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Here is a brief snip from after the bell news, yesterday. This news is helping to push prices upward today. You can find the full article in usual places.
Continued news like this will help a lot. Almost all news coming out of GUSH is positive and appears to be relatively truthful. I am sure they place a positive spin on news but I cannot find anything which does not make good sense nor appears to be completely false.
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Short snip:
GUERNSEY, Channel Islands, Feb 25, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CanArgo Energy Corporation (GUSH)(OSE:CNR) is pleased to announce that gross total proved oil reserves at its Ninotsminda Field in Georgia at January 1, 2004 have increased by 63% to 6.76 million barrels.
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Glassman, here in California there is a very obvious manipulation of prices, year after year. Nonetheless, no prosecution.
This year,
"Unexpected shutdown of two refineries."
Last year,
"Unexpected shutdown of five refineries."
Year before,
"Unexpected shutdown of several refineries."
Darn refineries, those mechanical devices always know to shutdown just before Summer arrives here in California. I think this is a violation of Asimov's Robot Rules.
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This is in keeping with Muammar Gaddafi falling to his knees, groveling, slobbering and begging,
"Oh ****e! Please Uncle Sam, don't kick my butt every which way but loose."
Travel ban was lifted less than an hour back.
You see? Kicking butt over there is proving to be be very beneficial, with a sad price of lost lives. Nonetheless, we will never know how lives are saved in the future.
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yes--i was living at 749 W.Linden St(honorary gatekeeper of UCR--LOL) during one of those fires--very suspicios to me toooo
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So you are the one who closed and locked the gate to keep me out. Smart move.
Yes, last year's refinery fire was quite suspicious, especially knowing insurance coverage paid well. Timing couldn't be better; right when prices always rise.
Triple end profits. Insurance payoff, better refinery and increased profits.
Drat, need to go work on our rental and I am enjoying sitting on my big butt watching stocks. Have a feeling I am in trouble for a late show at work.
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This news should push GUSH over one dollar per share. Hopefully over one dollar prices will be maintained with this news.
I am interested to discover if GUSH will report a net profit on their next 10Q with this discontinued operations write-off.
Overall, very good news which should move investor perspective to a very positive one. It is possible investors will view GUSH as one of the "big boys" of oil resulting in prices eventually moving up into the 2.00 to 3.00 per share range, long term.
GUSH is slow moving for now but their name is beginning to become better known.
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GUSH is now building up enough momentum to push prices well above one dollar per share to a point it is now more likely prices will remain over a dollar share.
Should momentum continue to build, it is possible GUSH will display a decent price breakout although I do not expect to see a classic skyrocket effect.
Those who bought at my suggested entry price, you are up a strong fifty cents per share for the near term.
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I got into this one at .51 and plan to hold a while longer. My question is this. I know that they applied to be listed on the AMEX. Does anyone know how long the process will take before they switch over?
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FNG, a snippet from GUSH news today. My guess is an AMEX listing will take several months. Being listed on the AMEX will help to keep prices strong, perhaps even push up a bit.
Purl Gurl
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"Dr David Robson, Chairman of CanArgo commented: "I am extremely pleased to have Michael join us as an independent non-executive Director and as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Michael's experience and expertise in accounting and finance will be of great benefit to the company and particularly with regard to the Audit Committee. Michael's appointment means that we now satisfy the requirements of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) for three independent Directors on the Audit Committee, and satisfy the requirements of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with regard to having an independent "Financial Expert" on the Board. This appointment demonstrates how seriously CanArgo takes its responsibilities for good corporate governance, and should assist in our application to AMEX."
GUSH continues to drop. Is it because of the 150 million extra shares they want to have issued? Do you still think it is a good idea to acquire more at this price?
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My personal opinion is this sudden drop in prices is unrelated to the March 23 proxy vote meeting and is related to this recent terrorist attack. Primary operations for GUSH are located in Europe where the effect of this terrorist attack will be strongest.
I would expect some reaction to these new shares submitted for vote on March 23 which is not far off. However, their float will be increased to three-hundred-million shares which remains relatively small. My hunch is GUSH will use a majority of those new shares for new covertable loans rather than selling on the open market. They have a greater need for financing than cash inflow from common shares.
Market conditions are again bad today.
Current prices are a good entry point being absolute bottom support. Today's prices moves GUSH into an undervalued status and we should see improvement over the coming weeks.
Should GUSH rally to over .70 per share today, this would be a positive signal. I expect GUSH to do this.
Terrorist attack, bad market conditions, I believe those two are the major factors affecting prices across all boards.
These are very tough times in the markets and recovery appears to remain a long ways into the future.
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FNG, I am using two stocks for indexing investor sentiment.
IVAN for speculation sentiment. TXCC for value sentiment.
Both are severely deflated in prices. IVAN is down sixty cents off its norm, and TXCC is down fifty cents off norm.
GUSH is down about thirty cents from where it should be. Not bad, relatively.
Late last year and early this year, most investors began moving from speculation stocks into value stocks. This trend does continue and is more noted recently because of the terrorist attack.
Most, a majority of stocks, are taking a severe beating. GUSH is no exception.
I am, of course, disappointed but remain confident value stocks will recover in the future. GUSH is a value stock.
All investors simply have to wait this one out, with patience. Markets will recover but not for a long time.
There are panic sellers who have caught up with news over the weekend. Light volume and panic sells, always lead to lower prices.
However, today's light volume indicates sellers are not dominating markets but rather there is an absence of buyers.
Eventually, buyer confidence will return and markets will rally. Low prices will tempt many buyers back into the markets, but this terrorist attack has many on edge, a result of memories of market crashes right after nine-eleven.
Your strongest strength now, is patience. Run out of patience, and you will lose money.
FNG, another indicator for you, right here at home, in a sense.
You will note during market conditions like we have, bad conditions, volume on message boards will drop off as well.
A lot less pumping, a lot less bashing and a lot less discussion in general. Most are holding their breath, save for me, of course; I've been through this many times before and remain very confident knowing markets will recover.
Last couple of weeks, pretty rough, even got me down. Looked like major worldwide economic recession for a bit, but markets rallied just in the nick of time. In truth, today's market conditions are not that bad.
Back to my current topic, discussion boards can be a measure of investor confidence. This board, like most boards, displays a loss of investor confidence. I see current conditions as excellent buy prices, but only for value stocks. Others are fearful.
Another measure is of poster experience. Those who are currently dropping in to pump selected stocks, are either scam artists or absolutely clueless. This is not a time to be pumping speculation stocks, especially those under fifty cents a share.
It is true there is always a bull market somewhere, but very few recently.
Make a note of who is pumping stocks currently and red flag them as those not to be trusted.
You may think of yourself as a typical "F'n New Guy" but not anymore! Welcome to the brutal world of investment.
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Purl, I have been reading your post for the last couple of months now. You definitely do you homework. As a "FNG" also, I appreciate all your input and help you have given those of us that are just starting out. Anyway, to get to the point, I am interested in purchasing a few shares of GUSH. I have reviewed their financials (with my very limited knowledge) and they seem to be a heading in the right direction. But my concern is that the stock price may go down a bit more before going back up. In your opinion should I wait a bit longer or just buy at current prices. I was going to get in this morning but I guess I got a little scared when it started falling. Thanks for the help masters
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I do not anticipate GUSH to fall further in prices. Current prices are the same as sixty to ninety trading days back in time. Prices of .64 to .66 should be "rock bottom" prices. We should see very strong support at those prices.
I feel comfortable buying at today's prices for GUSH.
Really scary market conditions, yes?
This is a good shaking, a good test of metal. Many inexperienced investors, many "weak hand" investors, both are being knocked out of the market, perhaps for good. Only seasoned and confident investors will remain affording a better overall strength for market recovery.
Do not allow my opinions to sway your decision. I could be wrong. Be careful. Stay out of markets if you do not feel comfortable. Better to retain your cash than to lose it. Risks are high.
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Returning to IVAN and TXCC, you will note IVAN continues to fall and TXCC gained just a little bit. This is in keeping with investors moving from speculative stocks to value stocks, although about two months too late.
GUSH is gaining a bit on the day which is a positive signal for current markets. This confirms, so far, good support for current prices, even a little higher, pointing to investor confidence in GUSH.
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I missed that news. Not sure, a million shares would have an effect but not to such an extent. This drop today is outside percentage effect of a million share dump. Enough time has elapsed this event would have faded.
A million share dilution should not cause the type of drop in prices we saw today. I noted prices opened way down, at bell. This suggests orders were stacked up, all very low. Wouldn't make sense for so many investors to sell so low, all at once. This timing seems related to continued news on the terrorist attack.
Today's news release hints GUSH is trying to provide price support. More news in the next week or two, will affirm GUSH trying to bring prices back up, a positive point.
I am confident GUSH will recover, but have no clue what new prices will be. Gained a little today, should gain a little as we move through the week.
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Ok, I have worked up some charts covering this sell of one-million shares by Robson on Monday, March 8 at 1.09 per share, which was right at peak prices.
That Monday morning there is a sharp dip in prices but a recovery back up to his sell price for the remainder of the day. Trades for that Monday are almost all up volume, very little down volume.
Tuesday, a sharp drop on open, a slight rally, mixed up and down volume. Subsequent mornings show a rally at open, then gradual decline in prices over the day, much in keeping with overall markets.
Today, Monday, you know the story.
Technicals indicate his one time sell of one-million shares displays only a slight glitch at open Monday, March 8 of last week.
This is his only reported inside selling for a long time, so he is not actively selling. Appears he took advantage of high prices to bring in cash.
Robson has two-hundred-fifty-seven-thousand shares left, a little over that, which will probably be replenished with an officer bonus.
I don't see much of anything which suggests investors reacted in a negative fashion to his selling of shares, nor anything which suggests he is unloading expecting bad news to come. Appears his activity is within acceptable norms.
Good to see the rebound. I wish I had bought more when it was in the .60's. I have a couple of stocks that are close to being long term capital gains, and chose not to sell them until the year is up. Do you think that is smart or should I have dumped them and not worried about long and short term capital gains?
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I don't do taxes! We have a tax crook who is willing to sign his signature on larcency.
Glassman is the one to ask about taxes. He knows a lot about stocks and capital gains.
Decent rebound, yes. I think we will be stuck at .80 to .82 for at least five to ten trading days. Should recover back into the .90 to .95 range but will take quite a bit of time. GUSH is slow moving.
This one is a certain long term hold. Eventually I expect prices somewhere between 2.00 to 3.00 per share but this is at least a year away.