APRIL 21, 2016
Back at school, at last!
International Finance Awards 2016: Best Finance Blogger: Robbie Burns
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SEMINAR: SPEND A DAY WITH ME AND LIVE MARKETS
MONDAY MAY 9TH **
If you want more than the book and see me do it live, come and spend a day with me and live markets. (beginners and improvers welcome). See trades from my own accounts, research, level 2, and finding great shares from scratch and tons more. Three course lunch, snacks, drinks ,lots of chocolate, banter and fun with me live all day. **Best Financial Educational Provider, International Finance Awards.**
Email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested" in the subject line and I'll send you details. More details also if you press the seminars button above.
There is a decent early bird discount available though not for much longer.
Follow up: May 23rd, if you have been to a seminar with me before and want a follow up day of research, looking for trades etc mail me with "follow up interested" in the subject line. It's a lovely day of live trading, come along and improve your skills. Nice small group too.
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My 11-year-old son Christopher and three of his mates are doing a triathlon for an excellent charity you may not have heard of, Restless Development which does great work with disadvantaged children all over the world.
If any of you fancy a donation - even a fiver helps - this is the link
https://www.justgiving.com/Elizabeth-Burns8.
You can also click on a link there to find out more about the charity - they will be hard at it for most of one day, swimming, cycling and running. I'll be watching (while eating a Twix).
So far £715 has been raised, if you can help get us to £1,000 that would be amazing!
Time just flies by, innit? Nearly May already. Won't be long till one of my favourite companies, Dignity pop me in a coffin and I become the naked not trader.
On that basis we decided as a family to go hiking in the Dolomites this summer.
Yeah, I know, sounds all Times Travel Supplementish but anyway we thought we'd try something different. We'll still do sun and fun in Spain in August too.
Apparently we'll be walking and lots more walking. I had better take a lot of twixes with me to keep me, and my dentist going.
It's impossible of course to know whether a place or a holiday you're booking is any good.
Newspapers always gush in their reviews because the writers are getting the holiday free. And Tripadvisor is full of bought "reviews" too. Just got to give it a bash.
Christopher's been off school for nearly a month and went back today. Sometimes you wonder. You pay private schools more than 12k a year and they hardly ever seem to be there....
Anyway we had some fun during this time and he didn't get that bored though it did involve many hours of "playing football/cricket/table tennis" etc. I really need a good lie-down for at least a week.
I have been hit in the nick-nacks so often by errant footballs that I had to take action and have now installed a cricket box to protect my crown jewels. It was hard to find a box big enough but lucky they did have an XXXL.
My heroic last day yesterday, I cycled with him, played football on our own in three separate parks, I watched "Bend It Like Beckham" the classic old movie and we secretly ate a whole packet of creme egg biscuits between us, do not tell anyone.
This morning I am sick (after all those biscuits) and tired (after all that football).
After watching our local team Fulham usually getting thrashed, me and Christopher usually go to Wagamama - at least there you can get a reasonable stir fry.
However, with brand pressure bearing down on him he wanted to go to "Nando's".
I never knew much about this except it seemed like a clever brand thing.
Oh brother was it bad! I just don't know how you can produce such horrible overcooked low grade chicken.
I tried a quarter chicken with chips and "chargrilled veg". The chicken was chewy and horrible. Christopher's chicken wings were really horrible too. The "chips" tasted of nothing (It has to be proper chip shop chips for me.)
The "chargrilled veg" was a kind of soggy ratatouille effort and the "veg" such as it was had clearly seen better days.
Worse the "drinks". Vile "coke" etc made from concentrate rather that in bottle. As much as you want which does them no damage considering the cost must be tiny.
The only way to have coke is from a bottle. Trust me on this. I used to own a cafe and chatted to the coke rep. If you have a can, the can gets influenced from outside sources like what's in your fridge. (This is the same as chocolate).
But worse of all is when it's made up from concentrate. Yuk !!!! So for me Nando's gets zero. All style and no substance.
My thought is, instead of Nandos better just to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken as at least that is made succulent.
I've never felt that warm towards pigeons, bit of a nuisance really.
However I did feel bad once when I ran over one on my bike. I'd always thought humans and pigeons had a deal: they get out of the way quick. I never thought it would just stay where it was.
Anyhow, two pigeons are building a nest in a hedge in the garden. Mr pigeon goes out every day and every half an hour brings back a twig to build the nest. I think he does about 25 twigs a day.
He's also very thoughtful. And has little breaks. You can almost imagine him with a cup of tea and a twix in between heading out to find another twig.
It's all rather sweet and the simplicity of his life seems almost alluring. After all we humans spend so much time worrying about stuff, stuff that matters little. and if you read the Daily Mail you'll be worried 24 hours.
No hang on a minute, it's pecking at some crap on the ground. I'd rather not be a pigeon. If I come back, I'll be a pampered cat please.
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Thanks again for all the feedback on the last seminar, great to know some of you are already trading nicely, using level 2 as I showed you and other hints and tricks.
If you would like to come to the next seminar the next is May 9th - there is an early bird discount on offer.
Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested" in the subject line.
Beginners and improvers welcome! Come and spend the day with me, the markets and some lovely people - and of course, lunch, lots of sugary snacks, and even live chocolate waffle making in the teabreak!
My seminars are designed for beginners, dabblers and improvers and deals with everything from how to look for winners, how to research, spreadbetting, level 2 use how to time trades and short, how to use advfn properly and run your portfolio without having to spend money on systems and tipsters.. and tons more.
A lot of the day comes directly from the live markets and I show you many of the tricks I use to get good prices live. And there might even be the odd live trade or 2! If you've been to a seminar before there is a follow up with live trading on May 23rd, mail me if interested in that.
Here's some feedback from from "D"
'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.
The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.
This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'
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When I left my full-time job to trade it really helped having another income: this I got from part-time selling energy and phone services to people and getting a cut of their use of their home services forever! I still get enough from it now to pay all my bills. I am a great believer in multiple incomes and this is a great one in my opinion as anyone could do it.
If you'd like a second part-time income click here
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This will explain what you can expect to earn and how it all works. If you sign up there you'll be under my wing. Any questions just mail me and if you sign up please let me know.
I use IG Index for betting on the very small companies, the only spreadbet firm I can find that does the smaller ones making it possible to trade AIM cos tax free.
To sign up and get an excellent weekly education programme use this link:
Many of you enjoy the cheap advfn toplists bronze deal through me as do many of you with the cheap level 2. However many of you say you want a half-way house to include real-time share prices always on.
So I'm pleased to announce I've managed to seal a new deal with Advfn for its "Silver" service - that's always on real-time share prices for a good saving (Bronze toplists etc are included in this).
The deal is via me you can save £30 for your first year by paying just £145 inc vat via me instead of £173.71
Just mail me for full details if you'd like it with "silver" in the subject line.
Naked Trader Seminar Latest News
Fancy spending a day with me, learning all the ways I have learned over the years to find good shares and play the markets? Well, you can at one of my seminars!
Booking is open for the Naked Trader seminar on May 9TH.
Price is £650 plus vat. However there is a substantial early bookers discount on offer. Mail me for details.
That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks etc.
The seminar is mainly aimed at beginners and dabblers though improvers are welcome too.
Topics covered using live market feeds all day include: Market psychology, level 2 - a simple guide to how to use it for better timing; how to value companies; finding companies that are about to rise. I will also cover techniques for handling events such as the recent meltdown and volatility.
Spreadbetting: How to use it to gain an edge and go short. Market makers - how they work and how to beat them; how to stop losing money and make it instead and plenty more.
How to plan trade entries and exits - how to research companies and understand reports, plus all those niggly questions you always wanted to ask. How to set stop losses and targets. Charts and how to use them.
Also covered: Market maker tricks: How to spot tree shakes and use them in your favour, How to tell when NOT to buy a share. I use live ADVFN all day with lots of level 2 and looks at all kind of live market data.
The idea behind the seminar is SIMPLICITY. I don't use jargon or fancy words - everything is in PLAIN ENGLISH! No question is too stupid and the event is held in a friendly relaxed and supportive environment.
The idea is you will come away from the event I hope a wise and better investor with lots of new ideas. I try and translate complex topics into easy bite size pieces. I also aim for it to be entertaining as well as instructive.
If you are interested please e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Feb seminar interested" in the subject line and I will send you full details of the event including comments from those who have come to previous seminars and you can then decide whether you would like to come. See you there!
One seminar attendee Clare wanted to write a testimonial about her experiences at the seminar which follows now!
"I've just come back buzzing from one of Robbie's seminars. What a day! He's just brilliant, and manages to pack an awful lot into one day, and with his enthusiastic and humorous delivery the day just flies by. There are no gimmicks, no sell, no "˜get-rich-quick' promises, just his own solid, sound approach which he has learnt over the years and which works.
He shows you how to minimise the risks and maximise the profits and points out the banana skins on the way. Where the seminar really comes into its own is when he teaches using live level 2. Hearing him talk through his thought processes and reasoning is invaluable, and really brings home everything from the book. He has endless patience answering peoples' questions, and really seems to care that everybody understands.
On top of that, you meet some really nice like minded people and swap e mail addresses, you're plied with
chocolates and coffee all day, have a great lunch and spend the evening getting tiddled with Robbie in the
bar afterwards!
Don't worry about the cost, it's easily worth it, and you'll soon make it back with your new-found investment skills, and in what you're no longer losing. If you're thinking of going along to his next seminar, whether you're a novice or an experienced trader, don't hesitate ""just go!
Thanks Clare, did you want the tenner in cash, or will a cheque do?
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Its spreads are surprisingly tight and interestingly an automated stop loss is applied to each trade - so beginners know what their max loss is from the outset. A super site for beginners.
I use IG Index for betting on the very small companies, the only spreadbet firm I can find that does the smaller ones making it possible to trade AIM cos tax free.
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The late tax return all a bit messed up pretty much sums it up. Kind of well-meaning but hard to get anything done on time. And, too busy to meet Obama.
Banning McDonalds from the Labour party Conference looks like a step too far for most Labour voters. It's so idiotic. Look how many jobs McDonalds supplies. Their food is pretty horrid but to ban them from exhibiting proves "old" Labour's hatred of business, and indeed, anyone who tries to do well for themselves.
Lots of labour top people are disgusted by this "snobby" attitude. I expect Corbyn really only wants Flaxseed organic salads stands.
While I intend to vote remain in Europe on the selfish basis my shares will fall if we vote out, I am very nearly tempted to vote out for one good reason.
Ken Livingstone has said he will leave the country on a brexit vote. Deep joy! It is almost worth it...
One of the US's biggest cinema chains is going to allow "text friendly" film screenings.
Oh no! One of the last places you can go to, watch a movie without a zombie texter nearby. Can't people really not go for an hour and a half without having to look at a mobile computer? Are we that sad we can't enjoy being in the moment anymore?
I wish the Queen a happy 90th, Whether you agree with a monarchy or not she is an amazing woman.
I saw her first hand a couple of years ago when she handed an MBE to my sister for her services to theatre.
She stood upright for more than 2 hours. Talked to many, appeared interested at least. And she does this a lot. I can't imagine many people a lot younger being able to do this. It is very hard work indeed.
My sister was amazed at what she appeared to know about her and her interest in the theatre, and her knowledge.
And she does all her work with grace and dignity.
Perhaps it shows us all if we don't "retire" and keep doing things we can all keep our marbles into our 90s. Though I intend to be a batty old bloke.
If Prince Charles has to take over the mantle I truly feel sorry for him. How could you take over from such a well loved figure? He will never engender such affection. Mainly as he comes across as a grumpy old bloke.
Yes, it's the big one: Game of Thrones is back on Monday. At last lots of sex and violence on the TV again. About time.
President Obama has already seen the new series as he uses his power wisely. Avoiding trailers/spoilers for the new series has been quite difficult but managed it so far.. let's hope it continues in cracking style and we end up with rule by Tyrion.
He's has an awful lot to put up with so really it's only fair he ends up with as many hookers as he can manage.
I find Khaleesi a bit annoying and I kind of have a wish one of her dragons decides to tuck into her for lunch.
And what about the red queen who lobs out her.. er... things.. whenever she needs to get a powerful man to do what she wants. Fair play to Jon Snow. He was the only one who had a look at them and resisted.
My thoughts on the new series in the next gripping instalment of, er, the naked trader website...
Some decent series have just ended, Girls was mostly funny. Better Call Saul was brilliant and nearly through the new House of Cards. OJ Simpson just got better and better as it went on. The real-life twists and turns were stunning. As one character said "You wouldn't get away with the plot twists in a holiday novel."
Good place for spreadbets and fixed odds for sport (and the EU vote) is here...
http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader/sports
Good quick execution of bets and a great range of markets. Recommended!
Naked Mail
Dave writes :
I agree with comments about Dr Who and Breaking Bad. I used to enjoy Dr. Who years ago but I think it's worn out, it's all about celebrity now, like everything else on telly.
I recently was enjoying the Sopranos a friend let me borrow (fascinating story lines) and my son Rob in Australia (an irrelevance to you of course), he said if you like Sopranos you'll love Breaking Bad. Wow was he ever right. I got the full set from Amazon (apart from the last season). I'm having to eke it out it's so brilliant I don't want it to end, that's the sad bit. What about the uncle in the desert in the wheelchair with the bell strapped to the arm of the chair, the missus and me just fell about and many more just brilliant set ups dragging out every emotion.
Agree Dave, love Breaking Bad. Only five to go for me and I won't spoil what happens for you except it gets more and more addictive!
Gary writes :
"For throwing your heart, soul and energy into one fact-packed, full-on and exhaustingly educational day: FIVE stars with no hesitation!!
Met some really nice people too - like me, nervous that it was the most we'd ever spent on a whole day of anything (had we made arses of ourselves?) But no one felt short-changed, especially when you were still going strong when we all wanted to go to bed! One of your delegates, Susan, back for a second time, said to me unequivocally, "you will go away absolutely inspired." I can't disagree.
Thanks Gary, hope you make some money!
Duane writes:
Wanted to say a big thank you to you and Mrs NT for an amazing day of learning and fun at your seminar.
The way you explained the share trading from start to finish was understandable and really interesting, well worth the seminar fee!
It was great to hear such down to earth and honest assessment from a successful trader like yourself. The way you explained everything was good revision from your book and gave further insight into successful share trading.
I particularly liked your live trades and going through your accounts when you gave snippets of why you invested in certain shares and why you kept/dumped them. Also helpful was the way you searched for prospective shares and within minutes discounted them or put them on a short list for further examination and correct entry points. Amazing!
You could really tell that you loved doing what you do and your energy levels to keep going till 10pm was well....... I had to leave at 9pm I was shattered!
Thanks again Robbie I am keen to put into practice what you have taught me. Even though you make squillions from your trades and I am sure don't need to do the seminars for financial gain, but please keep doing those seminars for newbies like me!
Thanks Duane! Don't expect to be doing them foreever but very rewarding for me to help people so expect to carry on for a while longer.
Gabriel writes:
If you are reading this, you are perhaps considering going on one of Robbie's Seminars. You maybe asking yourself (like I did) the testimonials are all well and good but once the euphoria and excitement of attending a Seminar has died down ..... and I am back home in my normal routine and faced with the "graft" of putting it all into practice... will I become a better trader and be financially better off?
Let me tell you that in my case it certainly has!
Book your place pretty sharpish....... is what I say !
Thanks Gabriel!
Terry writes:
Fantastic seminar.
I have always been sceptical of the public testaments you see on web sites
saying how great an event was. Now I'm one of those people!. I
genuinely believe that the tips and techniques as well as the overall
approach you demonstrated will radically improve my trading performance
Thanks Terry, well all the testaments are real but know what you mean and glad you feel it was worth it!
Dan writes :
'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.
The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.
This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'
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EMAILS: I do beg you not to send me emails asking me for advice on a particular share. It isn't legal for me to give you individual advice and all I do is send you a mail saying that, which wastes a lot of my time and yours too. This includes asking me what to do with a share, what I might "think" about a share, or deconstructing any of the buys I mention here. I would be grateful, see FAQ for more on this. Of course more than happy to answer general questions not related to specific shares.
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COPYING TRADES: I can't stop you from copying a trade I made but remember the price may already be a lot higher than I paid indeed I hope it is as buying at good prices is what I do for a living. You may be buying at the top and could easily lose money. Also I can make terrible mistakes and have done in the past. I could also sell before you or before the share tanks. I may still be holding in a year when you sold at a loss. Always do your own research, don't jump in blindly. Market makers are very clever at knowing how to make you pay top dollar and then push you out at a loss. This site is about sensible investment and learning how to trade sensibly and is not a tipping site. Beware. Never push buy on anything till you've done proper research and got yourself a sensible price.
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New offer: £50 or £100 off Stockopaedia and free trial
I rarely do offers - Forex companies in particular offer me eyewatering sums. I turn all this down as I would never put out an offer for a company where I think my reader will 95% likely lose, or be taken for a ride.
Having had lots of mails from people using Stockopaedia and using it myself I am 100% confident.
Stockopaedia is indeed like a stock market encyclopaedia and a great place to scan for new shares to buy, check out fundamentals, discuss on a sensible bulletin board. Each share gets a ranking, you can use "guru" screens to find shares, there is even a stock screen loosely based on my criteria! There are strategies based on ideas from top investors.
There is lots more really fantastic material and I believe access should help investors and I now use it myself.
For your £50 discount off UK sub or £100 off USA
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Oh won't you wish they could just get this euro vote over with right now?
I'm getting so many mails from people asking what they should do about it re their shares. Should I cash in my pension? Maybe I should sell all? I'm really worried etc - see FAQ on the site for a non answer from me...
Frankly I don't have the foggiest but I suspect it will be a whole lot of nothing and the Ins will have a comfortable win.
I've had a mail from someone moaning he followed a blogger/twitter into buying Sprue Aegis and he lost a lot of money.
Honestly! I don't know how many times I've said not to follow people on blogs and twitter and tipsters and includes me without doing your own research and having your own plans. It's down to you not the person you followed. You must blame yourself.
Also you complain the blogger said he had not sold it and taken losses. Of course they aren't going to say they sold a big loser.
Bloggers and twitterers hardly ever take losses when their shares go down in the hope they go up again.
Taking the loss means egg on their face. You should always get out of something that's going down massively especially after a warning. If you got out of Sprue after the warning you could have got 180-190p. Now it's 115p and so you could now buy back a lot lower if you wanted. (After a total drubbing now it starts to look value and wonder about getting some for a little bounce).
There is nothing worse than having a 50% plus loser sitting there. It is bad psychologically for you. You must learn to take losses fast and you will never learn this from tweets. Take a loss after a warning. You can always buy it back another day a lot lower if you wanted to as now.
And please, boys and girls, learn to take your own decisions. Just because someone has a blog or a twitter feed doesn't mean they really know what they're doing and could lead you up the garden path. If I tell you to jump off a cliff are you going to do it? Don't believe everything you read, performance figures or they did well before so let me follow them etc.
Learn to make your own decisions on shares - stop looking at social media and blogs and concentrate on your own research. Much more on this in my new psychology book out soon! In the meantime stop moaning at me and them. Learn from the mistakes, think for yourself and stop blaming others for what is in effect - laziness.
So the portfolio has had a stunning couple of weeks with one trade in particular rising 40% overnight making me a huge return, more on that in a mo.
Also a lot of shares rising rapidly too. Very nice. Remember: shares can go up as well as down..
As I mentioned last time I duly closed out the ftse shorts as the ftse bounced over 6230 taking a small loss - I never understand traders who short the ftse and continue to hold the shorts weeks later when the ftse has gone hundreds of points higher, it just doesn't make sense. Always close out ftse shorts if the trend has become higher. You can then short again once the trend is broken at a much better level and save on the costs of holding it. Holding on to shorts against trends is terrible trading. Always with shorts, get rid fast if it goes against you. I've had a new go with a short at 6407 - I'll be out with a loss if it goes above 6430 ish.
Because I'm happy with the portfolio nothing much has really got me going and I've mainly done sod all and spent the easter hols playing with my son and doing stuff with him.
But I have bought more Entertainment One (ETO) on the first whiff of the iTV bid. Whether or not ITV bid or not I don't think it matters much - it is in play now I think and the rumours have drawn attention to it and its undervaluation. A bidder will probably have to offer 250p. Maybe 300p.
ETO, though it has a lot of debt also has tons of assets and a massive catalogue and with content being king someone is going to want those assets. I suspect it won't be too long before it belongs to someone else.
I bought some Telecom Plus (TEP) for the first time in ages after taking some decent profits a while back.
It reported profits will be around £54m - with a massive dividend of over 5%. I hold most of mine in certificates from many years ago having bought in the main under a quid with my first lot at 18p !
It looks well oversold now - as Shares Mag points out today if it traded like its peers the share price should be nearer 1200p and it looks like it's bottomed out nicely here and should bounce back to at least a tenner with 1200p on the cards for later this year.
Yesterday I bought Pets At Home (PETS). I love this share, it's purr-fect if you buy it at the right time which I think, is around now.
This time last year it sank before the trading update then rose nicely for a few weeks so I hoped history would repeat and it looks like it could.
Profits and revenues are nicely higher here. People love their pets and with insurance, etc, it looks pretty good. It's a company still valued at what it was last year and looks to be worth nearer its highs of over 300p.
So I'm in PETS again for what should be nice rise.
Last year it steadily rose from this day for some time. If history repeats itself there could be some nice money to be made. In an event I can't see how it can be worth much less.
I would start to worry though it is sank much below 225.
I sold part Cerillion (CER) and then bought them back lower. Banking a profit of £2,225 from one website position. As I mentioned before this looks like a great long-term winner but I couldn't resist taking some profits as it leapt up.
When it came back it then looked good value as it does now. Looks value at anything under 120 and it should head back to highs of near 150.
Hurrah! The first decent bid of the year for me - this time last year it was AGA where I made substantial sums from the bid there and this time it is Energy Assets which has a massive bid at 40% plus premium!
Again, it goes to show how patience really pays off and my bigger money comes in by just holding good value companies.
Eventually if they look good value, a bigger company sees that too and buys them up.
So I have sold most of them as the bid is agreed and not sure another bidder looks likely at a higher price. So seemed to me worth cashing up on most of them.
So me personally it banks profits of over £20,000 - for the website positions it's a profit of £7,825. Keeping one position open in case of a rival bid...
There really is nothing like waking up one morning to a bid!! My next two favourites for a bid are GB Group and Entertainment One.
A brilliant statement from my long-termer GB Group this week. And it has gone even higher on the back of that.
Website trades are now up £32,000 but personally I've made more than £100,000 on these. And a quick hello to Peter who came to the seminar where I bought them, and he held on to them and made a small fortune ! I expect a takeover for GB in the 400p area now.
Some lovely rises from some recent buys. YU Group has seen a nice lift. So too CMC, Vectura and Interquest. IS Solutions has decided to change its name to D4T4 - which sounds like a sci fi robot. Still, better than sounding like a terrorist organisation... Income earners Tritax and Empiric continue to look sound. Flow Group has, er flowed up well
Paysafe has had a poor run this week, not sure why but is coming up to top up time. It looks a buy in the 380s.
Iomart is bubbling along nicely trying to break 265. Nearly there! .
Photo-Me has at last been re-rated, took a while but well deserved after its statement, Japan going well.
Dignity looks like it might be trying to crack the tricky 2500 area. All in all a very nice couple of weeks!
*** If you'd like my website updates sent direct to your mailbox (you get it first and a little earlier) plus the odd higher risk trade made for my pension, you can get that for either a smallish one off fee, or signing up for a service from Utility Warehouse. For details on either way of making sure you always see my updates first mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "mail service" in the subject line.
** Two Newer Spreadfirms I Use
It is hard to find a firm that does prices on the very small companies but this company does:
http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader
It does spreads on smaller ones other companies don't like Xeros so worth having an account for that, been using it for a while and very happy so far. They also have an Ipad offer at the moment which is on that link.
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If you like to trade the FTSE, Dow, or currencies then Spreado has an outstanding tight 0.8 spread - that is incredibly tight. The platform is very good and robust and have used it to great satisfaction and profits.
You can sign up at this link which includes a decent market commentary:
http://www.spreadco.com/nakedtrader
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I also use IG's spreadbetting service too along with other firms. Great execution of trades and nice trailing stops which to me is a pretty sensible way of trading. Also with this link there is an excellent education programme and it offers the biggest range of smaller shares.
http://www.ig.com/nakedtrader
As usual before opening accounts please read all the warnings on the sites. You can lose a lot of money if you're not careful so pay close attention to them and make sure you always understand what you are doing and what your potential losses are.
Capital Spreads offer
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You get to sell great broadband, phone packages and energy to friends, relatives, contacts and anyone else you find and you get cash for each sale but more importantly you get a cut of their spend EVERY MONTH for as long as they are a customer!
It's called residual income and is a far better way to enjoy a ripe old age than relying on a pension. Because even after you stop selling the money STILL comes in!
I still get paid EVERY MONTH for sales I made back in 1999! Every time a customer uses broadband or the phone or switches on a light you get paid.
It's a great business and backed by a stock market company (Telecom Plus), a dedicated team of advisors.. and me to help you on your way!
Not only do you get paid out every month for each customer you can take on distributors. encourage them like I do and get paid on their sales as well.
One day, say you could made redundant, needed a year off or wanted to retire early can you imagine what joy it is to have the regular income coming in. It's wonderful.
You have to work at it, but if you do genuine repeat wealth could be yours. I did it. You can too. For full details, why not email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com.
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Trade tables follow! Trades are current open and recently closed trades. Closed trades feature the closing price and the amount I won or lost. All others are open. Trades get updated a little later than the narrative. Trading costs are ignored, however I also do not add in dividend payments and with the kinds of companies I buy, dividends tend to equal or outweigh costs. Spread rollovers ignored for web purposes. Tables as accurate as poss however a mistake or two can creep in and very occasionally if I forgot I sold or bought something it will be added at a later time. Trades first reported in the diary under Markets every other Thursday afternoon.