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

Banks... recovery? , take your pick and the risk.

Well, I've never bought a bank before .... don't really plan to start right now.... but in future they might present an even better 'recovery' play than 'today' if events keep unfolding....

And we still have no indication of "who owes who what" in America or over here yet -):

I thought China and the Saudis owned America.

Forgot the Israelies' Share.





Think it is time to duck now. 8-)



I think when this period of market turmoil has finished and the hysteria has settle down, it will be seen as a lot of over reaction.

My feeling the real fly in the ointment is the Middle East, especially present warmongering against Iran. The drop out from Iraq and a little later similar from Afghanistan.

Also more important China's 10% inflation and whether they might dump the dollar hoard to embarras the American economy.

Tricky. Meanwhile I am holding on, but wishing a bit that like you and Survivor was watching.

At least Cains Beer (CBC) is up .... so that's the 'Pint' share (although I'm not a holder - yet) .... any suggestions for the 'Pie' share ...?

"any suggestions for the 'Pie' share ...?"

Greggs springs to mind...but oh no they are retail!

Still like the sound of cash -):

>Greggs springs to mind

.... even they're up today at this time .... !!!

>Still like the sound of cash

Agreed..... but causes sleep loss due to lumpy mattress ...

...I hadn't thought of that -):

How about Scottish cash..... "Shop warning over fake bank notes ... Scottish bank notes made from two pieces of waxy paper with a photocopied watermark and a metal strip sandwiched between them. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6993342.stm

...And with that it's back to the painting outside as the suns come out.

Decorating finished .... so already for annual ArtsFest weekend now .... unfortunately it looks like it might be the last one before the Council axe it.

PS: Presume the following venue is off the radar for the next meeting:
Fast food giant McDonald's has been fined 13,500 after a metal bolt was found in a snack at a West Midlands shopping centre. (Merry Hill).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6994646.stm

Wonder who got the nut....

PS: This seems to be the third most 'active' board so far today om moneyam. For some reason, Northern Rock seems to be the most active.

"Fast food giant McDonald's has been fined 13,500 after a metal bolt was found in a snack"...probably the most substantial thing ever found in one of there efforts.

"so already for annual ArtsFest weekend now .... unfortunately it looks like it might be the last one before the Council axe it", So who's in control of Bir. Council these days?

2nd coat on, one to go. Footsie coming back I see, only 50 odd down now, 133 at 2pm when I left it.

Hope your painting was better than my day.

Ah well. Have a good weekend all!

>Stan - 14 Sep 2007 16:04 - 552 of 553
>So who's in control of Bir. Council these days?

No overall control so it's a Lib-Con alliance.
They want Brum to be seen as a 'world class city' - but axing the things like the ArtFest ain't going to help. The ArtsFest seemed to be starting to establish itself but the strong rumours are that this'll be the last one. It's well organized, a great family orientated weekend, and the B'ham residents get something entertaining for their Council Tax payments - as well as it attracting visitors from outside the city.

http://www.artsfest.org.uk

Enjoy your weekend....

Weekend over .... The ArtsFest was very well organised..... Let's hope they do keep it. Here's the fireworks....

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/video/videos/tm_headline=artsfest-fireworks%26method=full%26objectid=19805052%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

Both the Council House and Town Hall were open to visitors. Not sure the choice of seats installed in the refurbished Town Hall would have been my first choice (or even second etc.) - and plain light brown carpets in some areas of it might soon show up dirt & stains quickly...

ArtsFest seemed very well attended although size of queue in Temple Row (outside Northern Rock) was probably bigger than attendences at some of the smaller venues. The Old Flying Pie Joint Theatre was one of the venues this year.

Have a look at the "Interesting Radio" Thread, might be of interest chaps.

Anyone likely to be going to the SG covered warrants seminar in Birmingham on Wednesday 14th November?

Sounds like an interesting idea, signed up but as usual may have to pull out at short notice.

Noted. Let's see if more turn up than did at an SG CW seminar in London last year.... it ended up being a short one to one tutorial.... !

There's also a Worldspreads SB / CFD Seminar at the Copthorne Hotel this Wednesday evening .... anyone likely to be going to that...?