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

Not just what is on the plate, Fred, since I reckon he'll have been enjoying a full glass or few of late.


Do you think the markets would excuse our absence tomorrow?

No. Are you holding NRK?

I can feel the pain.

"Stan, I hope you are not putting on too much weight with that full plate of yours." Me put on weight? couldn't if I tried..and I have -):

"Not just what is on the plate, Fred, since I reckon he'll have been enjoying a full glass or few of late." Been Informed that I will receive Oddbin vouchers near the end of the month, so am holding off till then (just In case MAM go belly up In between) knowing my luck of late I can't rule that possibility out -):

Good o, I will see you all tomorrow, trains running on time hopefully. Lots of Bank news this week with most of It probably bad IMHO.

.... this part of 'bank' news not too bad...
"Two of the UK's largest banks will this week boost the financial sector by increasing their dividend payments to shareholders, a report says."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7249403.stm

.... but as to the rest of the week...?

... an 'old' but interesting article:
Financial crises: Lessons from history
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6958091.stm

Wanted to be 100% cash this week but not the case unfortunately, still we shall see.

Just noticed the Welly website not responding.

Stan ..... good luck with the trains.

Chiltern not making any significant changes in next timetable:
http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/uploads/publications/758.pdf

so presume the Wrexham & Shrops service timetable will remain as envisaged.

An MP is refusing to use rail services between London and the West Midlands because they are so unreliable.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=mp-refuses-to-use-unreliable-trains%26method=full%26objectid=20487450%26siteid=65233-name_page.html


Yep, Wellington website appears down .... an omen for tomorrow?

Hope the W&S Is a success and not like the Sunderland one which having listened to a report on the radio on Friday Is having problems getting going propaly.

It is considered one of the great marketing own-goals of all time. When British Rail rebranded in the 1980s, it came up with the slogan: "We're getting there"....
.... On the face of it, Grand Central, the soon-to-launch service between London and Sunderland, has fallen into the same metaphorical trap.
Their motto, "The train you've been waiting for", has proved horribly appropriate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7081484.stm

Back 'On-topic', here's the On-board Wine List for their trains (includes champagne):

http://www.grandcentralrail.co.uk/pdf/GCWineListDL_15mm(grey).pdf

And 'nice' to see a company with Birmingham connections providing some of the services to the new Great Central route:
http://www.innovationfacilities.co.uk/
Their website isn't too good though.... it links to their sister company whose 'Contact Us' page shows that Birmingham Airport is in Taunton.... !
http://www.wgarden.co.uk/contact.php
With geographical errors like that they might put Newcastle upon Tyne (Northern Rock Head Office) as being located in London (Downing Street).

Hope everybody has got home Ok.

The Wellington is a bit noisy. Couldn't hear what I was saying. Generally I don't understand my emissions.

Fred.... Home safe .... left the establishment about 18.20.... yes, the acoustics did make it somewhat noisy - but your emissions sounded OK to me. Enjoy your jellied eels.....

Just walked In, Yes agree acoustics make It hard work (especially when everyone speaks at once) -): ..lets see what our old venue Is like now that the smoking ban Is now up and running In March.

Got back in good order, almost to the minute the same travel time as the outbound trip.

Good to see a couple of new faces and hear some fresh ideas from the more established members of the group.

Pub well up to the mark I thought. Well kept mild and with trading facilities provided - even if it did interfere with the beer listings at one point.

It isn't the acoustics, it is the diverse local and not so local accents. At one point at the bar I heard one of the natives mention "free beer". Turned out it was nothing of the sort; he was referring to the three beers missing from the display! I rather think we were keeping some of the locals awake at the end............. Maybe feared/hoped we were plotting the revolution...........

Forgotten what the Anchor was like on a chilly night, and with the buses revving up outside?

Dow futures looking very positive at the moment. All good fun.

Fred / 55 .... this is the mention of the Qantas repair:

Qantas' most serious incident up to this week was on Sept 23, 1999, at the old Don Mueang airport. A Qantas 747-400 jumbo jet arriving from Sydney, Australia, aquaplaned and ran off the runway and onto the airport's golf course between runways.
No one among the 407 passengers and crew was injured. The airline spent more than $100 million to repair the demolished airliner in order to keep Qantas' reputation for never having had an actual airline crash.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=124968

It's not the same plane Is It?

Shades of Geo Washington's axe!

Further to what some of us discussed yesterday, I see Fidel is now available................

Talking about EZJ:-

easyJet says acquired GB Airways Feb, March load factors seen at above 85 pct
AFX


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - easyJet PLC said the load factors of the recently acquired GB Airways for the months of February and March are expected to be over 85 pct and that the February load factor for main business is in line with the previous year.

The company sees the total February revenue per seat up 3-5 pct with forward bookings for the Easter season looking encouraging.

The low-cost airline said its current trading in core business is consistent with that outlined on Feb 7.

On Feb 7, easyJet said it continues to expect its FY pretax profit to increase by around 20 pct, and said forward bookings are holding up despite economic uncertainty.





TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com

ukn/jfr


Interesting chart. Head a shoulder previouslu now followed by double bottom.

But I am reading 55's tealeaves again.

For Chris, came across this on MAM/L2:-

The auction process occurs regular at opening and closing of the markets and sometimes intraday auctions are called if a stock moves 5% or more in one trade. The "sometimes" is interesting!

Did you appreciate the article re the background to the Shropshire - Marylebones?


Fred, so how does GB load factor compare with EZJ's?

From recollection the load factor is slighly lower, but have to wait to overall figures when they are being punted by EZJ, therefore efficiency should be improve and add to bottom line.

The market seems to like them today.

55011 - Thanks. Haven't looked at the mag yet - but will do so tomorrow....