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[deuchars]

Does anyone hold/have a view on where RBS are heading?

[Yidwann]

I have been out of the game for some time, mainly as every penny I have had has been spent on buying my house! Good to catch up on this thread and have a good read, mainly for some starting points to guage options!

[bogie]

dtmpower said:

SXX moving into the mainstream soon, anyone going to buy some more before you'll have to pay stamp duty ?

Also have heard about this company: http://www.titanium.gl/ has it be mentioned on here already ?

have been in and out of SXX a few times over the last few years, in and holding now long term. Realistically its 10 years before production/profits...will be an interesting ride im sure.....

[FredClogs]

dtmpower said:

SXX moving into the mainstream soon, anyone going to buy some more before you'll have to pay stamp duty ?

Also have heard about this company: http://www.titanium.gl/ has it be mentioned on here already ?

I took some money out of SXX and I don't think I'll put any more in for a while, discussed above - it all feels like pie in the sky for the time being, I just consider it a long term punt.

BlueJay has been on my radar, mentioned it above. It's falling now and will probably continue to do so until more news comes out on how much of this stuff is under Pittufik and whether they can get it out and sell it. If it gets back to 10p before there's any more news I think I'll buy in, just because its a round number, not for any other reason. Suspect one of the big mining corps will step in a buy this up if it has real value.

[FredClogs]

deuchars said:

Does anyone hold/have a view on where RBS are heading?

If you look at the broker ratings (and it's well covered being such a big company) I don't see how you could come to any conclusion other than nowhere. Looking at the chart though it certainly seems it's on a upward trajectory over the last 9 months.

So don't know is the answer.

[Oakey]

What's going on with MARL? Something about a buyout? Someone explain it in laymans terms.

[WindyCommon]

Oakey said:

What's going on with MARL? Something about a buyout? Someone explain it in laymans terms.

Apparently straightforward: it has agreed to be taken over by Sandstorm Gold, a Canadian company.

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news...

[Burwood]

Oakey said:

What's going on with MARL? Something about a buyout? Someone explain it in laymans terms.

Yes, a mining financier has made a very strong offer. A company called Sandstorm.

[WindyCommon]

deuchars said:

Does anyone hold/have a view on where RBS are heading?

No view on where it is going, but current market cap is £30bn with total assets of £800bn.

Even though the balance sheet of RBS (like many other banks) has shrunk in recent years, could there be anything in the £800bn accumulated since 1727 that could go sour? Of course there could. That is reason enough for me not to want to own the stock.

[Fittster]

Skyedriver said:

Laura Ashley (ALY)
I've had these a few times but a few years ago I bought in due to the continually good dividend. They dropped, I topped up, dropped, topped up again
They are now half what i first bought in at. They still pay a decent dividend.
I still think they are a good company but then again there are many a good company disappeared over the years.
It'll take a few years of good dividend to just get my money back but I think they are now so low they could be a take over target.
Anyone any thoughts?

Dividend cover is about 1.
A yield of 8.74 isn't likely to be maintained (In fact it was cut in Feb, so my figures could be wrong).
Profit warnings.

Based on those facts I'm not sure a dividend will make up for the capital loss. If it was me I'd probably cut my losses, it's not as if high street chains are currently being taken over for a big premium.

[Burwood]

WindyCommon said:

deuchars said:

Does anyone hold/have a view on where RBS are heading?

No view on where it is going, but current market cap is £30bn with total assets of £800bn.

Even though the balance sheet of RBS (like many other banks) has shrunk in recent years, could there be anything in the £800bn accumulated since 1727 that could go sour? Of course there could. That is reason enough for me not to want to own the stock.

800B in assets and $750B in liabilities. Net assets of 50B vs a valuation of 30B. The discount is easily explained. Ongoing losses in the billions. Ongoing litigation/fines/scandal involving Billions unknown. What are those assets worth is a good question. Probably not anything like 800B and their liabilities may well be understated.

As an aside there are so many good companies out there. I really don't see the attraction with dogs and dog banks. It's a broken institution which may recover in a long time. In my opinion it's toxic.

[MKA29]

Skyedriver said:

Laura Ashley (ALY)
I've had these a few times but a few years ago I bought in due to the continually good dividend. They dropped, I topped up, dropped, topped up again
They are now half what i first bought in at. They still pay a decent dividend.
I still think they are a good company but then again there are many a good company disappeared over the years.
It'll take a few years of good dividend to just get my money back but I think they are now so low they could be a take over target.
Anyone any thoughts?

With all the controversy over a divorce with the boss, it's not really something I want to get in to right now.

[FredClogs]

WolfieBot said:

kurt535 said:

I piled in at .3875p yesterday. What could possibly go wrong?

Thought I'd missed this as it had just closed Friday when I put my order in. Went through this morning at 0.39999.

Surprised to see it up though now I'm in.

So it was your fault ;o)

After last weeks surge it's obviously settled back but MTFB made the London top 20 "bought" shares (in at 13) yesterday, and HL now have it at 39.25 to buy and 37 to sell! which is a pretty fecking big spread (to my limited knowledge). The Sabby pharma fund decided to cut there stake from 9% to 3% of the company, quite why they would do this now is a bit odd but it's theirs to sell, I think that accounts for the massive tonking of the price on open and recovery in the afternoons most of this week... The Nasdaq price has not climbed down quite as much, could be the £.

Anyhow stay strong, my padawan intellect is telling me next week we will see the surge up to 50p.

[red_slr]

Any further thoughts on IMG? Sitting around the £1 mark. Maybe worth buying a small quantity as a long term gamble?

[Yipper]

red_slr said:

Any further thoughts on IMG? Sitting around the £1 mark. Maybe worth buying a small quantity as a long term gamble?

IMG share price has collapsed about -85% in 5 years. And the share price has barely gone up since it launched in 1999. With Apple leaving soon and smartphones peaking, IMG are toast. A very risky gamble that someone will take them over (like Intel).

[HarryW]

Yipper said:

red_slr said:

Any further thoughts on IMG? Sitting around the £1 mark. Maybe worth buying a small quantity as a long term gamble?

IMG share price has collapsed about -85% in 5 years. And the share price has barely gone up since it launched in 1999. With Apple leaving soon and smartphones peaking, IMG are toast. A very risky gamble that someone will take them over (like Intel).

I think a three legged donkey at the 3:30 at Kempton might be a better bet for me having had a quick read of the circumstances of the collapse...

[Burwood]

red_slr said:

Any further thoughts on IMG? Sitting around the £1 mark. Maybe worth buying a small quantity as a long term gamble?

As others have said Red, too many other stocks out there with real prospects, lower risk.

[whoami]

mybrainhurts said:

Anti Trumpsters in yet another delerious, foot stamping tantrum shocker.

[kurt535]

FredClogs said:

WolfieBot said:

kurt535 said:

I piled in at .3875p yesterday. What could possibly go wrong?

Thought I'd missed this as it had just closed Friday when I put my order in. Went through this morning at 0.39999.

Surprised to see it up though now I'm in.

So it was your fault ;o)

After last weeks surge it's obviously settled back but MTFB made the London top 20 "bought" shares (in at 13) yesterday, and HL now have it at 39.25 to buy and 37 to sell! which is a pretty fecking big spread (to my limited knowledge). The Sabby pharma fund decided to cut there stake from 9% to 3% of the company, quite why they would do this now is a bit odd but it's theirs to sell, I think that accounts for the massive tonking of the price on open and recovery in the afternoons most of this week... The Nasdaq price has not climbed down quite as much, could be the £.

Anyhow stay strong, my padawan intellect is telling me next week we will see the surge up to 50p.

I shan't even look at the chart ill wait for the sell signal from someone on here

[WolfieBot]

FredClogs said:

WolfieBot said:

kurt535 said:

I piled in at .3875p yesterday. What could possibly go wrong?

Thought I'd missed this as it had just closed Friday when I put my order in. Went through this morning at 0.39999.

Surprised to see it up though now I'm in.

So it was your fault ;o)

After last weeks surge it's obviously settled back but MTFB made the London top 20 "bought" shares (in at 13) yesterday, and HL now have it at 39.25 to buy and 37 to sell! which is a pretty fecking big spread (to my limited knowledge). The Sabby pharma fund decided to cut there stake from 9% to 3% of the company, quite why they would do this now is a bit odd but it's theirs to sell, I think that accounts for the massive tonking of the price on open and recovery in the afternoons most of this week... The Nasdaq price has not climbed down quite as much, could be the £.

Anyhow stay strong, my padawan intellect is telling me next week we will see the surge up to 50p.

Yeah sorry about that!

I only put about £1k in so I'll probably be holding long term anyway and seeing where it goes.