FFRREEDDYY
16 Jan 2018
Joke [link]
LifeInPlastic
16 Jan 2018
"Fast Track" investigations ordered 5 years to conclude?No jailtime?
Ripley94
16 Jan 2018
Re: A sad day Good post Casa I lost a pile here it is about learning .This was suggested to me by a broker in about 2015 ( guess that's the time you sold out )He was a high flyer at firm as has been promoted further since.I only very occasionally take broker advise these days oddly enough on this occasion i wanted to rebalance a little from my many risky AIM shares.Had wipe outs before in the construction / contractor sector .But these were not only in that sector maybe to diverse .R
acsatix
16 Jan 2018
Re: Shares for higher interest rates by cent... for some reason I meant superdry and my autocorrect replaced it with superdrug... sorry.
acsatix
16 Jan 2018
Shares for higher interest rates by central banks? ideally these should be decent yield shares with virtually no debt... and divi paid by cash flow... which covers it very well... i was looking around and superdrug seems to be one such share... any other idea?
casabanker
15 Jan 2018
Re: A sad day Hello games,Yes that knowledge has stood me in good stead but sadly, I still make basic mistakes.From your list, I have only dabbled with RR and I intend to have a closer look at AA. The RR dabble was not profitable and I am not seriously considering investing in there again currently. Your point about the FTSE showing a loss is interesting. After buying a number of large caps and some medium ones previously, with decent dividends, I became somewhat disappointed as most of them lost capital. I have held some reliable ones for a lengthy period such as VOD , RDSB and WTB but have bought more Trusts, funds and some iShares and ETF's. The ETF's are in gold and silver for defensive purposes and I have some holdings in CEY, HGM, HOC and FRES in case the market corrects.Not only have I moved towards a defensive outlook, I have also bought into Japan, Vietnam, India and Macau. Dividends are scarce in those investments although Vietnam VOF has started paying them every quarter. The folio is holding up and I am achieving over 3.5% yield currently. The testing time will come when interest rates rise. The labour market is quite tight so inflation could become a problem if it suddenly spikes.Casa.
casabanker
15 Jan 2018
Re: A sad day Hello Andy,I hope you are keeping well. The Tories are inclined towards big business and the private sector but they cannot gift any one Company a contract no matter how needy or deserving. I spent over 25 years in purchasing and procurement in Local Government and all contracts over a certain value have to be advertised in the EU's Contract Journal. ~Even before this system was introduced in the nineties I think, an open tender procedure was used, inviting all interested parties to make a bid. CLLN did not restrict its operations to the domestic market but had projects in the Middle East and Canada to mention just two places. The problems for CLLN worsened after the financial collapse. If you remember, public sector construction and service contracts dried up due to a freeze on expenditure, which was a core sector for CLLN. Casa.
Ripley94
15 Jan 2018
Re: LOOKING DIRE!!! In hindsight you were correct with the advise alltold9 More dire then even you thought , many would like 3p now.
Ripley94
15 Jan 2018
Re: Re: Where have you been for the last year illbetabuck, your last post on this site a year back.I see Winnifrith has blogged today after the weekend outcome.But no comment over weekend , we can all be smart with hindsight.
pearlsasinger
15 Jan 2018
The Chairman Mr. Philip N. Green, CBE is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Carillion PLC. He serves as Chairman of Nominations Committee, Chairman of Business Integrity Committee, Sustainability Committee. He has significant level of listed company board experience gained in executive and non-executive roles, Chief Executive Officer experience gained with large UK and international businesses, Operational leadership experience from a variety of business sectors, Strong track record in corporate responsibility, Experienced in M&A and strategy development. He has served as Non-Executive Chairman, BakerCorp, Senior Independent Director, Saga plc, Chairman Designate, Williams & Glyn Bank Limited, Chairman, Sentebale, a charity focused on Lesotho established by Prince Harry. His Past roles include Chief Executive of United Utilities Group PLC, Chief Executive of Royal P&O Nedlloyd, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Reuters Group PLC, Chief Operating Officer, DHL Europe and Africa(from F.T. online)
Kenj2
15 Jan 2018
Re: massive trading day today 100% of the shares capital was trashed!The bulletin board is likely to remain open, though it will soon resemble the Marie Celeste. AFREN's board is still open and they crashed in 2015.
trader jack
15 Jan 2018
Re: massive trading day today One wonders what they could have been exchanged for perhaps a partly used red pencil....
acsatix
15 Jan 2018
massive trading day today 100% of the shares capital was exchanged!anyhow who turns off the light on this board?
shieldbug
15 Jan 2018
Re: A sad day Definitely worth listening to shorters. Especially when no one else likes to hear what they are saying. Learnt to my cost some years ago.
gamesinvestor
15 Jan 2018
Re: A sad day "In order to improve my knowledge and widen my equity and investment knowledge"Casa, looks like that knowledge has stood you in good stead.I trust for similar reasons you also avoided :-Provident Financial; Capita; Babcock; North West Biotherapeutics; The AA; Rolls Royce Balfour Beatty etc etc.It's quite interesting over the last 12 months, that a large % of the FTSE is down this year, yet the index has risen on the back of commodities recovery and oil.Until the next cycle.Games - The "investable" universe has shrunk a lot - lots of cyclical areas for gambling, but is that really investment?
