Antofagasta Share Discussion Threads

[chinese investor] 31/7/2017 07:42

£10 Imminent !

[chinese investor] 25/7/2017 15:47

£10 Soon !

[sir buns up knealing] 20/6/2017 11:23

Good level to buy right now in the 770s.

IMHO,

SBK

[sir buns up knealing] 17/5/2017 18:39

ANTO still strong at 8 quid despite a lacklustre copper price and not too good recent China figures.

One good reason is that its a reasonably safe haven from the Trump driven turmoil.

However, if the $ continues to be pressured this may weigh on ANTO earnings and the share price going forward.

IMHO,

SBK

[soi] 15/5/2017 13:18

Nicksoj

If you say so, maybe it will but currently it is 795. just 145 away from your target.

Plenty of money to be made from trading it long and short

GL

soi

[jackdawsson] 07/5/2017 21:56

Nick,

Yes, 650 may be inevitable later, mindful that there's also a gap at circa 641.50 from about 9th Nov. But the timing of such a down move is far from a sure thing. - GL.

[nicksoj] 05/5/2017 13:46

Goldman want it. The shorties want it. Dead cat bounce. 650 is inevitable. Imo dyor

[nick100] 04/5/2017 17:29

LIVE FUTURES REPORT: Base metals prices under pressure, LME copper and nickel fall further

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange fell across the board again on Thursday May 4, remaining under pressure after a significant sell-off on Wednesday when they dropped 2.2% on average.

The three-month copper price has fallen $259 per tonne over the last two days to below $5,600 per tonne, roiled by a 25% increase in stocks over that period. Nickel fell at its lowest since June 2016 due to a two-day decline of $500 per tonne, which reflects easing supply concerns after Philippine lawmakers rejected the appointment of Gina Lopez as Environment Secretary. Aluminium, zinc, lead and tin suffered smaller declines. Copper drops below $5,600/t • The three-month copper price fell $57 to close at $5,543 per tonne.

[nicksoj] 03/5/2017 15:00

DRAINAAAGEDRAINAAAAAAGE DRAINAAAAAAAAAAGE...

[sir buns up knealing] 03/5/2017 10:30

Hi Eadwig,

Traducing is a hobby of mine. I have been exercising it on the Barcplus site recently with regards to the codswallop link put up by Philip Reid on the iii Barc board yesterday. What a plank!

IMHO,

SBK

[nicksoj] 03/5/2017 09:52

As Daniel Plainview once said."I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE" Best wishes allImho dyor

[eadwig] 28/4/2017 06:38

What does "traducing" mean?

[doug stamper] 26/4/2017 13:34

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

[sir buns up knealing] 25/4/2017 19:46

Memo to self: open short at 850 if seen before ex div.

IMHO,

SBK

[jackdawsson] 17/4/2017 09:50

Hi SBK,

Thanks. I've transmitted your latest post to BARC's BB. IMO, this seems the best way forward, not least as it also leaves open any new entrants joining in easily.

By the by, glad you're continuing with the Comp for a while longer. Not that I mind anyone retiring of course... just preferably not immediately after they've finished well ahead of me!

However, after I reclaim the Comp title, everyone's retirement without exception will receive huge encouragement from me personally. ;o) - Regards & GL.

[sir buns up knealing] 17/4/2017 08:24

Seriously guys...

I am amazed and heartened by the up swelling of support for me. Even from Teesside Tintin!

So,

1. I confirm that I acquiesce to the entreaties, pleas and begging for me to continue in the Barc COMP.

2. I would NOT wish to see the COMP move to another site. This would be disruptive to many other competitors. The iii Barc board is very good as is the iii format. I would like things to stay just as worthy so that those new to playing the markets can find the Barc and Anto boards and learn from their experienced contributors and fantastic top 4 BARC COMP players. Very many of the other boards are poor and humourless with peeps just talking their own book up or exercising their fantasies.

3. The simple solution to all this nonsense is for me to henceforward post my COMP entries on the Barcplus board where so many of my cronies are already present and there are fewer people to annoy me. I also want somewhere with a reasonable population to impart my valuable observations about spreadbetting on and how it has made me fabulously rich in only 9 months.

4. I'll probably only visit this ADVFN ANTO board when I feel the need to swear a lot.

5. Regarding the Barcplus site...I'm already there! I just hope they don't gang up on me there too?

Regards and thanks to all.

IMHO,

SBK

[soi] 16/4/2017 16:37

Hi

SBK

Sometimes difficult to tell when you are being serious but I`d like to see you continue in the Comp.
As you are still not able to post on iii yourself, both Jack and myself are prepared to do so.
If it makes things easier for you, I can even ask Gold if an entry posted here within time can be accepted as an entry, even if not copy/posted on to iii within time limit.

I would certainly have no objections.
He is the Comp runner so his decision of course.

ciao.

soi

[jackdawsson] 16/4/2017 14:59

Hi SBK,

Thanks for the kind words & your comment posted on iii. Personally, I hope you reconsider. Really no problem here posting your weekly Comp entries for as long as I also participate. If I'm at my desk, what does it cost me to do your entry when I do mine? An extra few seconds. Not an issue.

So I've gone against your wishes & posted your entry, but I'd obviously delete it if on reflection you really insist on leaving the Comp party for good by Monday's deadline.

Considering your well-earned close runner-up place in season 11, I really think you should try & go one better next time. ;o) I'm sure we all enjoy the challenge, including Soi. An added challenge for Soi is winning back-to-back titles, something only Mcn & I have attained.

So let's look forward to another hopefully exciting Comp season in a world that looks increasingly set for a major collision course on a global scale, probably sooner than later. Some seriously worrying times ahead for most of us. - All the best!

[sir buns up knealing] 16/4/2017 14:01

Jack,

If you are about, I would be grateful if you would post this message to all my friends on the Barc BB. Thanks for everything. I won't bother you again.

Regards,

SBK


A FAREWELL FROM THE TRUE WINNER OF SEASON 11

Sadly, it is time for me to hang up my racing helmet and withdraw from the COMP. I can no longer expect Jack Dawsson to ferry my entries from ADVFN and causing him the tedium of having to go and log on there. It is a lonely sort of place, as I was saying to myself only the other day.

Jack has been a brilliant mate for doing this for the past 3 months. This help was a surprise to me as I didn’t like the bloke when he regularly won the COMP but I have warmed to him since he became an absolute loser in this regard. Soi also put my entry in one week I think, which reminds me that I should go back and check that it was the right number.

Damps, Eadwig, Jack and soi have all been visiting me in my ADVFN cave which has been very nice of them. Though I suppose this could also be down to their spying on my view of the markets to discern how I was going to jump next in the Barc COMP?

Alas, there seems to be no prospect of my iii ban being lifted. This is disappointing as I was guilty only of abusing politicians, not other individual posters, nor did I use bad language. I suspect the real reason for my ostracization is that some posters on the boards complained that I was too clever and always right about every subject and this made them feel inadequate and fearful of contributing themselves?

I can only put my banishment down to being another atrocity in the barbarian times in which we live. Or maybe I’ll be philosophical and just repeat the Groucho Marx saying: “I wouldn’t want to join any club that would have me as a member!”

It was suggested to me that I should get a friend to set up another avatar on my behalf. However, all of my circle are professional people such as lawyers, MPs, journalists and estate agents and I could not of course expect any of them to lie. I had an idea that I could lessen the burden on Jack by posting my COMP entries once a month, retrospectively, but I suspect that some of the more cynical contestants would object to this.

Finally, as regard to the last season COMP result. I have no complaint or excuses about this fake news. Other than it closed on the unlucky 13th during an aberrational 4 day week. And soi always made his choices wearing a saffron garland around his neck and holding a lucky Buddha charm in his left hand. Not that I would ever accuse him of underhand behaviour, despite the rumour that he always takes 2 packs of cards to any ex pat Whist Drive and that he even cheats at Solitaire. The thing is I did not take much notice of him this season as he was always so bad at the COMP. But all of a sudden he sneaked up on me, knowing that I was the Daddy, and somehow got slightly ahead, then never let go of my ankles, like a terrier, stopping me from zooming ahead.

I was leading most of the last COMP week, in the end neither of us got a point. He had tried to help SAG get into 2nd place by sidling up to him, knowing that I would have to move a good few places away from them both. I actually wanted 213 but this area was blocked by soi lackeys taking up extra space with entries with bizzare fractional endings.

Ironically, it was Pat who nearly became the runner up because he had a silly extra half point tucked away. Fortunately Eadwig managed to pip him at the end by a whole 0.02%. I am grateful for this because it would have been shameful if I had been beaten by someone like Pat who is so atrocious at spelling.

Despite all of the above, it was indeed the best ever COMP race only marred by the final “result”. To which I would argue that due to my remoteness from being able to choose my entries at a time convenient to me I should be awarded a 10 point bonus. This puts me a clear one point ahead of soi.

So, in light of this I offer my victory song, so much more uplifting than those soi dirges (though the Bangkok gals were OK):




So, farewell and good luck to all. I know that this will mean that the COMP will now lose all value and I do empathize with all my former competitors at their loss.

IMHO,

SBK

P.S. if I were playing this week my entry would be 219.25.

[ih_367596] 13/4/2017 16:58

Sir Buns ,
Having been reliably informed all chads are in order for the season . The recount request is denied.
Happy Easter .

Gold/bbr391

[sir buns up knealing] 13/4/2017 15:31

BARC COMP SEASON RESULT: I demand a recount!

IMHO,

SBK

[damp seaweed] 12/4/2017 17:47

Hi SBK,
I was also rather disappointed to see ANTO drop with such vigour, having sat with my finger on the 870 sell button for a good few minutes yesterday morning. Unfortunately I had a few FTSE shorts and misc other short positions and so wavered and lost the opportunity. This is were SOI with his blitzkrieg approach seems to so often win through. Sadly I neither have the ability, energy or resources to mount that sort of campaign.
For me, today was most a SOH exercise. I did note that my rather dull lower risk /income based investment seemed to have a rather good day. I think that was due to a risk off' mood in the market. It is way to early to say but maybe the market is getting a bit weary and needs a good summer recess.