.

All details below.

http://www.odlmarkets.com/trader_area/events.php

Thanks, Stan. i didn't go to any of the LSE ones in the end. London was fully subscribed, and Liverpool just too far to go. With any luck they will be repeated.

Will try for one of these, but at the current rate there might be nothing to play for! US down again, we are down, Japan at multi decade lows........

Been looking at Oil ETFS, but they are not quite as they seem.

Wonder what fleas Obama is putting in Brown's ear today.

Oh well, at least there is food in the fridge and the lights are still on!!!

You always have that famous Old Home Brew!

Good few months since the last meet, any interest yet?

Yes, But unlikely to make one in the next 14weeks.