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As far I know, the South Americans, specially the Brazilians wanted to go back in. I was not convinced and explained my concerns. As far I know thy never were buying shares, but contacts are not longer active as I am to old to bother any longer, so I am not sure.
I understand the need for dividends but there is no money to pay out, and thy need desperately every dollar thy can lay their hands on.
What concerns Soly ..... as long he sits on his 100 preferred shares he does what he want, period.
Hi RD, I still read from time to time your comments and see that you have also your focus on how unrealistic the dividend policy was and is.
We stepped out some years ago and had plans to re-enter, but fortunately we never have done it.
I wish you all the best, but it looks far from good
sly...... you have it 100% on the right nail.
We have sold all our shares between 12 and 14.5$. Agreed, we could have made more on our years of investing here but we are happy with what we have made.
We have set a re-entry point but the PPS is still far away from it, it closes slowly our target and we have time on our side.
RD ...... and to put it mildly, cash is were the danger is for Solomon.
I do understand what you mean but sometimes there is no other option.
I sold all shares two years ago, and except a couple of trades I kept away.
I started accumulating again mid August at .75 and gradually added shares.
For those who are wondering ( there seems to be a couple who are worried ) Jan 4 is still a ANY investor, I never left. There is more, a lot of old Fle.... investors are also large investors in our small company, thy entered mid April on bottom PPS and have as far I know, no intention to sell below 12.5$.
A other point, our Dutch friends seems to be is good shape with selling V3.
I am still alive but to old to answer all the mails, hopefully this keep you all at rest.
Hi Itsokey, thanks for the good information from far away.
Atlanta 1, Just now we started to be in overdrive on buying, the good news start to come in. Yes let more news come in, on this PPS we are buying more, but I am afraid, this opportunity will end soon.
Who ever the sellers are, reading the reactions from the Belgians true their local boards we seems to be buyers. Some of my old friends who were standing on the sideline until a couple of weeks ago are now active shareholders, somebody mentioned just this morning “ a unbelievable opportunity “ and those words are based on what he found during his homework.
I read about restrictions on buy orders, or better, buy orders who are not accepted or executed. I got no problems with a rather large buy order yesterday at 5$. Also a new investor ( friend of mine ) got no problems at 5.25.
Itsokey, I really like your story, even simple told ( or written ) nicely presented.
And yes, reading it and thinking it over, there is a lot of truth in it.
No, I am not Dutch but we are using the same linguae.
As for the good old viking, thanks for your words and wishes, give a sign when/if in Brussels.
To all of you on this board and especially to some very close friends and Sphere investors from Canada, Australia and the US, a ‘ Merry Christmas ‘ and a happy new year.
Those wishes are extended to some good hidden friends and Ihub readers from Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Shanghai ( yes folks, we have investors/friends there also ), and for those of my home turf in Flemish ‘ Zalig kerstmis ‘
Funny talking about brokers and their deals. A couple of hr’s ago a scandal broke out about the deals of one of the largest Benelux brokers who takes profit from his client orders in their advantage first. Let it be this broker who needed 6 months to transfer 15000 Canadian ANY shares to a other account.
Silverline, as far my knowledge you are right, what ever happens ..... is a brokers problem.
Failure to deliver has no consequence for shares you hold in any account, as soon you have a certificate of ownership, it are your shares. Failure is a problem between broker and his client who has shares lend or lended to him ( and this is sometimes misunderstood ). It can bring a broker in problems but you never sees it, a smoke screen goes up.
I am sure that some here shall remember the ‘ Harbin Electric ‘ story. In short : this China company was driven down from 16$ to 6$ in one session by shorts ( orchestrated ). A couple of day’s later the company announced to ‘ going private ‘ at ........ 24$, thy have done it. Of course there were problems, but only intern by brokerage houses.
I notice on this board people familiar with KNDI, for those, you my remember what happened 2 years ago. As far I know the game started with 3M naked shares, those shares were taken out already a couple of day’s later.
A broker can find many excuses to ‘hold’ your shares or ‘halt’ to transfer them to a other account. There are a lot of fairy tales as protecting your shares with a sell order, try it out and you my find some surprises.
The broker I am working with has changed my OVRL shares already last Friday, some of my countrymen received a message from their broker with lame excuses why their shares are still not changed.
Your statement is 100% correct, but this is how it was done in the ‘ old day’s ‘ in a holding structure, and it still works.
Correct. On the other hand he owns always the control with his 70 pref. shares.
I received a warning from the administrator that if I write in a other language, a translation in English is obligatory, message received.
I am at a loss were it concerns the shorts game, sure if there is naked shorting. Over the weekend I was talking with two notorious shorts, thy know that I have my opinion about shorting, and respect it.
Our talks were mainly about a other company what has my renewed interest, but the Overland merger came in the talks.
In short, those people would never short ANY, simple reason, the small free float, naked short is according them possible, but thy doubt it. So according them shorting here is not done by normal shorts all taken in consideration.
OVRL is a other story, thy understand the historical game, and are sure there are still shorts out there, but not in the normal way. I was asked or I received a ‘proxy’ true my broker, and the lights witch was turned on.
A little wile after my words were published, a funny game with OVRL started in front of us.,
I know Struftepete, I know, but sometimes it upsets to find this kind of manipulation.
I have some good relations with known short’s and thy are also lost, and I can assure you that thy are following this story.
Young streamingeagle, both my stinks at 7.75 ( 1000 ) and 7.5 (2500 ) are filled yesterday. Surprised that it was going so deep down. It was fun, on the other hand, the pocket money is spend.
Someone have to take over with stink’s. I stay on the sideline again, see you later gents.
Good old viking, I understand that you are going in OVRL with your stink’s given discount there. I think it is fun directly ANY, I join the fun with stramingeagle as a partner in crime.
I still have some pocked money, I am following on stink bid’s inmy case directly to ANY.
Perhaps funny, but I really like that yes/no game play, it has allowed me to collect some more shares in my accounts.
Placing some stink bids had a funny observation as a result. I am following bid/ask and relevant volumes in detail. I placed a order at 5.25 some time ago, this order is executed but in parts and pieces and sometime diving under the given 5.25 target, I wonder therefore or the figures we see on the screen are correct and not manipulated.
Retail investors are many times used as cannon meat and am sure that even here this game is played out, I wonder how many retailers were dropping the towel in the ring.
O, there are some orders, but thy don’t like to takel them.
Jockinmikeg, I was just reading your comments and I fully agree with the answer from our struftepete. There is no question, some longs are selling off as there is no news, and in my opinion there shall be no news until the merger with Overland is a fact.
I am not that naive and I realize that behind the curtains greater interests are coming in the game, the poker play were every party plays his cards. The world is like the jungle, or better, a lake, small fish are eaten every day by bigger ones.
I understand very well what you are saying, but it is not that simple as you think.
Of course this stock can go 300% in a week, I am old enough to know this.
As for your last remark, self-interest, of course you are right, but there are a lot of other factors come in play also.
viking, here we go, breaking a long silence.
Petrejus is correct, there are a lot of people in my circles asking questions about SIAF, sure, after the loan announcement. Also, there were a lot of debates going on in the past week, even to my surprise, from unsuspected corners of the globe.
Most contacts in my network are watching very closely and with renewed interest, some of those people you know, others you don’t.
I have reduced in the last 6 months my stake but still be in the 6 digits. To my surprise, some old friends have increased their totals and it seems that others have the same intentions. As for myself, I take the watch and see stance before I take position.
No way, if I should do this I am bankrupt in no time, so no keyboard for her. LOL.
s.eagle, I see your point, more ...... I agree with it. But this will not say that I am blind, so if there are volunteers....... be my guest. On the other hand, my half bed is not very happy, she want to add also, but I control the keyboard.
commonc, I follow your point, but this old sod has his mind set for 6.5. B.T.W. I still have some extra ammunition on the site, I am always a volunteer if the PPS lowers.
Pls. will someone be so kind to let me have my 1000 shares at 6.5$. No volunteers ??????
struftepete 1, finely said I follow your opinion.
Donkschmonk, I can only agree with your valued answer, and yes there are certainly some other very important nuggets in the last Q report, but I look on it from the European angle.
Let be fair, Europe is for the moment a dead fish in a big lake, even the German motor is sputtering. No wonder therefore I am watching very carefully what is happening here, and surprisingly a small private owned company is doing very well.
What concerns the 2.5 mil. yes a low figure and I hope to see the double of it.
roca101880, I understand and respect your point. Yes there is always some risks but I am not what I am today without taking a risk. And yes the volumes speak for themselves, funny and frustrating, nobody is willing to sell their shares, wonder why?
I do understand emotions, but I prefer do deal in facts.
Let face it, bitching about sales and revenue is senseless in this stage, never forget you have invested in a young company.
On the positive side, in the one and half year I have invested here, this company is changed from a start up to a nicely outfit, that is a fact nobody can dispute.
The reality, from a obscure Canadian starter, this company has changed in something more mature but we are far from widely known, there is still a lot of work to be done, it is slowly coming to something big.
Our good friend streamingeagly posted himself in front of the ANY booth in SF, his remarks here on this board were not lost, lets wonder what happened afterwards in that hotel suite.
We, as Europeans are looking around in this small part of the world, and funny, it seems that there is good news coming from this continent. For those wondering about the Barcelona VM exposition, ANY shall be represented there.
Lets be fair, the last Q report was received with mixed feelings, not very good for some, ok, never forget we are still in children shoes, I shall be happy to see next Q around about 2.5 million. I am a very patient old man and wait to see what happens after OVRL is fully integrated and we have the combined sales in one account.
Lastly, and let not forget, I wonder how many day’s some of our key people spend home with their families the last months, my respect for them.
For those wondering, I confirm that we have more nice longs investing here in our still small company.
Pete, after reading carefully the report I had the same impression that thy are looking for a other acquisition. On the other hand it would better to wait for the Overland merger to be completed. Even then, it need some time to streamline and adopt into a general strategy, but reading between the lines thy are already on the good way.
viking, what concerns the so called ‘jan4 ‘ group, be aware that this is changed completely in individuals instead of a group. On the other hand I still have some good contacts with those individuals, especially the South Americans who are most interested in one of my other investments. So, take the Jan4 group in his actual context.
timorr, funny, according my sources, let it be this article what is integrally translated in Chinese. On the sideline : If the Chinese start talking about it............
Reading comments it looks that emotional thinking surpasses largely logical thinking.
O yes, I do understand emotions, but emotions are concentrated on the shorts and this is were rational thinking should come in the first place. Whatever the PPS is, one short goes away, a other take his position, so you have to live with them or you like it or not.
Don’t read those words out of the context, people knowing who Jan4 is, know also that I am not a short.
There is also speculation about that Belgian meeting. Put it in this way, there were more non shareholders present than shareholders. Of course there were talks, but PT was wise enough not to reveal to match, it would have a reverse affect to some present, he know his world. The purpose was showing what glassware can do, and some present could not believe it, the rest you have to fill in yourself.
Management is limited in what to tell and what not. 3 companies are to be combined in one company, give them time to fine tune minds in the same direction, that alone takes time and effort.
And for those who are wondering, don’t look in the direction of PT and management for answers to fill in blanks, we don’t need management to do it, the real players are visible, you just have to fill in the dots and comas, if we can do it you can do it.
I understand the curiosity of some, and therefore, to stop unneeded speculation, here some lines of the European meeting.
We spoke with Scott on Friday but as there was one factor we missed, ‘ the black weekend ‘ causing a yearly traffic jam on European motor ways, Scott returned to Brussels to have his meeting with management there. We respect this as he has his obligations to his subscribers to fulfill, more, this unsuspected step bolstered our trust in the gorilla.
As there was a delay in arrival of Sphere’s management the shareholders meeting had a positive effect, some of the attendees had time to have their own talks. Shareholders and other attendees have talked to etch other with a very positive outcome. There are agreements between some Belgian IT players and client.nl to bolster their relations and plans, a follow up meeting in Veldhoven ( Holland ) is already in the pipeline.
There was a demonstration of GW, followed in free talks on actual know issues, our respect for management is rising as thy know the rules of not being overly loose lipped. From our end and respecting the rules, we have not using pressure to reveal more.
In respect to privacy, there shall no names of the attendees either pictures given free but I can assure you that there were several public know people attending the meeting, including a fund manager.