sfbrains
12 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity........phew SFB happy days, dont understand your energy comments my customers are as happy as larry , what would make you happy and why ?its either you want lower margins and higher risk for future members or maybe a reduced divi for share holders are profits too high maybe its a reduction in customer service levels you think is going to make things better what is it exactly you are wishing for maybe you should start your own dream club I wonder what that would look like I know it wouldnt end up a footsie 250 company so what is it you are trying to say? that you made more not piling in here at £8.00 six months ago and scoring a couple of healthy divis into the bargain Glad my comments on you cant be out put things in true perspective for you and turned a profit
psmith64
12 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity........phew SFB Well.......can't believe my luck SFBJust added another 10% to my cash reserves as I continue to bail out from what I believe is a temporary bull market.Even made some rather quick in and out profits.Now to sit back and just watch everything closely.I just wish TEP were a little more competitive in the energy market right now as this could have been a safe bet to park some cash based on the current yield.Just going to continue to watch as I don't think we will see things racing away here over the next 12 months so not the best of places for new money at the moment IMHO.
sfbrains
08 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity lol you post free money on here and what thanks do you get 
sfbrains
08 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity Ive held national grid for years and posted the fact on this forum , you would do well to take a view that you are always in ( unless homeles and pennyless ) so cash is just investing in curency ! FYI all crisis has happened before the market acts , over reacts and then retraces the same way. We were out of the EU for many hundreds of years since the romans left in fact and didnt do to bad as I remember from my school days of course there was pain back then when we lost the recipie for central heating and road building but we recovered and went on to better things .Re institutions show me an institution that makes a better return on capital than keen PI and I will view thier invstment descisions moe closely , The only relavance to me i I know the volumes they trade make large short term movements in share prices and ave learned that a reliable source of revenue can be extracted from this at what seems to me minimal risk ........
psmith64
07 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity Personally SFB.......I think buying anywhere at the moment is a major risk especially smaller caps.We are in a situation never experienced before and I think it would be wise to watch from the sidelines or if you feel the need to invest stick with the low risk bomb proofs for a while to get the divi.....ie National Grid if you want to go with an energy stock.Good luck anyway but I am sticking with my mantra of " Cash Is King " at the moment. I made a swift little 10 - 13 profit on National Grid and took it.....I am going to watch it all from the side lines for the moment.Much caution needed everywhere at the moment.Was surprised at Standard Lifes off load before the divi......do you think they might get rid of more after the divi hence they sold some now ?
sfbrains
07 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity Prolly a good idea to buy back in today curently £1007 ( less the 24p divi you'll recieve in a couple of months ) regardless if you off load them after next week sure to recover the divi drop to for a double whammy before the next full moon
sfbrains
06 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity And there you go a quick 3.3% in a day , gift for the traders APR mega ........
sfbrains
05 Jul 2016
Re: doom vs opportunity 400k trading volume yeserday people stocking up for the divi payout 24p before close of business 7th july still time to pick some up tommorow morning early for a quick potential relativly safe buck at £9.97 
psmith64
30 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK Couldn't agree more with comment on TEP but shame the current opportunity comes at a time when its new business is potentially under great pressure.My posts would have been far less if not abused......you have to admit it wasn't just me that stoked the fire here.Anyway.....I have learn't a lesson with this board not to get too involved and you should at least respect the fact my posts are minimal on this board now.
psmith64
30 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK Fair comment Jack.......I guess I have let emotions run high on the TEP board in the past but on the whole across iii people are mostly genuine and I would like to think most of my thoughts shared outside TEP are not thoughts off the back of dealing with some of the people here.But yes I have been a bit on Nigel Farage side here when you look at the way he gloated in the EU parliament.Crikey......you have brought the remoreseful side of me out.I don't intend to make much comment on TEP at the moment but in times of uncertainty by chance of the Brexit vote that could help here but personally couldn't invest at the current SP as I do think it is pricey until they can start to grow a little more than current.
oceanfree
30 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK Psmith "I can't get it right all the time just as the experts don't." Maybe you should have bourne that in mind when posting 2000 nasty repetitive self aggrandising posts about TEP over the last year or two - sometimes up to 10 or 20 a day. It doesn't look good if your theme turns out wrong does it?Things change, and all of a sudden a Uk based, cash generative, asset light, high-return on capital, essential service provider with locked-in customers and monthly repeat business looks attractive again as part of a diversified long term portfolio.
Jack_Walsh
30 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK PSmithJack.......I only ever really share thoughts on these boards to help.---------- ---------- ----C'mon that's not entirely true is it? There have been quite a few posts either insulting people or bragging. For the record, I am also guilty of this, but I wouldn't make a statement such as the above.If you want people to be civil with you, you need to tone down your posts a bit.I'm not looking for an argument - it's just a bit of friendly advice.For the record, after the excellent run of the markets in the past few days I've reduced my holdings (across my portfolio) by 10%. I'm not about to sell much more than that, but I think the markets may be overly sanguine.Notwithstanding, I'm mostly in it for the long-term dividends - so I'm happy to hold most things.
psmith64
30 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK Jack.......I only ever really share thoughts on these boards to help.I can't get it right all the time just as the experts don't.There is enough posts across iii over the last 13 years to put things in my favour none more so on the TEP board especially my posts of September 2014 which were posted in thought to long term traders.Here is a post of mine from the TW board from April 2016....there will be a few there who will have respect and no doubt listen with an open ear as I share info on a sector I know inside out which I should do having worked in it for 36 years.There is no doubt in my mind we are going into a long term period of uncertainty......yes there will be much opportunity if timing can be got right and equally much heartache if got wrong.Young or old none of us like losing cash and I believe a cautious head will be the winner over the next few years now.Right now cash is king.............and thanks to having the right head on the last 8 months and not being greedy I feel in a good position of strengh now with much profits from my construction and retail shares in the pot.[link]
sinking ship southward
29 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK There is an ignore list for a reason, Smithy and one other are the only ones i have on mine...It takes a lot to make my ignore list lol
oceanfree
29 Jun 2016
Re: Genuine hope all is OK So Pscaremonger Psmith lets hope that none of the small investors, that you were apparently so concerned about, followed your repetitive advice a year ago to sell TEP at £8 or £9 and buy Next at £8. If they had, they would have been down 50% on that trade by now. I think your deep research may have let you down there. LOL
