Today I answer some readers questions, have a note about the Holy Ghost at The Mouth of Hell, a stock downrating, and news from China, Israel, Mongolia, Canada, Britain, and fund updates.

Many years ago a genuine French Rothschild I knew commented about my recommending the Portuguese Banco Espirito Santo stock.

We sold half our Bombardier too soon, or perhaps not. A top exec of the Canadian plane-maker today said it would get its C-series jets in the air by late 2015, but unless it figures out why an engine fire last week broke out, the schedule “is not secure”.

More follows on the run mostly from Hong Kong-China, with the odd mining or other note from Canada, Malaysia, Poland, Britain, Israel, Ethiopia, Argentina, Australia, Ireland, Cuba, Finland, India, and Luxembourg.

To pay for the overnight Hong Kong incorporated Chinese oilfield services company, in which Schlumberger Ltd owns 20%, I halved my holdings in Yandex, the Black Sea internet services provider, and in Singapore-based Indian REIT Ascendas India Trust. Plus more from Africa, Britain, Cuba, Finland, The Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Canada, and Israel.

Today is information overload day for stock watchers because the 13F files of US funds have been filed and collated by the wire services. Many large cap shares were heavily traded in Q3, including many of ours.