A Brief Look At The Week Ahead

On the face of it, there will be a quiet return to the market following the long weekend break. However, there are enough big-hitters reporting results on Wednesday and Thursday to keep the kettle boiling. For easyJet, things are expected to get worse. In the maiden interim results for its new CEO, Andy Harrison, on Wednesday, Charles Stanley predicts a 45m loss for the six months ending in March, partly due to the Easter holiday falling outside the period, but also to higher fuel costs that have added an estimated 55m to the carrier's costs. BG Group will publish its quarterly numbers on Wednesday. BG had pledged to spend 1bn on buying back shares, but it has reduced its activity in recent months as its share price has climbed. Its liquefied natural gas unit, meanwhile, helped by the activation of a couple of projects in Egypt and the high price of gas, is adding cash to the books. Babcock International reveals annual results on Wednesday Since BAE Systems and VT Group acknowledged last month that they were considering making an offer for the company, its shares are up more than 24%. Analysts don't expect its CEO, Peter Rogers, to say a word about the possible deal. Rather, he will be eager to trumpet what is expected to be a strong year at the ship-building and services group. Michael Donnelly of Bridgewell Securities predicts pre-tax profit of 40.5m, up from 35m the year before. On Thursday, Royal Dutch Shell is set to outdo last year's Q1 profits as it continues to benefit from sky-high oil prices. Shareholders will pay special attention to what the company says about its dividend and share buyback programme. Shell has a lot of cash on its books, and investors will be looking for an indication of what the company plans to do with it, other than giving more back to them. Brokers Williams de Broexpects a pre-tax profit of $5.7bn for the quarter, up from $5.3bn the year before. The other area of interest will be the company's outlook for production after it raised its capital expenditures projections last quarter. Problems in Nigeria are expected to hinder production, though to what extent is unclear. The big question mark over South African miner Lonmin on Thursday will be rising labour costs. Sixty per cent of the company's costs go to pay its workers, and management has been trying to mechanise more of its mining processes to reduce its costs. It wasn't helped earlier this month when its largest smelter broke down, bringing production to a halt for 11 days. The extent of that stall will be of great interest to analysts, as will the company's outlook for the price of the metal palladium, which is used in catalytic converters for cars, industrial production and jewellery. Williams de Broexpects $315m in interim pre-tax profits. ICI is wrestling with a 1.5bn pension deficit and rising input costs, but looks set to unveil continued progress of its turnaround in its quarterly results on Thursday. Other companies under scrutiny this week include Matalan, BSkyB and BAT on Wednesday; Blacks Leisure on Thursday and Body Shop International on Friday. A busy week in prospect, whatever sector interests you. Should be fun! Good hunting! Greystone (Greystone is Alan English, City Editor at MoneyAM.)

This is my selection for the "UPS" this week GGG

SHARE	VOLUME	CHART	NEWS	VARIOUS
GGG price 9.625p	Above average volume but strong buying compare with selling last Friday	On the 2 week chart MACD and RSI has gone positive as a double bottom has been formed, could see again the 12p offer on the cards soon	Plenty of trips lately from the CEO to China, with some deals recently announced but more to come soon as cash has been building up after last week exercised warrants	GOLD prices where reaching a 25 year high $660 today. Directors have a background of working in China and have a solid spread of experience across the mining industry

2 weeks chart - bollinger bands, MACD 3 month

           AFTERNOON FUN

         

     Hot tea and crumpets,
     and corn pads for bunions,

     No spicy hot food
     or food cooked with onions,

     Bathrobes and heat pads
     and hot meals they bring,

     These are a few of
     my favorite things

UPS (Added by Master RSI on Mon 01 May 05:59 pm)
CSV - 9.75 - 9.89p

Reason Moving higher with volume for the last couple days after holding at support 9p for four weeks is now ready for a BREAKOUT. Last March results show a returning into operating profit for the first time since 2000

2 weeks chart - bollinger bands, MACD

3 month

UPS (Added by Master RSI on Sun 30 Apr 05:14 pm)

EME -133 - 137p

Reason - Expected news next week that could bring EME into a producing company instead of an exploring one. Since last week twice intrady low of 120p the share have change into a new direction were could test the 170p high reached a couple month ago

2 weeks chart - bollinger bands, MACD

3 month

Morning all.

End-of-day Market Summary

What a miserable day over here, I tried to post early this morning and am was off for maintenance, well I kept off for the rest of trading day.

Now I had more time and certainly plenty of going on during the day

one that I had as "Keep an eye"
TFC 39.50 - 40p +1p

others
CHP 16 - 16.50p +0.50p
moving higher after a couple days of pause

MPH 23 - 23.50p + 2.125p
now going places after a large 600K trade and director buying 170K last Friday

GMA 13.25 -13.50p +1.125p

moving well up after that 10M "X" trade and premium paid

JOKE OF THE DAY

Blonde exposure

A blonde is walking down the street
with her blouse open,
exposing one of her breasts.

A nearby policeman approaches her and remarks,
"Ma'am, are you aware that I could cite you
for indecent exposure?"

"Why, officer?" asks the blonde.

"Because your blouse is open
and your breast is exposed."

"Oh my goodness," exclaims the blonde,
"I left my baby on the bus!"