Crocodile
- 15 Dec 2003 22:40
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US Stocks: As expected in the weekend thread computer sell
programs kicked in to bring the DOW back into its longer term trend
UK House prices remained buoyant in the three months to
end-November, with little sign buyers were deterred by the Bank of England's
25-basis point interest rate hike.
GKN said trading had been in line with expectations,
adding that there were signs of recovery in its automotive markets in the
fourth quarter.
HBOS Britain's fourth-biggest bank by assets, said it
expected full-year profit to meet market consensus and said provisions for
non-performing loans were in line with its expectations.Whitbread appoints new chief executive: They named Alan Parker on
Tuesday as its new chief executive to replace David Thomas in June next
year.
Persimmon housebuilder said trading in the second half
of calendar year 2003 had been strong and it expected annual profits to come
in ahead of market expectations. They also reaffirmed plans to pay a
full-year dividend at least 15 percent higher than a year earlier and said
demand for homes remained robust and sales rates per site remained strong,
despite market commentators continuing to predict a declining housing
market.
Pearson says profits on track, despite FT ad revenues
down
Carpetright Britain's biggest floor covering retailer
reported a 33.5 percent jump in profit to 32.3 million pounds and said
like-for-like sales were up 1.8 percent at the start of its second half.
Analysts had been forecasting 28-29 million pounds, excluding property
profits.
Yell: Credit Suisse First Boston "outperform" rating
with a price target of 350 penceNestor Healthcare: Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein says it has cut its
price target on healthcare recruitment to 310 pence per share from 380p.Capita: Goldman Sachs has downgraded its rating on services company
to "in-line" from "outperform" 260-270 pence per share from 300p.
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HBOS (Trading Statement)
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Persimmon (Trading Statement)Praxair Inc stock split ex date, 2 shares for every 1
share held
00.30 Nov RICS Housing Survey, +40
exp..
09.30 Nov RPIX y/y, 2.6% exp..
09.30 Nov HICP y/y, 1.5% exp.
09.30 Treasury Officials Comment on Pre-Budget Report
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Comverse Technologies,
13.30 Nov CPI m/m, 0.1% exp.
13.30 Nov Housing Starts, 1.9m exp.
13.30 Nov Building Permits
14.15 Nov Industrial Production, 0.4% exp.
14.15 Nov Capacity Utilisation, 75.3% exp |
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11.00 3rd Quarter Production in Construction
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Crocodile
- 16 Dec 2003 07:56
- 8 of 28
Thanks TP
bonkers
- 16 Dec 2003 07:58
- 9 of 28
croc, thanks already did that last night... (spaceman)
Douggie
- 16 Dec 2003 08:37
- 10 of 28
mornin all
Melnibone
- 16 Dec 2003 08:54
- 12 of 28
Morning all,
Back to normality after yesterdays moment of madness.
Gap open closed and starting to drop.
Need to watch support levels closely, TP has already listed
them.
Melnibone.
apple
- 16 Dec 2003 09:18
- 13 of 28
little woman
You were jumping to conclusions yesterday when you said I was waiting for the news to come to me.
I phoned the company when OXB started rising about 3 weeks ago but they wouldn't say anything. Not really surprising but worth a try.
I also spoke to some research assistants at UCL who have friends at Kings to see if they knew how things were going but they didn't want to say anything useful.
Internet & msg board searching revealed nothing new.
The larger buys mostly precede the news so I wondered how the bigger investors were finding out.
In the mean time I'm just happy to watch my profits grow because it seems from the news that the rise is sustainable.
Melnibone
- 16 Dec 2003 10:01
- 16 of 28
Well, this is exciting, isn't it.
I think we've been spoilt with yesterdays nice moves.
I was hoping for more of a down move by now to test some
supports, but there doesn't seem to be much happening.
I wonder if yesterdays high gap open provided the end
of year book balancers with the opportunity to get most
of their selling done? They must of thought all their
Christmas's had come at once. :-)
If this is the case then it's going to be back to boring
old range trading for the week, with possibly a gentle rise
to the end of week option expirys.
We'll find out when the US provides the lead this afternoon.
Melnibone.
apple
- 16 Dec 2003 10:37
- 18 of 28
little woman,
Yep I was very specific, I asked about each drug & was just referred to the statements the company had made that we all see on the newsfeeds.
apple
- 16 Dec 2003 13:37
- 20 of 28
But I'm happy about my rising profits.
ThePlayboy
- 16 Dec 2003 14:17
- 21 of 28
Industrial prod surges 0.5% better than exp
ThePlayboy
- 16 Dec 2003 14:38
- 22 of 28
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883272610/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/202-9765392-2061420
Our man ed downs!
Also
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883272610/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/202-9765392-2061420
Crocodile
- 16 Dec 2003 14:39
- 23 of 28
Small short MyTravel, goodness help me ..
vasey
- 16 Dec 2003 14:41
- 24 of 28
little woman....at least one share in your investment club is doing the decent thing! DYS currently up 2.5% (or 7p) at 283.5 currently
vasey
- 16 Dec 2003 14:53
- 27 of 28
No, I missed that little gem! But I'll make sure your powers of observation reach a wider audience and copy on to the other thread! If that's OK?