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Land... they don't make it anymore

Its with some reluctance that I offer this advice, since my positions on Dubai are long... but anyway unless you're a huge market maker it won't affect the index that much! Short Emaar, Deyaar and Nakheel shares. Those 3 are the biggest developers in Dubai.

It could be even worse. What if I just tell you random stocks which I want to take a punt on, let you take all the risk and then either get 20% or cheese it when you go into the red? Go long on Marstons btw. Send me my cheque for 20% whenever you want :D

TBH at this point I have nothing to lose... Im in for the next 3-5 year period. Average break-even point 56p (10k shares). Big, big mistake. Oh well, live and learn. I'm sure that the London banking industry is set for collapse. Thank god the rest of my portfolio is in oil, hedged with...

Hmm what are the chances that the big institutional shareholders will try and stump up the £5bn to prevent wholesale nationalisation? Do you reckon its worth them paying for the options rather than allowing all their shares to basically go down the toilet once HMT controls the bank in full?

Its looking bloody likely. My mark to market is pretty awful atm... certainly looks like a huge loss for the books is imminent if Brown decides to grab the entire company.

Good morning and greetings I've been trading for the past 6 months on a very amateur basis (long trades only, planning to hold them for 3-5 years) on BARX. Im now looking to start scraping the profits off some long hold shares and playing the day game with them. Lets see how this goes...