Share tips thread (Vol 2)
Discussion
bmwmike said:
ATM said:
Jambo85 said:
Anyway I need cash for house improvements so liquidated pretty much all my holdings yesterday, bliss 
Gone the other way here. Rental property and balls deep in AIM. Go hard or go home.ATM said:
Roman Rhodes said:
FredClogs said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Down 75% over the last week. Reason? Did you get out or still in?
They had a big contract lined up in Iran which was lost due to the sanctions, that's one reason... I'm not in but started watching due to the mention on this thread. Hope the guy didn't get too badly burnt - needs a fourfold increase to get back to where it was when tipped. Still, this is AIM so who knows?
Don't forget they have expanded their manufacturing operation recently as we would presume they believe their volumes will increase. If this was all down to Iran then the outlook is bad. I dont believe it is. As already stated by me earlier they recently announced a contract win with a large insurance co which could easily double their volumes. This could even get them back on Trak - see what I did there - before the full year end.
And they just won EE as a customer who are now actively selling their products on their / the main EE website. It must have taken 18 to 24 months of jumping through hoops to make that happen. If EE start ramping up then again this could double their volume.
So that's just 2 opportunities we know about which could both make the business a lot more profitable. If any other big wins are in the pipeline these could be also taking a while to land.
I still believe the SP could get up into the 2 or 3 pound area so at the current price its an absolute bargain.
At the moment they are making money but spending more. This is either because they're idiots or because they believe they will succeed but the market at the moment seems to disagree.
ATM said:
bmwmike said:
ATM said:
Jambo85 said:
Anyway I need cash for house improvements so liquidated pretty much all my holdings yesterday, bliss
Gone the other way here. Rental property and balls deep in AIM. Go hard or go home.
ATM said:
bmwmike said:
ATM said:
Jambo85 said:
Anyway I need cash for house improvements so liquidated pretty much all my holdings yesterday, bliss
Gone the other way here. Rental property and balls deep in AIM. Go hard or go home.
I didn't have many AIM dogs to get rid of thankfully, rather a few funds that have slowly done quite well on average and some individual stocks with nice dividend yields (RDSB and NG).
Hobo said:
'Heavily' invested in SXX.
Will hold tight for the next few days/weeks/months to see what happens (with the occasional bit of day trading to increase my holding for free).
Wife no best pleased
I’m in a similar position, not the end of the world but not brilliant. Knew it was a gamble so put in what I can afford to loose.Will hold tight for the next few days/weeks/months to see what happens (with the occasional bit of day trading to increase my holding for free).
Wife no best pleased
Might have put £1k of my wife’s money in too. Oops. She knows we lost some last time she asked, will fess up when she next asks. Hopefully will make up the losses elsewhere by then!
I actually sold 50% of my shareholding in SXX yesterday, as something doesn't sit right with me about Chris Fraser buying £10,000.00 of shares yesterday at 4p (an additional 250,000 shares).
He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
Hobo said:
I actually sold 50% of my shareholding in SXX yesterday, as something doesn't sit right with me about Chris Fraser buying £10,000.00 of shares yesterday at 4p (an additional 250,000 shares).
He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
What do you think the motive is or could be?He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
supercommuter said:
Hobo said:
I actually sold 50% of my shareholding in SXX yesterday, as something doesn't sit right with me about Chris Fraser buying £10,000.00 of shares yesterday at 4p (an additional 250,000 shares).
He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
What do you think the motive is or could be?He, prior to the purchase, owed 123,747,368 shares taking his new total to 123,997,368.
I simply don't understand the reason for such a transaction. If it was meant to be a sign of confidence in the company then surely a person of his stature would understand such a small trade would not achieve such, and thus I find myself questioning the true motive.
M7 ATW said:
Hi all,
I'm currently holding the following shares:
RRE - £230 market cap company producing 22,000 bopd. Bought shares at £17.50 with current cash equalling £21 per share, Institutions repositioning so selling down, therefore expect to rise once the seller has cleared.
NCCL - Signed a Joint Development Agreement with General Electric and China Machinery Corporation (CMEC) a few months ago to develop a coal to power project in Mozambique. Retraced after the announcement, but should get details on return of historic back costs and developers premium which could be in excess of $50m, therefore at the current market cap of £20m, I see very good upside in the next 6 months.
Well NCCL was up 11% earlier today and looks like a bit of interest might be returning and results out on RRE on the 24th to see how the cash pile is doing and hopefully news on a divi. I'm currently holding the following shares:
RRE - £230 market cap company producing 22,000 bopd. Bought shares at £17.50 with current cash equalling £21 per share, Institutions repositioning so selling down, therefore expect to rise once the seller has cleared.
NCCL - Signed a Joint Development Agreement with General Electric and China Machinery Corporation (CMEC) a few months ago to develop a coal to power project in Mozambique. Retraced after the announcement, but should get details on return of historic back costs and developers premium which could be in excess of $50m, therefore at the current market cap of £20m, I see very good upside in the next 6 months.
I don't really know anything about investing in the stock market, my only investment was when Royal Mail was privatised which was a sure thing on profit.
Looking at the reports on Thomas Cook their share price is extremely low at the moment, could it be worth a punt?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge!
Looking at the reports on Thomas Cook their share price is extremely low at the moment, could it be worth a punt?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge!
Milnero said:
I don't really know anything about investing in the stock market, my only investment was when Royal Mail was privatised which was a sure thing on profit.
Looking at the reports on Thomas Cook their share price is extremely low at the moment, could it be worth a punt?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge!
The share price is extremely low for a very good reason: the company is on the verge of administration i.e. unless they secure £200m funding this weekend, the company will probably go into administration. If you are punting on what is looking more and more like a binary option i.e. red or black on the roulette wheel, you need to know that it is a binary option as opposed to an investment, and punt an appropriate amount that is commensurate with the risk - not what you think you might make as a return.Looking at the reports on Thomas Cook their share price is extremely low at the moment, could it be worth a punt?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge!
A very good question to always ask yourself when being drawn to a penny share is to imagine that the share price instead of being 3.7p per share was £3,700 a share (ie you’re just buying 1 share for every 100,000 currently in issue). At that point do you still think it is cheap and representing fair potential for return for the risk that you’d be taking?
The actual share price number plays an extremely powerful role in allowing the retail investor to deceive themselves as to the risk being taken. Precisely why issuers of high risk propositions often opt to issue a very high number of shares at an extremely low price and why other companies prefer to have extremely high share prices.
Thomas Cook is basically an option where you are gambling on some random people you don’t know, with objectives that you don’t know, being found to front a load of money to take control of a business that has already proven to be a failure.
An investor would wait to see if that event happened and what exactly that event was. Activity prior to that is punting so doing the little excercise above helps starting to establish a picture as to whether you are taking an educated and risk weighted punt of just a blind shot in the dark.
The actual share price number plays an extremely powerful role in allowing the retail investor to deceive themselves as to the risk being taken. Precisely why issuers of high risk propositions often opt to issue a very high number of shares at an extremely low price and why other companies prefer to have extremely high share prices.
Thomas Cook is basically an option where you are gambling on some random people you don’t know, with objectives that you don’t know, being found to front a load of money to take control of a business that has already proven to be a failure.
An investor would wait to see if that event happened and what exactly that event was. Activity prior to that is punting so doing the little excercise above helps starting to establish a picture as to whether you are taking an educated and risk weighted punt of just a blind shot in the dark.
Alrey87 said:
So I’ve lost almost 25k on HNR now Zoetic, which basically turned out to be a complete scam / daylight robbery from the CEO Robert price. I can’t see this ever recovering as my average is in the 20s.
Any advice on how to move on from here? I won’t be putting any new money into shares but have a few thousand left to move elsewhere?
There is nothing wrong with investing in shares, but if you want to buy something to hold over a long period of time then you need to find companies with a good product, good brand, and a long term strategy. Picking smaller start-up companies hoping for a 100% return is just gambling. Any advice on how to move on from here? I won’t be putting any new money into shares but have a few thousand left to move elsewhere?
Look at things like tracker funds, or funds in general, which offer exposure across a large range of shares. There is plenty of advice, both on here and elsewhere.
As for your current losses, not much you can do aside from put it behind you, learn from it, and move on.
1ians said:
I’m in a similar position, not the end of the world but not brilliant. Knew it was a gamble so put in what I can afford to loose.
Might have put £1k of my wife’s money in too. Oops. She knows we lost some last time she asked, will fess up when she next asks. Hopefully will make up the losses elsewhere by then!
Thought this through. I’m just gonna have to tell her she’s made money and put her “profit” in a fund she can track. I’ve learnt my lesson, no need in her suffering due to my mistakes.Might have put £1k of my wife’s money in too. Oops. She knows we lost some last time she asked, will fess up when she next asks. Hopefully will make up the losses elsewhere by then!
1ians said:
1ians said:
I’m in a similar position, not the end of the world but not brilliant. Knew it was a gamble so put in what I can afford to loose.
Might have put £1k of my wife’s money in too. Oops. She knows we lost some last time she asked, will fess up when she next asks. Hopefully will make up the losses elsewhere by then!
Thought this through. I’m just gonna have to tell her she’s made money and put her “profit” in a fund she can track. I’ve learnt my lesson, no need in her suffering due to my mistakes.Might have put £1k of my wife’s money in too. Oops. She knows we lost some last time she asked, will fess up when she next asks. Hopefully will make up the losses elsewhere by then!
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