ASOS have dropped quite significantly in the past week for no particular reason and I view this as the perfect opportunity to invest as I can see them bouncing right back up to the 5.50p mark in the next 2-3 weeks. STRONG BUY!!

Oh that's all we need - Dil and his blatant de-ramping. Please, other long-term holders of ASC and contributors to this thread, don't listen to the man. He has an agenda and will slag off the share without backing up his comments, just as above.

dont be to quick to judge, look at the bprg thread, he was proved right.

dil - why do you think this is a disaster waiting to happen?

The fact is that there was nothing to back up the comment made by dil. I love to hear the contrarian view, which is very useful to assess a company... but if it's just a one liner like that then it's a complete waste of time in my opinion.

I ask the same question as kivver - why do you think this is a disaster waiting to happen?

Kivver and wjordan,

Dil did qualify his statement with, imo, so who cares??????? And looking at the bprg chart it doesnt take a lot of grey matter to see the trend was down since last October, I wonder if he made his predictions before that in July/August ???SD

so are you saying by looking at the bprg chart in aug you knew it was going to double in price over the next 2 and half months and the subsequent fall since. The point im making is at the time during that rise and everybody buying and very excited about it dil warned it was disater waiting to happen and he was proved right.

Im sure he will give his reasons for thinking the same about asc. At the moment i'm very positive about asc. More registered users, big increase in people using the internet to shop, this market is one the last to be hit by any slow down in the economy, new warehouse will solve supply problems (increase profits too) and im sure there are many other positives too.

So what - nicely moved up today continuing its break north of the 200dma. There is now nothing stopping it moving back up to the 80-90 range. Also, looking back at my own posts immedaitely after the results, there is no reason to sell and lots to look forward to.

There are a fair few other penny stocks around that may do better than ASC between now and Xmas, but since we all need to spread our risk and we know ASC well by now, the 75% rise I'm looking for should not be sniffed at in favour of yet to be discovered, researched and tested better performers.

Looking forward another year, a first dividend is always something to stir the cockles, as institutional investors and other more cautious PI's start to join the throng.

Dil - please list the likely calamities that can befall this share over the next 6 months. It would be instructive for all of us to be aware of what we may have missed in our own research.

Maybe the populace will rush back to the high street in defiance of the bombs, forsaking the internet as a coward's charter.

Perhaps the new warehouse will be too big.

Maybe fashion will go out of fashion.

It's pretty scary out there and I think we have a right to know what it is we're meant to be scared of.

sd

Kivver

I to am very positive about ASC just by drawing simple trend lines, support and resistance and indicators. The same could be applied to bprg but alas with hindsight. I set a great store on trendlines as they determine entry and exit points for me. I hope that dil does let us have his reasons for being so bearish. SD

Seadog - i must admit i know little of trend lines and all that and to be honest cant be bothered to find out (some might that suprising). All i want to know is the fundamentals of the business, how much money is going to come in and how much going out, how long to/are they making a profit, how much do they owe, where will the growth come from, and does the market like it, which i suppose a share graph will show.

Would you do me a favour and use your skills and tell me what you think of SIN ( a company i know little about but graph looking good). I will start new thread.

ASC chart is looking rather 'toppy', would expect something of a retracement now before the next leg. Closed my spreadbet yesterday, although still retain a core holding for the longer term.

pth

PT - I am in for the long term - but I think your call to close the sb is a sound one in short term. Fingers crossed

Baza

Baza

My main holding remains intact, but the SB was well in profit. A profit is a profit as they say and it's in the bank. If it continues to rise I still win, if it dips I will have another opportunity to open a SB or perhaps CFD position. Very happy with ASC prospects, hence hanging onto the main holding.

pth

Hi folk! Back home and hoping to get back into action. Been quite happy watching ASC (and DGT) rise the last two or three weeks. Took some profit on ASC CFDs (some 10%) as I always seem to need some cash these days. I could hardly be more confident than I am with ASC now and happy to dismiss Dil's comments - his views often make sense but not this time. I am more of a fundamentalist like Kivver but I do see the charts as picking up last year's rise. I'm with John Marshall all the way - usually am, although he made an awful bloomer with DGT. But he has a stake in ASC, knows them well and always keeps in touch with the companies he holds; he beleives Seymour Pierce are too cutious in their projections. There is a resistance level in the 80s and more positive news will be needed to break through that level. It should certainly happen with Xmas trading as that wise old dog sd says. I am looking for a movement in anticipation of Xmas trading based on the next quarters trading statement; if the year on year sales are still tracking 100% up on last year then the analysts are going to take that projection into Xmas trading; remember too that margins were down last year so increased sales will work through too profits. Accept that ASOS is out of fashion but I believe it will attract more interest from larger investors. Worth topping up to an overweight position.

Eric

Happy Birthday Eric. It is good to hear from you again, I have missed your reasoned and well thought out post's especially on the SEO thread. Am I right in thinking that you have just become a grandfather, if so, congratulations to you and the rest of the family.

Nick

Eric, sorry my congratulations are so far behind the times, for some reason your post 1539 came up as the last post when I came to this thread and i did not check dates, I will put it down to having had a long day but it probably more likely that I am just old and senile.

Regards

Nick

Eric - welcome back - let me echo nick's sentiments - thought we had upset you on the SEO thread. Good to see you back on the board.

Baza

In the nick of time, Eric, glad to see your back. Hope the addition to the family is doing well and has'nt worn you out. Another well thought out post, my sentiments exactly..............SD

Marketmakers playing games yesterday !!

All gone quiet on the ASOS front. Don't expect real movement until the next trading statement in October or somewhat earlier in anticipation. Hitwise figures remain strong so the cautionary tone in last statement re Summer trading probably not justified. Good time to buy for investors but not traders - on assumption that 2 months wait is too long.

Eric

Independent on Saturday - Derek Pain: Asos appeal could prompt takeover action.

Not unlikley is it? What price would they have to offer - at least 1. This would be quite a sweet rapid exit aqt a good profit IMHO, rather than the slow steady climb over the next 6-12 months.
Any views?

sd

sd Hope not. Why on earth should the directors want to sell. A hostile bid wouldn't make any sense as there is a lot of know-how with the management team.

I also expect the sp to move a lot faster than you expect once it really gets goind again. The hitwise figures are still showing 100% volume year on year and this was refelcted in first quarter trading. Overhead ratio is dropping and there are opportunities for new markets abroad, particularly US, without major investment other than marketing presence, buying and warehousing. Having said that, I am out at the moment having cashed in some decent profits. Really because I am expecting SEO and DGT to move first, i.e. by mid-September and late-August respectively; then back into ASC for the Q2 figures in october. The best laid plans gang aft agly! Do wogs understand scots? Not sure what would happen if my Westie met a kilted one. I'm sure you have a doggy version in your dogtionary.

Eric

Eric