Sunday 6 December 2009

My Stock Picks For 2010

Here are some of the stocks that i am predicting that could outperform in 2010.

Always remember to do your own research before you part from your hard earned money.
Your money is at risk, don't take these as guaranteed targets. It is only of my opinion.
Also take note company review & recomendation can change from this date to say a month later or year later
Software (SRT) 10p ................................target 25p

Nyota Minerals (NYO) 7.5p ...........................target 20p

Matra Petroleum (MTA) 3.55p ...........................target 8p

Plus Markets (PMK) 5.75p .............................target 25p

3 I Group (III) £2.75 ..............................target £4.50

Bahamas Petroleum (BPC) 4.4p.............target 50p

some wild gambles that could multibag or could potentially go bust

Sareum (SAR) 0.40p

Solo Oil (SOLO) 0.525p

Herenica (HER) 0.56p

Tricor (TRIC) 0.06P

Wednesday 2 December 2009

The Bermuda Triangle

Truth Or Myth


The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared or are alleged to have disappeared. Some people have claimed that these disappearances fall beyond the boundaries of human error or acts of nature. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Though a substantial body of documentation exists showing numerous incidents to have been inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors, and numerous official agencies have gone on record as stating the number and nature of disappearances to be similar to any other area of ocean, many have remained unexplained despite considerable investigation.




The Triangle area
The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezoid covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean island area and the Atlantic east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico. The more familiar, triangular boundary in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.



The area is one of the most heavily-sailed shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean and South America from points north.




The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its current of five to six knots may have played a part in a number of disappearances. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall hurricanes strike the area. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace – especially before improved telecommunications, radar and satellite technology arrived late in the 20th century.


INFO FROM WWW

Thursday 26 November 2009

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Scrambled Films - Can You Guess Them

Can You Guess These Films

STORY TWO LOVE NINETEEN A FORTY

DIKHANA ZAMANE HAI KO

SE PYAR HAI KISI HOTA JAB

LE DILWALE JAYENGE DULHANIYA

GAGAN MEIN KI CHHAON DOOR

KO HO GAYA SE RAJA PYAR RANI

GAMBLER THE GREAT

DADHI NAAM BADHTI KA

MARNA ISHQ ISHQ MEIN MEIN JEENA

MILAN GAATE GEET RAHENGE KE

JANE BEDARD KYA ZAMANA

PAAP DOONGA RAAKH KAR KAR KO JALA

LOG DHANDHA GOREY KALA

GULAM AUR BIWI SAHEB

AAG KAB BUJHEGI YEH

DHAGON KA KACHCHEY BANDHAN

RANI KA HASINO RAJA CHORON KI

MAA KI SAMPOORNA MAHIMA SANTOSHI

KRISHNA RAMA HARE HARE

TAK SE QAYAMAT QAYAMAT

LOONGA KASAM BADLA MAA

KE REHTE AAP MEIN HUM HAIN DIL

Thursday 12 March 2009

Celebrities Who Lost A Fortune

This info courtesy of www

Shane Ritchie
Shane Ritchie may be a famous star on the TV screen but don’t expect to see him splashing his cash on expensive furniture or buying everyone a drink at the pub.
Despite the rumoured £200,000 wage packet during his time at Eastenders, the lovable Alfie Moon faced arrears on the £8,000 a month mortgage of his £2million mansion. Ritchie had to sell his dream home to avoid bankruptcy and clear up his debts.
The TV star bought the house complete with a pool and cinema in 1996 for £400,000, but had to remortgage five times over the years running up £500,000 in debt after his career nosedived. Returning to our TV screens as the lovable Alfie Moon, he used his new income to splurge £250,000 in a 40th birthday party and fund a movie called Shoreditch starring Joely Richardson.
“I bankrolled it to the tune of half a million,” he says. “Every penny I had went into it. Last summer my car was repossessed. I could not pay the mortgage for a year and bailiffs were threatening to come round over a £2,000 bill.”
His friends helped him clear up his immediate debts and will no doubt be expecting to see their cash returned now Ritchie is back in the money.

Marvin Gaye
Born April 2, 1939(1939-04-02)
Washington, D.C.,
United States
Died April 1, 1984 (aged 44)
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)",
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine",
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough",
"Sexual Healing"
Motown genius Marvin Gaye didn't just lose his millions to the taxman; he also lost them to a costly divorce (despite having offered his ex-wife the profits of a specially recorded album entitled Here, My Dear) and the rest was spent on a much publicised drug addiction. He was made bankrupt in 1979 and suffered the humility of living in a bread van while planning his 1982 comeback. Despite the grim circumstances, Gaye managed to pen one of his biggest hits, Sexual Healing, before tragically being shot dead by his own father, two years later.

George Best
Former footballer, George Best, lived his life surrounded by women, gambling, fast cars and alcohol.
At the height of his career, Best was taking home £3,500 a week while the average footballer would bring home £75. But the large wage packet and the alcohol fuelled lifestyle failed to support the footballer and his life and health.
He took up gambling after he gave up football, claiming that it was his way of filling the void in his life. In November 1982, George was declared bankrupt, owing creditors £22,000. His most famous comment on his lifestyle was, “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”


MC Hammer
For a while in the early 90s, MC Hammer had it all. In the hip-hop game, Hammer quite literally wore the trousers. But even a hit as big as U Can't Touch This couldn't fund a lavish and generous lifestyle forever. He managed to squander $33 million in just five years, filing for bankruptcy in 1996 owing $13.7 million with only $9.6 million in assets. In his court hearing, Hammer listed debts including a $500,000 loan from Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders and $100,000 owed to an interior decorator whose business went bust after the rapper didn't pay. We're guessing that's who was responsible for famously installing a dishwasher in the rapper's bedroom, alongside a gold and marble Jacuzzi (surely he could've just bunged the dishes in there to save money?).


TLC
The singing trio had great commercial success, and had one album that sold over 11 million copies. Unfortunately the millions they made from their records and touring weren’t enough to make up for their other huge bills. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in an alcohol induced rage set her boyfriend’s house on fire, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins had huge medical bills because of her sickle cell anemia, and their record deal wasn’t very favorable to them. All of that meant that they were forced to declare bankruptcy. The band never fully recovered, and on the eve of the release of their fourth album, Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras.


Michael Jackson
For Michael Jackson, though, it looks like Pop goes the King. Jackson's chained to a $200 million millstone of debt, says a California lawsuit, and he's reportedly trying to stave off bankruptcy, scraping by on a million bucks a month. Don't let retirement sneak up on you.
Michael's meltdown started to show when his parents, Joe and Katherine, filed for bankruptcy, claiming debts of $45 million and assets of around $400,000.
The Jackson kids Tito, Jermaine, Randy and Rebbie also went bust, but Michael and his songbird sisters Janet and LaToya did nothing, saying they had no part of the family firm.
Others say the King of Pop couldn't help anyway. "Michael Jackson is a ticking financial time bomb, waiting to explode at any moment," says a lawsuit that seeks to freeze Jackson's Neverland assets.
The company behind the lawsuit says it arranged $230 million in loans for the singer between 1998 and 2000, and he owes them $12 million. The suit says he used much of the money to refinance earlier loans.
On top of his money woes, the singer faces molestation charges, his records aren't selling the way they used to, and he doesn't want to go home to his Neverland ranch since sheriffs "violated" the place by searching it.

Elton John
Over a 20-month period between 1996 and 1997 Elton John spent $205,774 on flowers alone -- and that's just a smidgen of his spending.
In 1999, the BBC reported that John asked a merchant bank to help him borrow $40 million to pay off his debts. A year later he admitted running up debts more than $2 million a month. His spending sprees were reported to include purchases of classic cars, clothing and jewelry.
John claimed his former accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, misappropriated millions of dollars. He filed suit. But defense lawyers seemed to think John's money problems lay elsewhere.
"I'm not a nest-egg person," said John when defense lawyers questioned his spending habits. "I'm a single man. I like spending my money."
The London Court of Appeals shot down John's lawsuit. The lawsuit cost him an additional $11.8 million in legal fees.


Mike Tyson
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson became a household name during a career which earned him more than £165 million. However, the famous boxer is now longer throwing his money around after being declared bankrupt with debts of more than £70 million.
His luxurious mansions have long since been sold along with his collection of classic cars. The boxing champion now lives in a modest rented home in Phoenix.


Tuesday 10 March 2009

Chelsea Football Club for £1

Buying a football club in 1982
Success in business is all about timing. In 1982 Ken Bates, a self-made millionaire from ready-mix concrete, bought Chelsea Football Club for £1, while taking on debts of £1.5 million.

At the time it wasn't the bargain it now seems. The club was struggling in the second tier of English football, Chelsea finished 18th in 1982/83 and faced becoming homeless as the Stamford Bridge freehold had been sold to property developers.

Football then was a totally different proposition. The game was marred by falling attendances, crumbling facilities and hooliganism. Live TV coverage was in its infancy and merchandising was extremely rudimentary. In short football was a declining industry. But 1982 proved to be the nadir.

The on-field fortunes of Chelsea improved in the 1980s, with the club gaining promotion to the top flight in 1984. Then, after a long legal battle, Ken Bates reunited the Stamford Bridge freehold with the club in 1992 and Chelsea became a founder member of the newly established Premier League.

At the same time football underwent a revolution. Lucrative deals for live TV improved the cash flow of top football clubs, which was often frittered away in players' wages, while facilities were modernised in the wake of the Taylor report and leading clubs were required to have all-seat stadia.

Hooliganism largely disappeared and supporting football became a much more upmarket experience. Football had cachet and the powerful and wealthy wanted to be associated with it.

In 2003, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club in a deal worth £140 million.

The new owner stumped up £80 million to cover the club's debts and also bought a controlling interest in Chelsea Village, which owns the football club. Twenty-one years after purchasing Chelsea for £1, Bates made a £17 million profit on his investment.

info courtesy worldwideweb

Monday 9 March 2009

Things Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy Have In Common

Fascinating Or Weird

Abraham Lincoln ....................................... John F. Kennedy



This might seem like a coincidence but I dare say, coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge. Here are weird and fascinating facts that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy have in common both in their lives and in their deaths.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

Abraham Lincoln won his presidential election in 1860
John F Kennedy’s won his presidential election in 1960

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on “Friday” and; was shot in the head
John F Kennedy’s was also assassinated on “Friday” and; was shot in the head

Lincoln’s assassin was “John Wilkes Booth” and he had a 3 word name with 15 letters
John F Kennedy’s alleged assassin was “Lee Harvey Oswald” with 3 words and 15 letters

John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed before being indicted or tried.
Lee Harvey Oswald was also shot and killed before he could be indicted or tried.

Abraham Lincoln was shot in the “Ford’s Theatre”
John F Kennedy’s was shot in a car made by “Ford Motors”

Abraham Lincoln’s wife was with him when he was shot
John F Kennedy’s wife was also with him at the time he was shot

Abraham Lincoln successor was by Vice-President Johnson (Andrew Johnson)
John F Kennedy’s successor was also named Vice-President Johnson (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Andrew Johnson was born on Thursday December 29 1808
Lyndon B Johnson was born on Thursday August 27 1908

Both names Lincoln and kennedy both have 7 letters in them

Lincoln and kennedy were also the only two US presidents to try and get the government to print its own money and put it into circulation without charging interest on it. Coincidently of course they were both assasinated!

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre.


info gathered from various source from www

Thursday 26 February 2009

Spanish Omelette





How does one make an omelette.


This is the way i make it




Asparagus Spanish Omelette

Ingredients
1 medium onion; chopped finely
8 small new potatoes; boiled and sliced
8 asparagus shoots; cut into 3 inch pieces and blanched
1 tablespoons olive oil
5 eggs; beaten
salt and black pepper to taste

Method
1. Heat the oil in a 8 inch frying pan, fry the onions until soft.
2. Add the potatoes and stir fry for a few minutes, until the potatoes are completed coated with oil, and begining to turn brown, now the asparagus, stir well.
3. Turn down the heat and add the beaten eggs; cover the pan with a lid, and leave for about 15 minutes, making sure that the heat is very low.
4. Carefully invert onto a plate and put back into the pan, cook for a 2-3 minutes.


try this recipe too


Ham and cheese omelette

Ingredients
Quarter of a small Onion (diced or sliced)

Ham (small squares)
Cheese (grated)

1 chillie
half of Fresh Tomato (diced)
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 eggs; beaten
salt and pepper to taste

A pinch of Garam Masala

Method

1. Mix all ingredients with the eggs, but not the cheese
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
3. Add the egg mix in the pan.
4. When ready toss the egg over.
5. Sprinkle the cheese over the egg.

6. Fold the egg in half as the cheese melts
7. Ready to serve with chips


hmmm absolutely delicious

Monday 23 February 2009

Famous Quotes

Some Of My Favourite Quotes


You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X



He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Abraham Lincoln



Don't criticize what you don't understand.
You never walked in that man's shoes.
Elvis Presley



Only God Can Judge Me
quote taken from the bible, also linked to Tupac Shakur


History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Sir Winston Churchill



The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King




I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Pablo Picasso

Saturday 14 February 2009

Some Of My Favourite Sharabi Songs From Hindi Films

Here is a a list of a few sharabi songs from hindi films which i class as some of my all time greats

1. Zindagi Guzarne Keliye Koi Saathi Chaye - Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka 1975 - Mohd Rafi
This has to be one of my all time favourites, the video can be found on youtube, an angry Dharmendra drinking a bottle of whiskey when he finds out that he has been betrayed by his lover.


2. Thori Si Jo Peeli Hai Chori Toh Nahi Pee - Namak Halal 1982 - Kishore Kumar
Another classic, i can really picturize myself in Amitabh Bachchan's role, very chirpy happy and tipsy with the girls. yes that is girls girls girls and more girls

3. Yeh Jo Halka Halka Saroor Hai - Souten Ki Beti 1989 - Kishore Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal
Jeetendra here feeling a bit of a sharabi romance mood

4. Mujhe Peene Ka Shoukh Nahin Hai - Coolie 1983 - Shabbir Kumar & Alka Yagnik
This song is very sad and the pain can be felt through the expressive lyrics, Rishi as always great acting with Rati

5. Chal Chal Mere Bhai - Naseeb 1980 - Mohd Rafi & Amitabh Bachchan
Always a classic to listen to this one, elder brother drunk and younger brother just looking out for him. never get bored with this one.

Monday 9 February 2009

UK Shares Recomendation

Hello friends, i'm back afer 2 months on vacation.


My stock recommendations for 2009

WARNING - IMPORTANT NOTICE : this is only my opinion, there is no guarantee that any of these shares will rise. They could fall sharply. Do your own research. Do not risk your hard earned money.

What do i think should outperform in 2009-2010.


TANFIELD GROUP (TAN.L)

This company will reap the royalties from the manufacture of Electric Cars. A contract with Ford to release electric vehicles in 2010 looks very attractive. A great opportunity is there to sign new contracts with other car manufacturers too. I think this should send the share price higher towards the later part of 2009 if the world economys show any sign of recovering. At the moment the sale of cars have plummeted which i think is another negative factor why share price is low.

the share price was 6.5p as of 5th feb 2009


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DSG INTERNATIONAL (DSGI.L)

The owners of Currys & PC World looks like a stock that has fallen too low in my opinion. It has bounced off its lows of 10p and now stands at an over 100% gain of 22p. I think this might go down slightly because of profit taking. I'm looking for a recovery from easter onwards.
This stock used to be around the £2 mark a few years ago. I can see this edging towards 50p near christmas.

Share price 22p as of 5th feb 2009


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LOMBARD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (LMT)

A speculative recommendation of mine, i've read good things happening with this company. I've placed a small punt on this at 1.75p.


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PETROCELTIC INTERNATIONAL PLC (PCI)

This gas exploration company has qualified for a licence to commence drilling soon in North Africa, Algeria. It has major financial backing from Spanish energy firm Iberdola. It claims that it is sitting on massive volumes of gas.
At 3.90p i could see this going up above 10p as soon as you can smell gas