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Traders Thread & Thoughts - Tuesday12th August (BSY)     

Crocodile - 11 Aug 2003 23:40

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News Headlines:    The Nasdaq managed to break its six-session losing streak to end the day higher Monday, while gains in the broader market were muted ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates Tuesday.

FTSE 100 is set to open almost flat.  Investors wait for final U.S. marketing clearance for AstraZeneca cholesterol drug, Crestor. Investors are also waiting on the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates due at around 1800 GMT. BSKYB reported profits well in front of market expectations with a full-year underlying pre-tax profit of 371 million pounds and said it had added 133,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter.BT announced a 60 percent cut to its monthly charge for customers seeking cheap overseas phone calls. Separately, Oftel chief David Edmonds told the Financial Times that BT could face a tougher regulatory regime in the future.

CD Bramall one of the UK's largest motor retailers, said it is confident of the outcome for the full year after it reported pretax profit for the six months to June 30 2003 above expectations at 17.1 mln. This was up 28 pct from the previous year and compared with analyst expectations for profits of 15.5 mln  

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Druid2 - 12 Aug 2003 09:28 - 7 of 13

little woman - Thanks for your reply - I read from your post that you feel it would be a good LONG. I have gone SHORT an the basis that it has come up so much and there may be a lot of profit taking.

little woman - 12 Aug 2003 10:20 - 8 of 13

It is at a high at the moment, and in the short term I agree it will drop, but I'm not as confident as you that it will drop much and for long. I presume you don't need it to drop much for you to make a profit?

Druid2 - 12 Aug 2003 16:34 - 9 of 13

little woman - only a small stake but not in a hurry to close. Will place a stop in profit on it when I can to preserve capital (Nearest I could place atm with d4f is about 271 which is too high but could keep potential loss down to 3 points) and then perhaps open another short.

little woman - 13 Aug 2003 18:52 - 10 of 13

So Druid - did you close today? I notice the price dropped this morning before starting back up.

Druid2 - 13 Aug 2003 21:46 - 11 of 13

little woman - just seen your post 9 above - No did not close - was able to place a stop in profit at 267.75 (locking in 0.25points - well a profit is a profit) and opened another short at 255.5. Hope I can place a stop in profit on this second one as well soon.
btw - just seen your posts on the Investment Club thread. I set up a club in 1987 with a 5 year life and we had a great time meeting each month but at the end of the day closed the club after 60 months at "evens". Could have been worse. Not in a club at present as I have moved away since then.

little woman - 13 Aug 2003 21:55 - 12 of 13

For us the best part is the "sunday lunch". It's very much a social event, and we have some members who are excellent cooks!

The meetings tend to be me making lots of suggestions, and once in a while one of the others come up with something good. Although as time as gone on, a couple of the members are now making more of an effort and we can have some interesting discussions. We had one member leave, and return a year later. Another one has given us notice that they intend to leave straight after the AGM, (they have retired and want to travel the world and spend all thier money while they are healthy enough to do it!) so are holding the AGM to say good bye to the rest of us.

Druid2 - 13 Aug 2003 22:23 - 13 of 13

little woman - Nice to mix Sharedealing and pleasure. Hope you are all making money as well.
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