2000TLondon

So shell got up to around 1930, and is now back in the mid 1800's. There is a chance this will touch 2050 or so in the next few months, although I haven't worked out when to get in, yet....

A couple of shares that I am looking at at the moment are Glaxo (GSK) as mentioned previously on this thread, and Astra Zeneca (AZN). I'll post some more on these when I have some get in / out points established.

Just thought I would try and revive this thread a little in the meantime....

^OPM^

Im also a holder at mo in Sainsbury's-hopefully a bid mite come in-if not there still a nice share i feel to hold at mo.

Deep Singh

Sorry I've let this thread slide. A little after starting it I had a baby and so had my hands full!

2000TLondon

Ah, good work! Congratulations! You going to be tucking some bonds away for the little one?

^OPM^

Shares in mothercare on way up now

DJ Vinyl Ritchie

Edited for accuracy

DJ Vinyl Ritchie........ never go bare back

^OPM^

Interesting article in saturdays times-money supplement, basically Anthony Bolton forcasting another market correction like what happened in april/may time-judging by last few trading days he could be right-i hope not tho

2000TLondon

I heard a radio interview with Jim Rogers, who is a legendary billionair investor, although I don't know mcu habout him, but he was just pushing commodities the whole way for the very long term, ten to fifteen years, and advising buying as much oil, minerals, vegetables etc as possible........

Bateman

Div:

Actually originates from prison slang in the UK. A job often given to the lowest inmates was to put cardboard dividers into boxes. Someone given this job was a 'divider' or a 'div'. Now used as an insult to those who display stupidity


I am interested in how you 'Gecko' types get on. Will you be looking at charting or stockastics as a way of review ? what ? you dont know what I am going on about

DCI Gene Hunt

"One day Rodney, one day"

Steve Whitehorn

iTrader: (13)

Does anyone know what the term
Holding value means.
I am using a trial portfolio on the Telegraph. And I have searched this site and the web and have not found an explanation for this

Say I have 1,000.00 Cash in my trading account
I buy 4 Securities in - Company ABC - Buy at 100.00.
Instead of knocking off 400.00 from my cash balance
It takes a 1% value in this instance it would be 4.00 and places it under holding value.

So the figures look like this

4 Securities @ 100.00 each in ABC Holding value 4.00
Cash Balance 996.00

When i would expect it to look like this

4 Securities @ 100.00 each in ABC value 400.00
Cash Balance 600.00

Thanks
Steve

^OPM^

As i read it you have £1000 in your account and u buy 4 shares at 100p i.e £4 total-think you are mixing up ur pounds and pence-when u see share price on teletext etc they are quoted in pence hence 2238 is £22.38 in pounds

2000TLondon

Yep!

Steve Whitehorn

iTrader: (13)

Oil has been very good performer over the last year. Do people think it will continue to be a good bet - or has the bull run its course?

Here are some examples of some of the oil stocks I have followed

Premier Oil (PMO) 21.12.2005 - 780.00p 13.11.2006 - 1330.00p

Soco International (SIA) 21.12.2005 - 812.00p 13.11.2006 1449.00p

Tullow Oil (TLW) 21.12.2005 - 265.00p 13.11.2006 414.50p

Steve

Steve Whitehorn

iTrader: (13)

Thanks for the replies
I know what you are saying and that seems like the obvious answer.
So taking this and relating it to some actual figures shown in my Telegraph portfolio is the following correct?

So if 1 share which has a market price of 2,493.00p is bought - this translates to a holding value of £24.93

The ,had me confused as I was looking at the figure in pounds not pence.

I have been using excell spread sheets with links to online figures for this past year. This next year I am going to run a dummy portfolio to try and get used to trading online.

As you can see-it looks like we are at a high point at the moment

Telegraph Shares & Funds
This only shows 3 years Do the look up under all which shows the last 10.


Steve

^OPM^

Yep

2000TLondon

It's hard to predict a general broadside of all the different companies. I use charting techniquess to compare historial performance of certain comapnies and try to relate it to future gains or losses.

Over a long-term view, oil as a commodity will be a good buy, there is no way it can go down, in theory, and it's a commodity everyone know's something about. We know there isn't much of it, we know we need it, so therefore in five, ten, fifteen years time will oil be worth more then than it is now? Almost certainly.

An interesting oil company to keep an eye on is Max Petroleum, MXP.L, a small outfit being run by some of the tops guys in the industry, who are starting to produce oil in Kazakhstan. Although I am far from buying this yet, it is worth looking at occaisonally.

Steve Whitehorn

iTrader: (13)

Thanks for the tip.
I will keep an eye on them.
Steve

2000TLondon

I think Astra Zeneca (AZN.L) GLaxo (GSK.L) and Shell B Share (RDSB.L) are very shortly going to become prime for a buy and quite decent short term gains!

2000TLondon

AZN did about 300 points in January and early Feb after my last post.

I'm now back on it as a buy, I think it's very much at the bottom of it's price band at the moment, and I'm expecting 250 (9% of value) in the short term, and potentially more over the summer.......

Just thought I'd share that with you... No guarantees implied!

2000TLondon

Not one to blow my own trumpet, but Max Petroleum was at 90p a share when I said that in November. It is now 185p a share..... Hope somebody else got on!

vindaloo

Where do I go now? Just sold some ITV and some Vodaphone. I should'a jumped earlier, particularly on ITV. I could have fed at that well twice rather than holding on and worrying about it Still, at least they were both up when I jumped plus I got a few divis.

Shell's jumped quite a bit recently, so no point in me topping that up. BP's off my Radar recently though I assume from the SP that they've recovered from losing infrastructure in the Mexican Gulf (Hurricane).

Anyone want an ETF? I've been tracking INFR for a little while now. (Though I haven't invested in it). Went for IPRP instead, just before the recent interest rate wobbles.

J.

2000TLondon

I don't really concentrate on news, events, or popularity of shares / companies, I try to use charting methods to predict performance...... Do you use any software to monitor your trades?

stevem2k

Hope you got out at the top... back to 110p and suspended this morning due to dodgy dealings by the ceo....

marky1

I remember in the late 1980's when their shares were less than 10p. My father worked for them, helped them float, and had a substantial share in the company. Shame he doesn't still have them! One of his friends managed to put 2 kids through 6 years of boarding school from the return on a relatively small investment.