red = 25dma
green = 50 dma
black = 200 dma


The Telegraph says the banks like Southern Cross Healthcare, and so it seems to have an almost endless supply of new capital. It recently secured �300m to fund acquisition plans. It also develops its own sites and hopes to add 1,000 beds this year. A good operator with a proven model, Southern Cross is well worth buying.

annual reports etc available from www.schealthcare.co.uk


have just bought for myself at 355

cynic, where do you think this is going now, I got my timing wrong on this last July, this appears to be a good entry point at 480.

difficult call in these turbulent and treacherous markets, and the chart (see above) is scarcely encouraging ..... however, i am still in love with this company and so far it has met its promises every time.

mind you, one could say much the same for RTN and see what happened to that yesterday even though their trading update and broker reaction were neutrral at worst

Thankyou, I will stay out for now, will continue watching for the next move up.

too late for me, i forgot i placed a buy order for 470p a while ago and it triggered today, hope that chart dont get worse...!!!

u may well find it a fortuitous mistake

How much further do you expect it to drop?

Some support at 380p and 360p but main support at 320p.

Finance director leaving usually not a good sign , maybe he knows something we don't.

truly horrid isn't it, though i shall continue to hold though certainly rather less than i did

jimmy c over on "the dark side":
"do some research and you may find why the fd left, not hard to pick up a phone and speak to directors. MBO on the cards at this price. Lazy investing selling out without research, shame on you."
He seems reluctant to pass on what he's found out though.

anything is possible, including the likelihood that jimmy c is FoS!

Awesome chart, i see not having broadband for a few weeks has served me well.... not...!!!

Is it worth buying at this level or will it continue to fall?

Has obviously been shorted heavily, would say when they are finished it could make a fair bounce quite rapidly to at least low 400's, the FD buying had that effect last week, but was short lived...

all sorts of slightly strange things have gone against SCHE of late, and though i have trimmed my holding, i am still a fan

So did old mutual buy or sell on 24th? RNS says they crossed 5% threshold but i presume thats downwards and that they have sold, shorters giving this a torrid time at the mo...

Old Mutual reduced to <5% see RNS 28/01/08.

So does anyone know why the FD left ?

RNS states AGM on 5/2/08 and trading update a few days later?

could be the boottom

am tempted to get back in (sorry, but jumped ship about a week ago) but am travelling for the rest of the week and cannot watch constantly