Recent content by Simon Gordon

These are the best hypnosis CD's I've found so far: Amazon.co.uk: "Hypnotic Centering" They are not foucsed on the markets but are excellent for centering. Good fortune.

You’re trading future utility and you’re trying to figure out how to anticipate the anticipators. 90% of the people in this business eventually lose money. You learn to ski by skiing. You learn to trade by trading. If Buffett can’t understand a business he has no way to measure its quality or...

Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing. It is Buffett's emotional balance that, ultimately, gives him the objectivity that elevates and sustains his unusual approach to capital management above the average. Buffett also protects himself from anxiety by employing very little debt in his...

The stock market offers direct, quantitative confirmation of exactly how much of a loser you are. From: Dumb Money, Adventures of a Day Trader by J. Anuff and G. Wolf

Nature's way is simple and easy but men prefer the intricate and artifical. Lau Tzu

Excellent article on VN: http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/funds/supermodels/10249654.html

Worth a visit for the market insight: http://www.dailyspeculations.com

Peer comparisions: MER - 12/06 EPS - 13.46 P/E - £2.68 = 19.91 CNT - 08/06 EPS - 43.28 P/E - £7.45 = 17.21 INSP - 12/06 EPS - 10.03 P/E - £1.50 = 14.95 ERG - 12/06 EPS - 21 P/E - £2.98 = 14.19 I personally think ERG are now better positioned in offering a fully intergrated property...

Buy high, Sell higher.

I don't trade for excitement; I trade to win. Larry Hite

If you are unsure about position, just get out. I have to believe a trade has at least a 75 per cent chance of being right or else I won't put it on. You need to select a market that fits your personality because a market is a reflection of the people who trade it. It is not return that...

Hagadol - I thank you once again for this post. The first 30 minutes from the August talk are priceless.

Trading is not about buying into companies. Trading is about making money. One of the biggest mistakes most investors make is believeing they've always got to be doing something....the trick in investing is not to lose money....the losses will kill you. They ruin your compounding rate; and...

Hagadol - I thank you for this brilliant link. I plan to listen to it many times.

I have sold my shares as when I did my research I understood that if they settled with the NHS the SFO case would probably be dropped. This looks unlikely and so it becomes more like a coin-flip speculation -even though the value is tempting. Good fortune!