Anyone notice the exratordinary volumes yesterday? (10/5/2004)

48 million!!!

Many more buys than sells.

That and the price held out only losing a fraction of a penny.

No Easter Eggs in sight in my local store.

May be one reason but............

Any ideas people?

Phillip and his friends have deep pockets.MKS is not the done deal as yet.Sure it will be.
WLW offers a fast track intro to the retail biz.With lots of branches.A matter of time.Have we got that lomg?

There's a fair few ? marked trades going on this AM - in reasonable quantities
just for your information..

any recent buyers made a killing,,,bar me?

Well done Dave.

I am sure many did and will continue to do so, if the price is right.

A clever strategy by Mr Green in any event, from which some of of may have reaped some benefit whether we are MKS, WLW or MAT share holders.

Or mad enough to hold all three! (lol)

i `am on to a winner with matalan ,,this is a winner can`t really say to much about this one yet.i no a man ,who no`s a man sort of thing ,,{insider}. every one no`s the rummor,, a bit of a smoke screen .bought heavy in feb myself and three others,,this is my largest buy out of all my holding ever, but i am not worried at all.

Funny, I have the same info from the same man probably, with B&B, but that was last year and still nothing has happened except the price has fallen through the floor.

MAT is most likely a target of GUS who have shown interest of late of aquisitions.

Rumours always abound that WLW is secretly being stalked by Wal-Mart, or is it Tesco or is it Mr Green........the lists are endless.

Stockbunny you must be filthy rich if you have all 3!

seawalker i payed 1.59 in feb this year,,plus i no jamie wants to offload and take is money and play.

Dave. Have a drink on me!

seawallwalker,,how long have you held matalan,,,and what price did you pay.
cheers i`ll have a bitter.what was the key issue that made you choose matalan.

Seawallwalker - Sorry to disappoint but rich I certainly am not.
It's all a question of the size of your holding of shares - a small
holding in 3 companies can be the same cost as a large holding in
just one company. OK so small holdings wont make you rich, but it
spreads risk a little more and can bring results, just more of them
in smaller parcels....lol

i should of hung around o.5o on the horizon,,,still well under valued at this price still.

Shares go up, shares go down!

Dave, never look back!

You made a profit, and you were happy with that!

Over the past 12 months I have made 3 profits from these shares, and always sold before they hit the peak!

I did the same as you this time and on every other occassion, but over 12 months I made just under 5k, from 20k invested in wlw. 25% return is outstanding in my book! (And that without the divi!) Maybe not in other peoples eyes, but the market has been hard over the past 6 months so I am happy.

The divi is good from wlw, so if there is another opportunity to buy in at 40 to 42p or so, I will do the same again.

If there is not, then I will wait for things to settle at it's new level and buy in at what I believe will be the lowest point for the price according to the time of the year.

As usual I say this as is, i.e. in my opinion, and do your own research, and remember that like endowment policies, the returns from shares, may not be as much as you put in.

In respect of Matalan, I think the recent surge in price answers that question.

seawallwalker,,to right.trevor bish jones no`s his stuff but like your self,i`dd buy again a great yo,,yo share to have,,,.levels of 38/41 great entry price,,be lucky.dave.

matalan i bought these at 1.59 feb/current 1.99 = 25% up to now,i wont sell for under 2.40,,,just luck at ,,eps,says it all,,no wonder there snaping to buy.

When it comes to shares (or anything else in life) you should do
what feels right to you - Seawalker you're right, it's not worth
looking back, hindsight is a great thing but is never available when
a decision needs to be made....

See WLW hit 47p today (and I missed it!) never mind another opportunity
will come along for me - and the hedge is now trimmed after my endeavours
with the shears rather than the computer stock-watch screen!!

MTN (Matalan) has slowed up now on the gains
hopefully another head of steam will arrive shortly...

Be lucky guys!!

to right bunny,to right.

Heading towards the 50p mark bit by bit.

lucky for the people who still holding these.50 for sure,my be abit more to.lol

We're up a whole penny today guys and gals - don't spend it all at once!!