Mainly a Lurker. Thanks for all your hard work Martini. You've done a great job. I was at Le Touquet last week (stayed at the "Blue Cottage" hotel in the centre) and as I knew Croc. had a property there thought a lot about the good times he and his family must have had there. I had only met him twice but soon realised that he was a great chap. Welcome and good wishes to Alan (Greystone) on the thread.

Well done on all the hard work Martini

Martini,
How strange you should choose that phrase to sign off. In the welcome Greystone thread I warned him that you would be a tough act to follow. In the short time I have been here yours is the only thread to be my constant companion. I presume we can at least look forward to seeing your insights posted under the new regime.
Thank you

DOM

Many thanks Martini. You have done a great job! Enjoy the "lie ins" and very best wishes. Jennifer

Martini

Like many others i would like to express my thanks for your efforts over the past few months especially in the light of the preceding events. It must have been very difficult for you initially, so for the great benefit I have had from the thread recently I thank you - you should be very proud of what you have achieved!

Looking forward to seeing if Alan can match up to the demanding standard that has been set!

thanks for all the hard work and welcome Alan

morning all

long ARM CS but mainly S&P these days


Mega...

Morning all

Morning punters.

EID - distribution rights to Lego Star Wars.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20040823070000ND773.html

WKP - acquires more space.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700011904C.html

ULE - another two contract awards.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700011906C.html
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700031908C.html

KLR - interims hit by currency, but bullish for the year as a whole.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700011920C.html

TYM - Finland seems a popular place to go for diamonds.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700041979C.html

LBT - slip into loss and drop the interim divi.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700041981C.html

BPRG/MIC - replacement for nicotine patches and gums?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700051989C.html

IOM - "initial" contract with BT.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700072005C.html

BIO - new collabroation.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700072006C.html

SFL - Looking very good indeed. Divi up 20% too.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700092022C.html

LARD - one sale, one acquiisition.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700152052C.html
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230701012053C.html

ARM - acquisition.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200408230700152048C.html

I'm long AQP, MNA, MNZS, TIG, short MRS, RST.

Have fun.

Morning all!

Morning all,

Thank you Martini, I shall miss your musings etc.... (as I have also missed Davids).

and welcome to Alan (greystoke)

Afternoon all.
Thanks for keeping this thread going, Martini. It's one of the
friendliest on the web.

I'll be glad when Mam sorts these charts out and stop all these weird
vertical bars appearing. Not a dig, Mam, I know that bugs take time to
iron out when you change stuff. :-)

Ftse is coming up to a defining moment. We're approaching the previous
swing high at 4434. If it takes this out then swing charts turn positive,
Bears take fright as their stops go off, and the top of the range
beckons again.
If it doesn't, then the bounce is over, Bulls take profit and the Bears
return with a vengeance.

Flat, watching the US keenly to see if it takes out key levels and
sets off a snowball effect of Bear stop closing. If it doesn't, on go
the shorts.

Melnibone.

Afternoon.

Longs SEY RTO BB. HNR all on the up.

Apart from RTO, which looks like it will be bought out by ??????????????(Thompson and a private equity group???? Well that is my guess anyway!), will pick a spot to take profit on the others hopefully.

As BB. goes ex-div Wednesday need to be a juggler and not drop the ball too early!

Thanks for the kind words
Regards
Ge us a job of Oxon

We didn't think you wanted one!

Regards,
Gizza
;-)))

Martini, I have kneeled down and kissed both your feet in respect to your hard work doing the Traders thread. Now please go have a good pint and then have a nice lye down.
ps, your feet smell!
:-)

Martini...'You did him proud'

Well, I juggled the ball with BB. +8

Divi is 5.75p

Will see tomorrow if I dropped it too early.

Try to buy in at an opportune moment tomorrow depending on it's direction.

Yesterday I speculated about RTO and what I thought may happen, i.e. a buy out by Thompson and a private equity group.

That came up on Bloomberg today as one of three options, the others being a sell off of parts of the company and money returned to shareholders, which was not liked as the company would be diluted, as would the share price.

The third was to back Mc Govern with his proposals which will be revealed thursday. I will be suitably amazed at his ingenuity as I think the company is stuffed at the moment and it needs the help of a Warlock, IMHO.

My money is still on a Sir Clive Thompson takeover. If that happens, expect Rentokil as a clean up within 4-6 weeks. He built up the company and must have been smarting at the way the board ousted him in the "Night of the Long Knives"

So much thanks for a darn good job. Who needs a boardroom full of of Wets??

Any takeover group would not want fiddling within the company while they are considering a takeover which should move things along.

All IMHO of course, but that is what I have my money on now!!

See what thursday brings.