<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46148988278547089</id><updated>2012-02-16T21:10:59.221Z</updated><category term='shares'/><category term='savings'/><category term='sharedealing'/><category term='banking'/><category term='Filtronic'/><category term='accounts'/><category term='investment'/><title type='text'>The Great Carbunkle</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Carbunkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06691319921968397006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46148988278547089.post-4844382081818059179</id><published>2009-09-08T13:17:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T09:19:48.704+01:00</updated><title type='text'>February 2009</title><summary type='text'>As previously stated, the plan is to make regular monthly investments. Having looked at a few stockbroker sites FTC was still being recommended as a 'BUY'. As it had dropped a little since I bought some in the previous month it looked like a good chance to improve my position. Again the subscription date was for just after pay-day with the buy date being (27 Feb).So settled on Filtronic (LON:FTC)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/feeds/4844382081818059179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/09/february-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/4844382081818059179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/4844382081818059179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/09/february-2009.html' title='February 2009'/><author><name>The Carbunkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06691319921968397006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46148988278547089.post-3034246594568089141</id><published>2009-08-30T22:41:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T22:51:12.562+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Filtronic'/><title type='text'>Where to start?</title><summary type='text'>When the account was first opened I planned to make regular monthly investments of £25 (the subscription). The subscription date was set up as the first Tuesday after pay-day (27 Jan 2009). I know this seems very small but I just wanted to give it a go.The next step was to identify a stock in the depressed market which looked solid enough to last and looked to be undervalued. So to start I had a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/feeds/3034246594568089141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-to-start.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/3034246594568089141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/3034246594568089141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-to-start.html' title='Where to start?'/><author><name>The Carbunkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06691319921968397006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46148988278547089.post-3784735490823886732</id><published>2009-01-20T00:45:00.014Z</published><updated>2010-12-14T00:58:28.170Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shares'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sharedealing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='savings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accounts'/><title type='text'>What's this all about?</title><summary type='text'>I know, there are so many blogs out there now why do we need another one?With current savings rates at the lowest levels for some time it is very difficult to achieve significant growth in any savings accounts. In order to give people some ideas/hope I thought I would try and show how it is possible to make a reasonable return through relatively low monthly investments in the stock market.To do </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/feeds/3784735490823886732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/01/whats-this-all-about.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/3784735490823886732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/46148988278547089/posts/default/3784735490823886732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegreatcarbunkle.blogspot.com/2009/01/whats-this-all-about.html' title='What&apos;s this all about?'/><author><name>The Carbunkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06691319921968397006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
