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Interims SIG : Signet GroupFinals BWB : Burtonwood Brewery ERG : Erinaceous Group HLCL : Helical Bar KWL : Kewill Systems NWG : Northumbrian Water Group TEP : Telecom Plus YTE : Yates GroupAGM / EGM ANTO : Antofagasta ASY : Andrews Sykes Group SGF : Singer & Friedlander AIM VCT SIR : Sirius Financial Solutions THN : Thomson Intermedia UKB : ukbettingEconomic UK April trade (0830 GMT) UK April industrial production (0830 GMT)		Company American Woodmark Corporation AMWD H&R Block, Inc. HRB Hayes Lemmerz Int'l, Inc. HAYZ Martek Biosciences Corporation MATK Net2Phone NTOP Omnivision Technologies OVTI Signet Group SIGY Smithfield Foods SFD Tommy Hilfiger TOM Versant VSNT Volt Information Sciences VOLEconomic3:00 PM GMT Wholesale Inventories for Apr Mkt Expects 0.5%		EconomicPORT: Auction: 800 - 900m 4.375% 06/2014 Bond GER: 07.00 Trade Balance (April) 16.5bn 12.0bn - Current Account 11.3bn 6.6bn JAP: 07.00 Machinery Orders (May) -3.2% +1.9% (+6.4%) NZ 22.00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Interest Rate Announcement
Interim Ex Dividend: UK AVON : Avon Rubber - 3.7(p) BSET : British Assets Trust - 1.3(p) CDFF : Cardiff Property - 2.2(p) CRY : Country & Metropolitan - 1.1(p) HMP : Hampton Trust - 4(p) ITE : ITE Group - 0.55(p) MAJE : Majedie Investments - 3.2(p) NHP : NHP - 3(p) PUB : Punch Taverns - 2.9(p) RE. : R.E.A. Holdings - 4.5(p) RNO : Renold - 3(p) SCV : Scottish Value Trust - 1(p) WTAN : Witan Investment Trust - 2.7(p)Final Ex Dividend: ABNY : Albany Investment - 5.4(p) AGG : Aggregate Industries - 1.67(p) AUW : Atrium Underwriting - 8(p) AXD : Alexandra - 3.3(p) BAA : BAA - 13.4(p) BOOT : Boots Group - 21(p) CAM : Camellia - 67(p) CHU : Chaucer Holdings - 1.35(p) CTF : City Lofts Group - 1.94(p) ENN : Ennstone - 0.78(p) ET. : Establishment Investment Trust - 1.45(p) FSTA : Fuller Smith & Turner - 12.21(p) HDU : Hardy Underwriting Group - 8.25(p) HEAD : Headlam Group - 10.25(p) HILS : Hill & Smith Holdings - 2.45(p) HTG : Hunting - 2.25(p) JHT : Johnston Group - 3(p) JJB : JJB Sports - 7(p) JMAT : Johnson Matthey - 18.2(p) LPK : Linton Park - 10(p) MCP : Martin Currie Pacific Trust - 1.4(p) MRT : Merchant Retail Group - 2.75(p) MTN : Matalan - 5.4(p) NRI : Northern Investors Company - 14(p) PEA : Peacock Group (The) PLC - 5.3(p) PILK : Pilkington - 3.25(p) PVI : Private Investors Capital Trust - 0.5(p) RTN : Restaurant Group - 2.9(p) SJE : Smith (James) Estates - 5.5(p) SMT : Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust - 0.4(p) YULC : Yule Catto & Co - 7.7(p)

Afternoon! Will try to post here more often, but can't promise.

My current take on the market is first S&P and then Dow last night (as shown by TP's chart above) may very well have broken out of a bullish flag. Nasdaq broke 2000 again a few days ago and a couple of weeks back there was a note that small cap stock buying had picked up again over the pond. FTSE as usual is dithering, but our American friends are in bullish mood right now.

The next couple of days will be quiet as everyone says bye-bye to dear old Ronnie, the thickest Prez until the current one arrived. ;-)

As for me, I'm currently long ALM, AQP, IMG, JKX, ROK and short WBY.

Finally, I went "wireless" last month and very good it is too. Problem is battery in laptop is well past its sell-by date. ;-( Got my gear from the following website where they have a great chat facility to ask all the questions you want to ask.

http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk

Have a good day.

Al
;-)

Forgot - also long ICI (for now)!!

Thanks for your imput Big Al, as I said earlier, this really is shaping up to be a really interesting thread.

lw - the Investors' Room is not a button I click on as regularly as I should! ;-)

Al

nice to see you coming over to this side lol. Interested to know why you are short WBY?

Fundametalist - good question! ;-)

Yesterday, saw a load of sell bots so helped them by taking out an order at 435p. Second, there's a pretty strong support/resistance level around 440p, which it hit off 2 weeks ago and again yesterday. Thirdly, I'm rather bearish on housebuilders anyway with rate rises coimng along thick and fast in general. Also, am firm believer housing market is stuffed - CYD profit warning a couple of months back showed what the top end was doing and it's all been donhill from there really, depsite what "official" figured say. Would be happy to take 10p for now.

PS - I'll have a bit of RDW if it pokes its head over 350p for very long as well.

;-)

Big Al.
Nice Of you to join hands with us at the INV.BB. we are honored.Please keep the advice and views coming and your no-nonsense comments which would be appreciated when need to kick A*** to put us in shape

rgds

zarif - it's usually me that needs a kick up the a**e!! LOL

Big Al

thanks for that, reason for the question was WBY were my employers up until 6/8 weeks ago! I was regional FD for them in Manchester. Shorting on general sentiment to housebuilders seems sensible enough, only danger is potential takeover bid.

Fundamentalist - ah! Gimme the info! ;-)

Trying to complete a short order on RR. just now. Partially filled. It's at res of 240p. Stop on new high probably around 245p - will see how it goes.

Out of ICI -1.

Short RR. 240

Covered ROK +13 ;-)

2 large trades on WHT at mid today. Results tomorrow. Hmmm

Went out for 3 hours to find no new posts! Oh well, another day tommorrow.

lw - no-one wanted to talk to me so I buggered orf!

;-)