http://www.falklands-oil.com/

http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk

http://www.argosresources.com/




Rockhopper was established in 2004 with a strategy to invest in and undertake an offshore oil exploration programme in the North Falkland Basin. It was floated on AIM in August 2005. Rockhopper was the first company to make a commercial oil discovery in the Falklands. Today Rockhopper is the largest acreage holder in the North Falkland Basin, with interests in the Greater Mediterranean region.

aldwickk

RE - smart arse

It must be you with the question, there was no reason for it, unless you had another thing in your mind........I gotcha

Let me know what it was, I already know, lets see if it matches. I will give you a clue -judas

it did in your post 3706 at about 0830 this morning! ..... you're getting old and forgetful as well as ever more cantankerous

aldo - anglo saxons is just the generic term for a whole bunch of 4/5th century illegals

aldwickk

re - ashame

you should be if do not know what "Anglo saxon" means, and you are saying .... am English

You are taking the p!ss of yourself

Staying away of the thread is much better for you, you keep putting the foot where you should not

Can we talk about the sp please ?....

All,

this seems to be veering very much from the topic to personal insults - not acceptable, so please refrain as it is spoiling the thread for other users. I have issued a warning previously on this thread, and will not therefore warn again,

Ian

DES
rising fast now

RKH
a bit behind on % terms

Still that over hang i would of thought, if DES comes good we should see a price jump here, if a duster it will drop a little but DES will crash........big time

Still that over hang i would of thought, if DES comes good we should see a price jump here, if a duster it will drop a little but DES will crash........big time

you can say that again marky!

Switched into RKH on your advice marky...safer....too much guesswork with DES....at the moment....

RF I think you have made a wise choice if its a duster for DES the down side will be 30p if they hit oil the upside will be 2

yes....and RKH would shoot up to 400p as well...for me DES is a little too risky at the moment....and I wanted a position in RKH....

If only some other sites especially iii was as well policed as this one is.
I had almost given up on this thread, but see we have diverted back to RKH in the last few posts.

Hi Aldwickk,

You ask, 'Internet bulletin board speculation . Can you really move the price that much on bulletin board chat ?
I think the most powerful none fact that can effect a share is a rumor that is given an airing in the media or a bulletin board. Nothing spreads more quickly than a rumor especially a negative one. I am thinking back to the 'Rockhopper Sealion duster rumor' of a few weeks ago. I believe, perhaps wrongly that it started in a small article, in a daily newspaper, once the bbs got hold of it, it spread like wildfire, causing panic with many holders.
I think in all other areas of general discussion, bbs have very little effect, which is probably a good thing baring in mind many of the comments posted.

Regards Greek.

dealerdear, whilst it is a legitimate trade to go short, shorters add nothing to companies.

They do nothing, they only help destroy companies share prices and can destroy companies by destroying their share price and thus their ability to get finance, and destroy jobs and lives by this action.

Therefore I am always happy when shorters get burned and lose.

Proselenes
You must realise that investors and day traders don't necessarily care about the companies they invest in. That applies to shorters as well. I know a couple of traders that trade by charts, momentum etc and often don't even know what business the companies are in. It is a form of possibly scientific gambling. At least a form of gambling where you are in a bit more control. The overall share price is the sum total of market sentiment and that includes the shorters. Shorting is analagous to somemone selling shares that they own. They are betting that the price will fall, so they get rid of their shares. perhaps they should be made to keep their shares so as not to damage the share price. The flip side of shorting is that when someone closes a short the share price gets a boost similar to someone buying the shares.

If I buy shares in a company then do I mind if the company goes bust. Yes, of course I do, at least while I am holding their shares. After that, no I don't care.

Pro

What a load of bollocks, shorting adds liquidity to the markets. Did the ban on shorting stop the bank's SPs tanking? Errr, no. Most company SPs are destroyed by the company, generally by being incompetent or trying to sell something no-one wants to buy.

of course you care if the company goes bust (unless you're short!), but do you care what the company does to make its pennies? ..... i might allow you certain ethical exclusions though i can't think offhand what those might be

Not that Proselenes will be able to read this because I'm supposedly squelched, but that last post is garbage.

Short sellers don't destroy companies. Companies that fail invariably go under because their business model is fundamentally flawed and/or because their directors are incompetent. If the model is sound, the company will survive.

Maybe Proselenes should target his fellow shareholders who are quite happy to lend stock if he's that bothered about short sellers. They don't seem to care too much about their holdings and, without them, there would be no short interest.

Exactly. (Last para hits the nail on the head).