i do too, shame i don't own it!

Could monday mornings get any more bleak.........

Looking to buy so it suits me,sorry.

Flashes of blue - NLR,RBS,SBT,ULT,WLW on my screen - wish had spare money to add on . It got to pick up!!

Actually to tell the truth my blue number is neteller which has fallen over 8% but then the offer price ticked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Definitely going out for the day. I'm not clever enough to even begin to think about day trading. Most of my investments are medium / long term

Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!!

B2B

don't be sorry...a few stocks at great levels to pick up.

8.50

Lots of buys coming in to seo. Shame I'm fully invested.

Complete carnage. Got to look on grin and bare it. Seen it many times before. We will be back.

cheers GF.

nyone want to guess the name of a stock which will a) be the biggest loser today and b)actually be in the blue at the end of the day.

I'll start the ball rolling with BPRG the biggest loser and SHI in the blue

B2B

Wish i had some spare cash to go bargain hunting..JB..

The question how long will this downturn last? Not many positives about to power the market forward

Today can be a great buying opportunity If you think about It.

What you mean pop out to Tesco while all this carnage goes on stan LOL, only joking.

cheers GF.

seo price fairly static but buys to sells almost level now

B2B

Oops seo just ticked up.

Still no blue. Not even outside.

B2B

Some days ago I wished I was outside the market rather than almost fully invested. But not suprised by this drop to-day.(Head in the Sand) Think it may drop another 3-4% before starting a recovery. But if I had cash I would be waiting a few more days-weeks before putting back in. Have to see if there is any recovery in The Colony, SP up on very good volume would be appreciated later to-day and morrow, but again a little doubtful about this happening to quickly. Until then S !!

Unfortunately may be dependant on the B Liar getting in with a reasonable majority. People like stability, and with the Tory party looking like a headless chicken the market would prefer the devil they know.

Actually just looked again at the watch lists. I have far more blue than red on my screen. Yipee!!!!!!!!!

















Unfortunately, ooked again, the blue is all around the margins. 8-)

10 stocks

8 red
2 green

:o((

Thanks Fred. Had me worried for a minute that I was investing in all the wrong stocks.

I have several blues on the screen now but they are just showing movements on individual buys. Perhaps the carnage is abating a little.... or is that wishful thinking

B2B

15 stocks

4 green
11 red

The only blue around is the sky. I think I will go and cut the grass this is also green

From Edmund Jackson...........................

http://www.citywire.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?VersionID=73605&MenuKey=News.Home&NewsPage=1

12 stocks, all red, yikes!

Thanks GF. That is interesting.

B2B

cheers GF

37 on the watch list (not all invested in I hasten to add)

All but 3 are red

Baza

2 blue (just!)
1 green
22 red

I like to spread my losses! lol :)

SD

Anyone know a good tarot card reader!!!..JB..

Got a blue one!!!!

SWL has just ticked up.

GMC also blue!!!!

GF, Read the wire. Seems to me it means that everybody else is sweating to. C'est la vie mes copains.

C'est la vie .... it is the toilet. How true ;-)

2 blues and a green

Nice one stockdog. I think we are all spreading our losses today. Just got back from the pub. NLR have gone lower and YOO have nearly pulled all the way back!!!! Seo getting back on an even keel and GMC in the blue.

Now pay attention. You only get one guess at this. Which share did I sell 2 days ago?

B2B

b2b - it has to be GMC

SD

The same one i sold last week at a loss!!JB..

14.52 - and ALL red on my screen........
Judging from this avoid the following - just about anything
unless you are shorting!
LOL
;>)

All red :( LOL

And it's not even April the 1st.....
guess that means it really is real....
I'm off to the coffee house then
;>)

ave, ave, ave.

'Ave, 'ave, 'ave we got what proptrade?
;>)

1st blue of the day. LOL

LOL No but the sun's shining!
:>)

Dum di dum di dum..............

NLRs taken one heck of a kicking today. 2 days on the trot isnt it now?.

cheers GF.

Di dum di dum di dum,
dum dum di dum di dum di dum di dum...
Big girls don't cry -y -y,
they don't cry,
big girls don't cry....
:>)

Thought for the day

Tomorrow is another day, today will be no more then history.

;>)

Well on the up side I have just worked out that my entire portfolio is 3.9% down for the day (that might still change)so its not that big a loss, on the downside if I had sold first thing I would be just over 1.4% down but I would have had to incurr buying back charges and spreads. I did think about that last night as one option. Theres also the fact that we had a bad day friday so say add on another say 2% as it was nowhere near as bad as today and I had some winners. So overall down about 6% since late last week.

I think I have been right to hold and not sell off. In the past I have done so when I thought the markets were going medium term against me. I still may have cocked up on my decision, but I just feel this is a short term retractment.

Anybody else have any portfolio figures??????????????????? ideas on wether we should hold or sell?.

cheers GF.

Accidental post - sorry. Incidently, finished entirely red.

Dow strengthening from early lows. Strong close today and tomorrow would hopefully give us a midweek bounce. looking more positive as the evening draws on. Lost a lot today, but only on paper, I always have been bad with stop-losses!

Yes Goldfinger im 12.2%down as i bought recently ,so far this has wiped out two thirds of the profit i made this year,,so im holding and hoping,,surely it has to get better..JB..

I hadn't thought to have a look at the whole of my portfolio. To be honest I was a bit frightened to see the results of the carnage. But strangely enough it is only down 2.6%. I shall sleep a lot better for that. Cheers GF

Finished all red. Correct sd sold gmc but still on my watch list... bu.....er

B2B

GF - I'm about 5-6% down on the two days too. Sting in the tail for me was an unexpected final results and equity raising announcement on PGI, just when I'd given up paying too much attention after lunch. That's nearly 1% in itself down this afternoon.

I sold nothing (think, rabbit in headlights) , but was pleased to see that some of my heavier recent positions were holding relatively steady during the day. Mostly it was my quite healthy profit positions that came under attack - am thinking of adopting the 25dma as a stop loss for those stocks that make a large initial rise of 50-200% with no developed chart as a guide. I can always buy back in lower at no loss if they stabilise below say the 50dma. Trouble with a 15-20% stop loss with volatile stocks is you get stopped out on temporary retracements. Look at ASC, BFC, DOO, FOGL, PGI for examples of what I mean I could have done as the chart broke down across the 25dma. It can be used on SEO currently.

What will tomorrow bring?

SD

Oh what a laugh.......didnt see this thread as disappeared to the garden after the shock this morning, I cut 3 foot off the conifers in a rage, they are green also but then i felt closer to that blue sky tottering on the top of my 15' ladder :>)

Ended 12 red, 9 green but then PDL and ZIM havnt moved for ages (both suspended as im sure u all know :>) but at least they were safe!

Could have been worse, my oil and mining portfolio that im watching (and dont own) was 58 red and 10 green!!!!! and Stockdog, what will tomorrow bring?? not sure i want to know! Good luck everyone xx

Bring on Mystic Meg. Dow down 16 I think at close. Tuesday night is the biggy after hours in the US Intel report. Could decide which way the markets go in the short/medium term. My IT snitch tells me they are going to be good figures, Im not so sure myself but he normally comes up with the goods.

cheers GF. Fingers crossed.

Good Morning Happy bunnies!!
The sun is shining, it's a new day and the market is looking
a beautiful shade of clear blue!!!!
:>)

good morning happy souls...

Good morning proptrade
tis a lovely day today
So who's got the biggest riser so far today then folks?

YOO 9.43%

Good stuff!!! :>)

My best one so far is RRS up 11p.

Happy people on here, makes a change from some of the long faces from yesterday! How long will it last though! No sun up here in Scotland, grey and cloudy, as always! Biggest riser is SIA, up 5p.

Good rise gavdfc!
Let's hold to positive thinking that it will last all day,
no reason why we shouldn't.
:>) (infernal optimist LOL)

Typical April day in London...sun & rain, top gainer for me BLR +16%.regards goal.

Good going goal!
Have you had the mini storm yet?
We (near LHR) just had thunder, hailstones, rain etc for about 15 mins
non-stop now it's gone and all calm and sunny! Unreal! :>)

Stockbunny, it is indeed a more positive day. My SIA now up 9.25 and the sun has appeared! :-)

i was caught in an april shower and am still smiling...AVE and EMI ticking along nicely

Seems so far a good afternoon to follow the morning then for
us all - oil and gas, rental cars and music...There could be a
joke in there somewhere but it eludes me!
LOL

Hello stockbunny, I heard the thunder & i have just had a look out the window to see whats happening, raining again...

Had a wounderful storm about 20min. ago. Another wounderful storm on my stock watch all blue this today with WGT 18.18% and YOO 11.32% being the best.

Stockbunny there is a joke in there - it WAS good of the afternoon to follow the morning, adds a touch of reality to the day I always think.

lol :)
SD
PS free for a chase later?

Oh very good Stockdog - I see your humour bone is working well today.
A chase?
Hmmm..
Maybe...
But not just yet, my stockwatch list is too exciting to leave.
;>)

Just back from work. What a nice surprise. 2 reds (hmy and ciu) and the rest all blue. Overall down 2.6% yesterday but up 1.9% today so the portfolio is looking much better. Nice recovery from YOO but NLR has some way to go....perhaps tomorrow

Wouldn't life be boring without days like these. Now where are my beta-blockers!!!

Cheers

B2B

Good news from Intel and Yahoo after hours in the US this evening, should help towards getting the markets back on track.....................

AFTER HOURS

Intel, Yahoo shares up; Avaya sinks
Juniper, Sigmatel shares rise in evening session

By Scott Banerjee, MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:40 PM ET April 19, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Intel Corp. shares gained 3% Tuesday evening as the world's largest chipmaker reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates, while Yahoo Inc. shares jumped more than 5% after it said quarterly profit doubled.



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The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the technology index's leading shares, rose 9.42 points to 1430.22.

Intel Corp. (INTC: news, chart, profile) traded up to $23.32 after the company reported a first-quarter profit of $2.2 billion, or 34 cents a share. Sales climbed 17% to $9.4 billion. The results beat Wall Street's expectations of 31 cents a share on revenue of $9.3 billion. See full story.

Chip equipment makers Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT: news, chart, profile) and KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC: news, chart, profile) , Lam Research Corp. (LRCX: news, chart, profile) and Novellus Systems (NVLS: news, chart, profile) all also moved up around in heavy after hours volume.

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO: news, chart, profile) shares popped to $34.90 after the company posted earnings of $205 million, or 14 cents per share, in the first quarter. Quarterly sales grew to $1.17 billion from $758 million.

Yahoo generated revenue of $821 million, topping analysts' expectations of $795 million and 11 cents a share. See full story.

Shares of Internet titans Google Inc. (GOOG: news, chart, profile) and eBay Inc. (EBAY: news, chart, profile) also rose more than 4% and 2%, respectively.

Avaya Inc. (AV: news, chart, profile) shares plunged nearly 18% to $8.70 after the company reported its second quarter earnings fell sharply. The company predicted that it would not meet its prior fiscal 2005 forecast. In the latest quarter, Avaya earned $36 million, or 7 cents a share. Revenue rose 21% to $1.22 billion. See full story.

Juniper Networks (JNPR: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 5% to $22.41 after reporting its first-quarter profit more than doubled to $75.4 million, or 13 cents a share. Excluding certain charges, Juniper earned 16 cents a share, beating estimates by a penny. Sales doubled to $449 million from $224 million, topping estimates of $440 million. See full story.

Sigmatel Inc. (SGTL: news, chart, profile) shares rose 7.5% to $33 after the company reported a first-quarter profit of $25.5 million, or 68 cents a share, on $99.3 million in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call, however, forecast a profit of 46 cents a share on $85 million in revenue.

CheckFree Corp. (CKFR: news, chart, profile) shares move up nearly 2% to $39.52 after the company said its fiscal third-quarter net profit nearly doubled to $15.6 million, or 17 cents a share. Revenue for the period that ended on March 31 rose to $191.2 million. Analysts had forecast earnings of 36 cents a share before items on revenue of $189.9 million.

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 2% to $37 after the company reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings that included a substantial one-time gain for the exercising of stock warrants in Eyetech Pharmaceuticals. See full story.

Seagate Technology (STX: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 3% to $17.98 after the company reported a third-quarter profit of $229 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $1.97 billion. The company beat the estimates of analysts who forecast earnings of 37 cents a share on revenue of $1.87 billion.

In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU: news, chart, profile) closed up 56.16 points to 10,127.41, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPQ: news, chart, profile) gained 19.44 points to 1,932.36.


Scott Banerjee is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.

cheers GF.

Wow. What a nice day. Who's bothered about the rain. Portfolio up 2.2% NLR and SEO getting back on track. Only one red (aug) on the screen.

Cheers

B2B

Enjoy your day B2B.
:>)

What rain B2B,,its like the south of france down here in Sussex..JB..

Straighen your beret jimmy and I'll have a string of garlic
bulbs. :>)

Quelle belle journee Stockbunny..

Good day to you too Sir
:>)

Only 3 reds (about 1% each) Portfolio up 2.3% on the day, still raining and now a bit misty. I can live with that. Off to the pub later. Not a bad life. NLR, YOO and SEO can make it even better tomorrow!

B2B

Well now we have the double bottom most of these TA traders refer to. From here in a couple of days we should be looking at brighter things.

cheers GF.

Hope so ,its another bad start this morning ..JB..

Only blue on my watch list William Hill(WMH) up 1.7% - not that i have any!!
Looks like gambling sector should be ok.
p-271

Well done NLR and SEO another 2.6% increase in portfolio. I just need to phone the folks at YOO to ask them to get their finger out..... red does't suit them!
Nice to see DGM ticking up too.

B2B

What is it with YOO.Have they become a no!no! share by reputation alone'
What is the problem?

Only one red (SHI) and thats just a fraction of a percent. YOO in the green. Should be thankful for small mercies but DGM up 8%. Summer is coming and its getting bluer by the day.

B2B

The sky is blue the grass is green and my stocks are also blue and green and it's the weekend. Roll on summer.

Blue all around today,best this week by far for me seo up just shy of 25% this week,,result

Im in a lot better shape than i was on monday..JB..

Another Shit day all round, have managed to keep 1 in the blue ESG and three unchanged, rest is a sea of red!

Im thinking of selling most of my stock and waiting this out it looks very ominous

How does everybody else compare?

I was going to kick off this thread earlier blackbelt, another shocker hey? I have 2 green 13 red. Ouch.

12 red, 7 green, 7 blue and not big moves, on very low volume - not at all bad for a day when the FTSE100 is down 60.7 points so far.

Blackbelt - why sell on a down day? If you think the market is going to continue the bear phase from end May (as some of the press are saying), work out a strategy to hit the best day to sell between now and then. Do not change your mind on the day because your nice sharesy waresies are now going up -THAT is the day to sell, if you have fundamentally decided to sell, that is.

Otherwise sit it out and protect your position with some down bets on CFD's or spread-betting.

SD

It is a nasty couple of days but just noticed Dow up. For how long G knows.
I think if you have stop losses in position on promises I wouldn't change them I grab the profits. At the moment I wish I have only few profits. Bad couple of weeks. Must start playing phantasy CFDs a bit more seriously.

Cheers SD im just moaning cause ive had a pretty shit couple of weeks i was planning to close a position on ESG coincidentially shares have just put a sell notice on it......but, it went up this morning 6% but you got to be disciplined

Does anyone have any idea where this market is going,,my only share that is holding it's own is SEO,,every other one is down and still sliding,,and every day i think we have hit the bottom only for it to slide some more. As Goldfinger said on another thread the MM'S are partly to blame.
Does anyone see a quick recovery ,or is this for the summer..Your view's appreciated..JB..

Started the day with all reds and two greens. At 12.35 there are 5 blues but the majority are still red. The only comfort I take at the moment is that it is a general malaise and not necessarily my poor stock picking.
Sitting tight with most but have done one or two "swops", in particular with NLR which seems very cheap compared with the general views on its potential price in the future.

B2B

I think we are still in a bull market, just. As we go through the year and into 2006 I can see the bears having it. If the ftse does not find support at 4600 I think it could go all the way to 4000. All imho.

MS

I read somewhere that the All Shares Index needs 2408-2572 range if we are going to invest from May until September.
It is rather worrying that the forthcoming election has put investors in such a pessimistic mode.The small caps started to take a hammering after the Easter break.Some of the Footsie 100 and larger companies disapointed with their results and/or profit warnings.Many small caps trying to raise money by issuing new shares does'nt help that sector,either.
The shorters are having a field day and people like me are confused by the actions of mms and the poor advice given by brokers and shares magazines.
I expect SEO will get bashed ,although it has held up strongly during the past three days,considering the rest of our favourites!
BBRG seems to be o.k.for 2 day traders and NTLR responded furiously to the low sp today.The market seemed unhappy with Sportingbet's expected earnings nd ID Data is moving the card production to Poland and will probably issue lots of new shares...bang:should I invest now or wait for things to get worse?I,like many others will probably wait to see if Blair gets back in.

I'm doing nothing untill after the election. Unless MMG hit 500 then I'll go on holiday and get the rust spots done on the car.
Have a good one people and don't burn the burgers on the BBQ.

LOL

MS

I know its been a long night and there must be a lot of lethargy floating around but I can't believe how green my screen is 25 shares, one blue (just) and 4 reds. Watching paint dry could be quite addictive today.

B2B