Every where you look the news is full of doom and gloom about currencies and the markets, and rightly so. But, and it's a big but, some companies will ride out the storm, offer reasonable dividends and offer a buying opportunity. Obviously the 'cranks' will say their small cap tiddler is worthy of a huge upgrade in share price but maybe a flight to quality is where we should be ( I can't believe I am saying this!). Maybe the collapse in share prices might be an opportunity for some quite juicy M&A activity.

So here is my list of a few stocks I am watching for buying opportunities and why:

Misys; M&A activity bidder Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) walked away last week and shares came in for big sell off. Unlikely FIS will bid again just yet but if price continues to collapse might return.

SportingBet: M&A activity bidder Ladbrokes? Still rumoured out there with 70p bid. Perennial bid favourite but might be one to get dirt cheap.

Lloyds. Madness, yes I know, but below 28p I might just put some away for a rainy day, a pure punt.


Anyone else got some stocks to watch?

VOD

Anytime, any place, any where :-)

WEST HAM v CHALTON POSTPONED. CHEERS.

I daren't look at some prices....just gutted...never seen anything like this ever.....

Rf, yes you have. Three years ago. Read the header of this thread and digest!

Or even last summer!

Or even when DES had it's duster!

I'm not selling anything .....will hang on....delighted about Rockhopper....at a guess...minimum of half a billion barrels probably......feel sorry for the shop owners in the big cities....so much news...just can't take it all in.....

I agree on banks, bought some VOD as an opening gambit and am looking at adding to insurers. Most of these are for the SIPP where I'll take advantage of the opportunity to get good yields from cash machines. :-)

Don't you just love indiscriminate sell-offs.

BTW, will also be sitting with ready available cash for the future, as I always do. :-)

Oi Limpy if you are reading, got a super wizzy new chart system, going to make us all billionaires, great chart for RBS, shall I buy , shall I sell or shall I get a new chart package. :-0)

looks a bit like his toupee Bully :-)

Hmmmm.......someone's brazilian needs a bit of a trim..........

Is that the Eastender's theme music I can hear?

I picked up a shares this morning for the long term and they are all in profit already. But as I purchased them for the divi, I mustn't get tempted just yet.....

Small producing Gold company's , with Gold at record level's and now fuel cost's coming down

Sound logic, aldwickk. I've had gold ETFs for a number of years and have recently become confused as to why the companies haven't remotely followed the price of the commodity.

Well I eventually snook out from behind the sofa and bought some stares. Half what I am willing to put into the market for the present in case we head off south again.

Gulp

I will now try to ignore the Markets and pop over to see the Doctor for some pills.

Look at the intraday range trading today and which is typical of lots of the main stocks:

AAL , BARC , BT.A