Every where you look the news is full of doom and gloom about currencies and the markets, and rightly so. But, and it's a big but, some companies will ride out the storm, offer reasonable dividends and offer a buying opportunity. Obviously the 'cranks' will say their small cap tiddler is worthy of a huge upgrade in share price but maybe a flight to quality is where we should be ( I can't believe I am saying this!). Maybe the collapse in share prices might be an opportunity for some quite juicy M&A activity.

So here is my list of a few stocks I am watching for buying opportunities and why:

Misys; M&A activity bidder Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) walked away last week and shares came in for big sell off. Unlikely FIS will bid again just yet but if price continues to collapse might return.

SportingBet: M&A activity bidder Ladbrokes? Still rumoured out there with 70p bid. Perennial bid favourite but might be one to get dirt cheap.

Lloyds. Madness, yes I know, but below 28p I might just put some away for a rainy day, a pure punt.


Anyone else got some stocks to watch?

I'll soon fix that - what share is it? I'll buy some!

lol.

well I did get filled at 28p on lloyds but its gone down since, still 200p by Xmas and chance to average down coming up :-0)

A lower low for Mrs Jones to come before the time to bottom fish?
VIX pretty high too..

I have the cushions plumped up and arranged behind the sofa. Will need to come out before the RWC starts so I predict a big rally on the 9th Sept

Hope is a great thing, but reality will survive for 2011 short the way to go.

I can feel a panic coming on again :)

Martini - are you going to be able to watch the rugby from behind the sofa? :-)

You need to Panic now.

Don't panic....remember we're British!

and remember also......

It's always darkest before the dawn!

Financial world ending do panic, or go short.

Lloyds below 28p looking like a great punt.
I was warned off! ..

dailos: I did buy, shame though I sold out at 32p. damn

Thought I would take a look back at this thread

Misys then 291p taken over at 350p in June 2012

Sportingbet then 47p now 52.75

Lloyds then 35p now 43.25p

Good calls Bullshare.

lol Bullie , that sportingbet call off the top of my head was a pile of crap unless you had a 50% stop loss (???).

Think I said so at the time :-)

Dil - 09 Aug 2011 15:53 - 33 of 98

AAL , BARC , BT.A



Still got BARC and BT.A , sold AAL at about 2700 after buying around 2400 I think. Bought the other two around 170p again off top of head , will take a look tomorrow see how good my memory is.

Kareeoke night in Wales on a Sunday :)

Just looked at Sportingbet ... 27p in May so 40% stop loss and you would have been out.

Think you and Limpy taught me to use slightly tighter stop losses :-)

.... and yes I do have issues with Sportingbet :-)

From an SBT thread :

Dil - 04 Jul 2011 23:15 - 431 of 465

You put them in your pension with Meldex Mike ????

Pile of shite ... and nothing to do with them banning me honest , tossers :-)

If you wanna buy into bookies then buy the market leaders Paddypower or William Hill (I have some Will Hill).

Ladbrokes online not a patch on two above so won't touch them. 888sport probably the best performer in last year but wouldn't touch at current prices.

Then again WTF would I know I'm not a gambler.