Stanley Gibbons has risen 300% this year and 30% in 6 weeks. Several institutions appear interested in building up a stockholdind. GET ON BOARD!

Hi Ethel,

You're not on your own in this one.I have dipped in and out of SGI a number of times in the past couple of years.I usually take up a position a before results and then sell soon after the announcement.Recently i have made two purchases and am currently in at slightly under 89p.I have a target price of around 107p by the middle of February 2006.
I think the key thing to realise with SGI is that they rarely say anything in between results so one has to be patient and put their trust in the management to deliver,which they have done in the past.Good luck.

Nice to meet you,Taurus5.
I am still hoping for more than 107p in the short term,otherwise it will mean that the normal annual increase in the sp will not have been achieved in 2005.
I still fail to understand why this company is'nt better supported by investors on this board.
It increases revenues and profits every year and the mms don't play horrible games with the spread etc.(Hopefully this will continue!)
It is in a niche market and is now a fund manager.All in all,I believe SGI is a relatively safe investment and hope to see a bit more action with the sp next year!
LOL Ethel

Still got mine Ethel. Not many posters as too many seem to think they can make money by punting on potential ten baggers - trouble is history shows 90% of these cost you a lot of money. Have bought a couple of tranches of SGI during last two years (average 75p) as they fit my criteria - profitable, cash generative, dividend paying and decent growth prospects.There are not many companies out there with a worldwide known brand and market cap just over 20m! IMO these will reward the patient.

What do you know...up 3p this am.Not bad on the last day of trading for this year.Bodes well for the new year methinks.

Today's optomistic trading statement seems to have done the trick,now up 4p!
LOL Ethel

Bread and butter trading looks strong - but perhaps taking longer than they had hoped for the new Stamp Investment Fund to find a lot of takers. Understandable for a new and very different product. Onus on them to show it can perform and future growth then likely to be easier. Happy to wait for the jam that will provide as the cake itself still rising nicely!

Ticking up nicely today ahead of results on 3rd March.Results should be good but i reckon any positive comments that come out regarding the new Stamp Fund could well set the price soaring.

All asleep here?
EXCELLENT RESULTS.
No specific mention of the Stamp Fund,which may disappoint some people.
Dividend of 2p payable to those on register by 17 March which is only two weeks away.Would hope to see the sp rise over this period....but the sell on results crowd might win. LOL

Morning all

Bought into Stanley as I thought it was undervalued and had been harshly treated by the market. Delighted by the results and the subsequent 25% rise, but must admit I am considering bailing out.

Would appreicate other peoples views on the potential upside here.

Prospector

Welcome Prospector. Results were even better than I had expected - made around 2m operating profit in second half of 2005 alone to give eps for the year just over 9p (no interest charged as no debt, so interest received boosts pretax figure) and whilst business has historically had some bias towards second half, I now expect eps in 2006 to come in at between 13 and 14p.For a business growing nicely, generating cash and committed to dividend growth it still looks a bargain to me below 150p. As always DYOR, but mine will be kept.

Partridge

Many thanks for your views. I remain a holder currently. This is certainly a niche company, which I like.

The Stamp fund could be a good earner for this company, but I am unsure how this has progressed, as there has been talk about it for a number of years without to my knowledge any real progress.

Prospector - Stamp Fund now should be up and running, shows on their website if you have 20K or more to invest, but curiously cannot see any mention in results RNS early March. SGI recommended in Saturdays Times as Share of the Month by Stella Shamoon. She tends to go for large cap global brands, so SGI only fits the bill on the global brand part of the equation - here's hoping it also becomes large cap!

Check that AGM statement today. This IMO looks a long term winner in what are currently quite frothy market conditions.DYOR

Brilliant statement Partridge. Got no funds, but this is a fantastic company at the right time to be involved. well done hope you have loads of them!

The nearest investment I have is on a p/e of about 6, interims were a record; Ofex:ANG, Angela Flowers Gallery, which owns galleries, has 25 artists and deals in mainly modern art. Trades online ticker ANG with some brokers, incase anyone is interested. www.ofex.com.

Thanks Hawick. I find there are good opportunities without huge risk if you are prepared to be patient.No experience of OFEX - tried to find ANG website, but could only find lots about Angela Flowers herself! How do you do your research on OFEX companies - many years have taught me only to blame myself if anything goes wrong, so I generally stick to decent quality small/mid cos where there is plenty to find if you dig hard enough.Any help appreciated.

Hi partridge www.flowerseast.com is the home site for Angela Flowers and click on artists; when you can then click on individual names and find maybe half a dozen examples of what each artist offers. (Some of it does little for me I have to say, but there seems to be a young and dedicated collector fanbase!).
My links posted here never work for some reason but www.unquoted.co.uk if you go into the general ofex discussion forums (free, seconds to register) has some great articles by private investors on ofex stocks. One with 'Angie where will it lead us' is about ANG.
www.ofex.com is the market website and trading the shares is identical to other markets.
There's a lot of dead wood, but a few storming little companies too, i've shares in about half a dozen stocks. Winterfloods, Peel Hunt and Teathers are the main market makers. Some brokers need a phone call but you can often beat the sometimes wide looking spreads. Liquidity can be tight but a small spread of investments is well worth it.
Happy hunting!

Thanks - very helpful. Sorry we got off topic on this thread.SGi finished the day in fine form!

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my broker has this share as foreign trading from Jersey. Any comments?? SD

Registered Address : Pirouet House, Union Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 3WF
Head Office 399 Strand, London, WC2R 0LX

Plenty of reputable companies are registered offshore. Makes no difference, imo, except when you receive a dividend & the tax status may be different.