http://www.dealingshares.comBegan as a diary of my own personal experiences of trading, but it has now developed to include a collection of useful resources and news.Copyright 2005 - 2008 dealingshares.com. All rights reserved.Before I say anything, let me say this, I am not offering any kind of share tipping advice or guidance. I am not qualified or regulated to give such advice. Even if I was, you'd be a fool to listen, ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=15Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTI think the title is a good summary of my retail shares experiment! To be fair, I did have a 100% success rate with my stock selections Christmas performance however, I learned an important lesson, ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=16Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTI took a bit hit today and it really hurts. I recently noticed Barclays share of the week 'Tate & Lyle'. I read up on tip and it all looked good, I check the ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=17Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTToday was a disaster of epic proportions. In the morning I noticed the FTSE was taking a hammering, all my stocks were down. Rather than just be sad I decided to take positive action and ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=18Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe damage inflicted to my portfolio yesterday and today has now begun to sink in, I've lost between 6-7%. I've bailed on a couple of holdings but the rest I've held on to.http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=19Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT5th March 2007 It appears that the dust only settled because we were in the eye of the storm, the onslaught on the FTSE and global stocks continues.http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=20Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTHas the dust really setled now? I am certainly more cautious this time.Footsie performed well today, maybe I shouldnt have bailed on Xstrata after holdingthem for less than 24 ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=21Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe remainder of the week went very well; I can't believe I was actually able to bail from Party Poker at a small profit. I'm not saying that PRTY will not continue to climb to much better things ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=22Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTUS markets spooked the footsie big time today, please dont be another big correction. Despite this major blow, i managed to bail on another stock I was holding (cadburys). ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=23Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTDown we go again, "concerns about the US economy and mortgage industry" caused another major European sell off. Ironicly It looks to me like the Footsie took a bigger hit than The Dow Jones.http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=24Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTAfter the recent roller coasters caused by issues in China and USA I have been keeping my head down and keeping my nose clean.Would you believe at this point my portfolio has recovered all the ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=25Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTI'm feeling kinda lost at the moment, I just don’t know what shares to invest in. My old favorites are losing steam. I seem to have moved most of my holdings to funds.My China funds are doing well, ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=26Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTYesterday was a long term high for the FTSE and so today lots of investors took profits, this means that they sold stocks they had made money with.Unfortunately, my year hasnt been great so far and ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=27Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe markets in China wobbled again today and it was the last thing I needed right now and so I decided to go flat (sell all my stocks).I have kept my funds because I intend to keep them for the ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=28Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTToday I took a long look at my dealings since I started this website, and frankly it was disappointing.Since I started dealing January the value of my portfolio is roughly where it was 5 months ago, ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=29Tue, 08 May 2007 19:33:00 GMTChina stocks risebut not without riskI'm still 'going flat' in terms of shares, however I'm still holding a ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=30Tue, 15 May 2007 22:42:00 GMTSince beeing spooked by a market wobble in April I'm not held any shares, just funds. However, the stocks on my watchlist have been doing really well and so I've been tempted back in.I've took some ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=31Mon, 21 May 2007 20:25:00 GMTIs there gold in them there hills?My previous share deals were going OK, but as usual a spanner fell into the works. The FTSE has had a torrid few days, most ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=32Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:51:00 GMTToday was a good day for the FTSE, good gains all round. I've been watching Home Retail Group (HOME) for a while, they released figures today that despite being cautious I thought were quite ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=33Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:56:00 GMTOnce again just when I thought things were going smoothly it turns out to be another roller coaster ride. Luckily I am getting used to this situation now and I am less inclinded to panic.The FTSE ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=34Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:47:00 GMTTESCO is a registered trademark Tesco has me in a pickle at the moment, it ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=35Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:15:00 GMTOver the past week the stock market sneaked up and bit me on the a*se. If you read my previous post you’ll know that this is becoming a regular event, however this time was particularly painful and ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=36Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:09:00 GMTThe one consolation I have regarding the recent stock market turmoil is that I am not online, I’m sure many other investors are puking into their waste bins.OK, I’ve took a bit hit, even though I’d ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=37Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:26:00 GMTWow, so much has happened since my last post, I’ve only just caught my breath. Well the banking turmoil is continuing but recently took an amazing twist.If I may quote my last post: “I might just ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=38Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:26:00 GMTSorry for the long delay but today seemed like a good time to conclude this project. The markets are in turmoil again and the feds have slashed the interest rates.Luckily for me, I’d already taken ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=39Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:37:00 GMTI ‘m sure I did the right thing, I sold all my holdings justbefore the start of 2008 and since then the markets have been very grim. Have Iany regrets? You bet I sold a chunk of gold at the ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=40Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:32:00 GMTI’m still out of the markets, which is a good thing because theydon’t seem to be reacting the way I would have predicted. With the current UK economicworries I would have expected the ...(more)http://www.dealingshares.com/article.aspx?art=41Sat, 17 May 2008 22:32:00 GMT