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Little Woman - just noticed ULVR at 501.50p - highly tempting....

Where's Melnibone these days by the way?

No idea, perhaps taking a holiday.

I have ULVR on my watch list too, so tempting... I seem to think I purchased @ 490'ish before. May check out a few dates later.

Have to go out for a couple of hours.

If it helps I remember the last lot, back in Nov. I think, we both
independently bought in around the same time - within a couple of
days of each other - at around 493p I think...but a dip to below 500p
will be hard to resist at this stage.

morning all.
tks to martini and all the posters who i am sure will keep the legend going and forsure davids spirit is ever present here with us.

Had time to ponder a bit the last couple of days about what I trade.
In the last few weeks I have found it much harder to find a compelling trade in the markets, to the extent I have traded very little.

Have also listened to a few commentators all of whom seem to have conflicting views on the markets but all are sure that we are now in for a lull with the Euro Footie, Ascot, Henley and Wimbledon all approaching

I have increasingly noticed that the constituents of Stock Market Indices are not performing in alliance with each other and that we are now seeing much more of a Market of Stocks. This is highlighted by some strange and large movements in volume in individual stocks particularly BT and VOD last week both of which had some huge volumes on individual days when other stocks had a diminished volume. Likewise ICI yesterday .

As a result I am ignoring the FTSE 100 Cash and Futures Indices and more and more looking at Sector indices as they tend to have a better correlation to what is actually happening.

Bullshare

An interesting viewpoint and similar to a point in my thinking. I have stopped trading the indices recently and have been focussing on specific shares within sectors I am confident in.

Be curious to know which sectors you are trading and which way.

335k exp for jobless

q1 gdp exp 4.5%

personaal income .5% exp
Consumption .2% exp

all at 1.30

Funny old day wasnt it?

Despite an early surge in the US UK shares closed only 15 points up on average volumes.
Traders spent a lot of time trying to call which way Barclays was going to go next and just when all the excitement for the day seemed to be over Revival Acquisitions, which is owned by Philip Green and his family, surprised the Markets and said it intends to approach the board of M&S in the next few days with a proposal.
I say surprised but a close look at the price action before the announcement made many wonder if someone knew and with the timing of the announcement unusual if a phone call or two was made to force it.
Just goes to show if something strange is happening to a share for no obvious reason against the expected trend someone knows something
And those closer to the bottom of the food train like us should take note.

Top % gainers (Bugger had none)

Mediwatch 32
Matrix Comms. 19
Marks & Sp. 18
ZOO Digital 17
Mercury Recyc. 16
Bookham Tech 14
NXT 13
RII 13
Sutton Harbour 12
Aukett Grp. 12
Oystertec 12
QA 11
Prestbury HDS 8
Kingston Comm. 7
Gibbs & Dandy 7
Namibian RES 7
Ashley(Laura) 7
Chloride Grp. 7
GTL Resources 6
Aurum MIN 6
Intelligent ENV 6
Aquarius Plat. 6
Creston 6
Ambient 6
Boots Group 6
Transense Tech. 6
Dairy Crest 5
Woolworths 5
BTG 5
Ringprop 5


Top % losers (thankfully had none)

TMH TOM Hoskins -38
ASH Ashdene -33
AFA AFA Systems -19
QTR Quiktrak -18
CLC Clinical Comp. -17
TTL TTG EUR -17
BGYA Br.Energy 'A' -16
FLT Flintstone Tech -16
BIT Bits Corp -12
BFRD Beauford -11
FLG Flightstore -10
WTH Water Hall GRP -10
TDGB TDG'B' -10
AVT Adv.Tech.UK -10
SRV Sirvis -9
PMG PC Medics GRP -9
LGM Longmead Grp. -9
APC Adv.Power Comp. -9
CBF Cobra BIO-Man. -8
AGW Abdn.Gwth.Opps -8
VIA Vianet Group -8
BTL Bristol&LDN -7
CLK Cityblock -7
SRTS Surface Tech -7
ATL Atlantic Global -7
WGB Walker Greenbnk -7
SGL Springhealth -7
PRO Provalis -6
NFC Next Fifteen -6
GON Galleon Hldgs -6


Price x Volume leaders

VOD Vodafone Grp. 497,892
HSBA Hsbc Hldgs.UK 451,741
BP. BP 415,463
BARC Barclays 395,225
MKS Marks & Sp. 366,577
ULVR Unilever 330,080
GSK Glaxosmithkline 173,980
BOOT Boots Group 167,667
NGT National Grid 151,273
SBRY Sainsbury(J) 143,737
BT.A BT Group 137,403
RBS Royal Bank Scot 134,104
LLOY Lloyds TSB Grp. 128,667
RIO RIO Tinto 112,132
AZN Astrazeneca 109,629
SHEL Shell 105,642
AAL Anglo American 90,372
TSCO Tesco 89,722
BSY Bskyb 81,866
HG. Hilton Group 80,915
BAA BAA 76,306
KGF Kingfisher 72,166
HBOS Hbos 71,662
PRU Prudential 70,071
SAB Sabmiller 69,176
DGE Diageo 64,866
CCH Celltech Grp. 61,270
IHG Intercon. Hotel 54,402
OOM Mmo2 51,331
EMG MAN Group 50,756