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

Good news Fred, Feb.18th (Mon) prefer afternoon but later if better for parking, again venue up to you (parking wise). Chris not available Weds (I think) me not Av.Tuesdays. Corgie does not like the evening. As an added benefit The Anchor's hosting the last day of their 4 day Beer Festival on that Monday -):

Other views please.

ED: In addition to the above I will be In Birmingham In the "evening" on the 3rd of March. from about 6ish until about 8.30pm.

4 new people interested In our next meeting chaps, so need your thoughts on the above post please.

Stan, For me the easiest pub is the OLD STOCK, but the pub you used in the next street seem OK as well. (Don't recall itsname) Time and date after 18th up to you and others.

OK Fred I propose these "Two" meetings.

1. February 18th. (Monday) 1pm till when people want to go, at The Wellington, Bennetts Lane. 5 mins from New Street Station http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk. They don't do food but do welcome customers to bring their own. They supply knives and forks etc. Who ever gets there first try and grab a table in a quite area of the pub and put a Shares/IC or FT on the table so it's recognisable to newcomers.

2. March 3rd. (Monday) 4.30 till again, when people want to go at The Anchor, Bradford Street , Digbeth. 10 minutes walk from New Street Station http://www.the-anchor-inn.fsnet.co.uk/. Food served all day. Ask for the former No Smoking room.

So, one Midday Meeting for those that prefer the daytime at the current favourite pub The Welly and one early evening meeting at our original Hostelry The Anchor.

If you can't make the beginning don't worry just arrive when you can as we don't use an agenda...just remembered the meeting after Christmas was going to be a meal affair, shall we scratch that until another time?

All welcome.

Stan, Happy to be at both, as long as hip behaves!

Good man, look forward to it.

What are you up to? It is very quiet.

Any views on banks. Keep on looking at them and then looking away again.

But dividends and P/Es look rewarding, but charts are horrible.

Forecasts are on old information.

Don't know.

Hi Fred.... Don't think todays US figures were too good and were below expectations:
The Institute of Supply Management said its non-manufacturing index fell to
44.6%, the first contraction since March 2003. The median estimate of economists
surveyed by IFR Markets was 53%. Reading below 50% indicate contraction.

So, good time to decorate again as gardening is out due to hail showers..... but then I suppose indoor bonsai is a possibility..... beats hari kari by share trading in present market...... if in doubt, stay out or put it all on a gee-gee at Ludlow tomorrow.

I know the feeling.

Pull out of AQP and XTA earlier.

Looking or buy EZJ at lower price, might reduce the limit price,

Might consider shorting when I see the close to-night.

Don't wear out the brush.

talking of airlines..... see Silverjet's chart (SIL) ....

but on the good news airside:
US Airways today said its January load factor rose to 75.2% from 73.8% during the same month a year earlier.

but can't buy shares in this yet:
A British firm claims to have designed a hypersonic passenger plane that could one day fly between Europe and Australia in less than five hours.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7228341.stm

and also on the good news transport wise:
Part of the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) badly damaged in the summer floods will reopen on 9 February.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7216897.stm

haven't seem any updated info on start of the Wrexham - Banbury - London rail service yet

With the Banks reporting soon I'm staying well away until more bad news is out of the way, that also counts for all the financials as well.

Where's Ian he hasn't disappeared again has he?

............on starvation rations............

I hope there are no plans to move the venue to Briar Rose ... ;-)

A BRAWL between striking dustmen forced a Birmingham pub to close following a union rally in Victoria Square.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/02/06/striking-binmen-brawl-in-pub-97319-20442499/

Chiltern Railways - No Chiltern Railways service will operate between Leamington Spa and Birmingham Snow Hill. A replacement bus service will operate to and from Leamington Spa and Birmingham Snow Hill via Warwick Parkway, Dorridge and Solihull.

Thou shalt not pass..........

here's the video on it ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7230000/newsid_7232900/7232956.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

... and on the macro scene:
American retailers have revealed further evidence that US shoppers cut back their spending in shops and malls in January.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7233195.stm

India expects its economy to grow by 8.7% in the financial year ending March, the slowest rate of expansion in three years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7233135.stm

Gone quiet again.

Who is going to attend.

I have cut and pasted Stan's previous information:


1. February 18th. (Monday) 1pm till when people want to go, at The Wellington, Bennetts Lane. 5 mins from New Street Station http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk. They don't do food but do welcome customers to bring their own. They supply knives and forks etc. Who ever gets there first try and grab a table in a quite area of the pub and put a Shares/IC or FT on the table so it's recognisable to newcomers.

2. March 3rd. (Monday) 4.30 till again, when people want to go at The Anchor, Bradford Street , Digbeth. 10 minutes walk from New Street Station http://www.the-anchor-inn.fsnet.co.uk/. Food served all day. Ask for the former No Smoking room.

So, one Midday Meeting for those that prefer the daytime at the current favourite pub The Welly and one early evening meeting at our original Hostelry The Anchor.

If you can't make the beginning don't worry just arrive when you can as we don't use an agenda...just remembered the meeting after Christmas was going to be a meal affair, shall we scratch that until another time?

All welcome.

Hi Fred.... as far as I recall the Wellington doesn't serve food - so guess a meal is off the menu there - although I think you can bring your own food in and they will provide the culinary eating instruments. I'll probably make the Wellington 'meeting' - but as food is off the menu then it shouldn't be a 'meat-eating' as such.

AAAAAAAH

.... but the 'Pig on the Wall Mild' at the Wellington is as nourishing as food ..... and just as medicinal (.... but I'll give Stan the credit of spotting that particular food there).

The following article confirms the food situation..... so perhaps I'll bring a durian along with me ;-) :
"You can't buy food there, they have no kitchen, but you can bring in any food you like and eat it there - they'll even give you cutlery and plates."
http://beercast.blogspot.com/2007/11/in-praise-ofthe-wellington.html

after that write-up I can visualise customers leaving the premises with plates and knives & forks stuffed in their jacket pockets ..... I presume the writer meant " they'll even loan you cutlery and plates."

Stan and Surviving, Do you know how many will be at the Wellington this Monday at 1pm?