Thanks all,as ever an interesting read,nice one storms!!whats it like in the space ship tonight,,must go and slip in to top gear vroommmmmmmm.

Evening all

thanks greystone and especially stormy for a great read

Evening.

Yes, well done Stormie :-)

Evening!

SC - wonderful thoughts and some extremely good advice. Notice you considering CFD's and indices. Interesting idea. I've come a bit full circle, i.e. bought and held shares, moved to spreadbetting SETS and indices and now back trading those "shares", but via CFD's for a bit more clout! ;-)) Don't know if it intertests you, but message me if you need any help, ideas, pitfalls, etc, etc.

Have a good week all!

BTW, back home!

Al
;-)

So glad to have you back in the fold Big Al, but you seem to have bought the wind and gales with you, could you send them back?

Thanks Greystone as always and Stormie. Shame I heard about the Investors Event in Olympia late Stormie as it was a great, informative day out (it was on Sat - another trader phoned me) Loads of seminars on CFD's, spreadbetting, direct access etc and all the brokers were there to talk (and negotiate with). Limpy did a great talk on CFD's and has made me less wary to try them, so despite the weather and train service i was pleased i went. Think it also helped with the diet, had to walk miles and didnt take my chocolate supply!

I feel I must respond and offer my thanks for the kind words, and yet more offers of assistance, all of which proves my point about the excellent membership of this site.
Bullie, you should consider yourself very lucky, they sell it for you!
Big Al,
You have message.
Amberjane,
I would have been unable to make the event anyway as I was already committed, but very pleased you had such a great day! (not sure I would have liked all that walking....lol)

Morning all.

Morning punters!

Many thanks to Greystone, SC for putting together some brilliant stuff and to Ruth for giving me a giggle. ;-)) Glad you're OK!

SC - got message.

CLM - interesting. Bob Morton? Hmm
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700033862E.html

SGR - on a nice run. Expanding to the NW? Who'd wanna do that? ;-)
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700043938E.html

NAQ - haven't quite met expectations?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700054039E.html

DCM - acquisition
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700064044E.html

GED - drilling, nice chart
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700074066E.html

VHL - there's a lot of gold companies
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700084081E.html

HDG - property fund for private investors
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700084080E.html

AU. - Contract
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700114103E.html

ALN - interims
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700114101E.html

MGGT - acquisition
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700124107E.html

RGT - acquisition complete
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700144114E.html

MNU - interesting. Nice result yesterday. ;-))
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700154116E.html

SKP - useful cash
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700154115E.html

SOF - grabbing a few Safeway stores
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200410250700174118E.html

MKS - think I said a few months back, I'd have taken Green's 400p
http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=482261

Have a good week all.

Hi amber!

You should have seen it out there last week.

Warner Chilcott (WCRX) confirmed today that it has received a takeover offer of 837p per share, valuing the Northern Irish specialty pharmaceutical group at around 1.57bn.

Morning all. Bad start of the week for those of us who are long!!

Morning all,

A quick thanks for everyones contributions.

Found 5 min to see what was happening - I see not a lot!


A bit of interest?

NEW YORK (AFX) -- Smith Barney got bullish on the chip sector Monday, boosting its recommendation on 15 stocks in the group around the globe. 'While potentially early, given the continuing onslaught of negative news in the current environment, evidence is mounting to suggest sustainable appreciation in semiconductor stocks is likely, tilting the balnace of risk/reward in favor of investors being overweight the sector as we head into 2005,' analyst Glen Yeung wrote in a research note. The broker noted that semiconductor stocks historically outperform in periods of stabilization like that envisioned for 2005, adding that 'atypically swift corrective action by (the) industry is accelerating the bottoming process.' Among the stocks targeted for upgrades were Texas Instruments , Altera , Integrated Device Technology , Analog Devices and International Rectifier -- all of which were boosted to 'buy' from 'hold.'