I suspect trading tomorrow will probably answer this conundrum, but I know there are some far wiser owls than me that contribute to this bb & I would be interested in their opinions.

My question is this: the chart below looks to me like a pullback of the uptrend (ie when it went north through 14.00) however I am unsure as it has now broken down through 14.00 whether this is trending up or down :-(

So what do you think - up or down, or should I just flip a coin :-)) ?

You're right there!

Worth a wee punt Buy order (SB) left @ 303.0 Tgt 320.0 tight stop.

I need 336p + please.,.

I need +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.

is that + or ++ maggie....not being greedy are you...lol

It's ++ not one bit greedy would just like to break even before I'm on the zimmer frame! Still there's always the divi s mind you, I'll be dead before I get my money back on those alone lol - don't know why I'm laughing must be hysteria.

nah lots of life in that old dog yet..we'll see it back and a bit more i hope. happy new year.,.

Great trading stock, must admit fundamentals baffle me completely.

Slow but steady. Lets hope 300p provides support.

looking good harry

Date of Q3 Interim Management Statement
Man Group plc confirms that it will release the Interim Management Statement for its third quarter ending 31 December 2010 on Thursday 20th January at 7am.

Stop to entry for risk free trade.

Stopped Out. Try again Limit Buy 303.0

350p after 20th jan.,,.

I'll drink to that BB, limit buy triggered 304.9 at the open.

from the 'Morning report':
"On the limited upside with blue chips, hedge fund manager Man Group topped the leaderboard, up 3.8p at 306.1p, on reports that fund managers enjoyed a bumper December."

Two days to results. Hopefully a nice surge in the sp coming!

Fingers crossed!

Seems the results were not quite as good as we had hoped:
LONDON | Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:17am GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - Man Group (EMG.L) saw $1 billion (628 million pounds) of net client outflows in its third quarter, confounding hopes that its recent purchase of rival GLG would reverse the fortunes of the world's largest listed hedge fund manager.

It was the ninth straight quarter of client outflows for Man, which has seen clients pull out their money even as rivals have won back investors.

Analysts had expected net inflows of between $550 million and $900 million for the three months to end-December, the third quarter in Man Group's financial year.

The outflow was largely due to a single redemption of more than $1 billion from a low margin mandate by one investor who had switched out of European equities, Man said on Thursday, while there were some inflows into GLG's hedge funds.

Man bought GLG last year for $1.6 billion to boost assets and become less dependent on computer-driven funds, and is incorporating the flows into its figures for the first time.

Total assets for the combined company rose to $68.6 billion -- around the level that Man was running before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Man's subsequent performance losses.

Man said its flagship AHL fund, a $21.9 billion "black box" fund named after 1980s founders Michael Adam, David Harding and Martin Lueck, rose 14.8 percent last year, taking it to 3.7 percent below its peak -- the point above which it can earn lucrative performance fees.

Clients pulled out hundreds of billions of dollars from hedge funds during the credit crisis.

But they have been returning to these free-wheeling portfolios for the past 18 months, investing a net $13.1 billion in the last quarter of 2010, according to Hedge Fund Research."

Aye fraid so stopped out -15.9