p/w of 10 with sales rising 20% YOY and turns around 80% of profit straight to cash worth 10 in my opinion thats why I bought it @ 550p the steal of the century ....

now out of its 90 day average heading toward 700p withing the month as understand the overhang of float shares out of the way

a light hearted post from someone (no, not me) posting on another website discussion board:

"My view is that some poor sod in the revenue office has destroyed the disks and bought a lot of shares in Experian and Equifax."

:-)

Nice little flurry this morning, out at 435p back in if it drops.

I have just got out at 4.33 with a small loss. I will by back in if they fall probably at around 4.25

Stan .... good timing ..... did you buy back in again....?

No, staying out for a while as I think we are in for some more bad news this week.

Are you still in there?

ED: When I say bad news I don't mean about EXPN but general market stuff.

Yes, was out for a couple of hours - came back to find it had fallen back a bit .... but then with US due to open higher today decided not worth trying to time exit / re-entry..... happy to hold for a medium term timescale.....

Low volumes today I notice, couple of sells moves the price.

Another notification issued this afternoon of Director purchase. So I make that 3 Directors have added within the last two weeks (including one who has added twice).

Agreed, somethings cooking... just a matter of waiting for it to stop going down -):

It will go up tomorrow - otherwise my pc will suffer from verbal and physical abuse...... and I will go back to decorating.....

I sold 4500 yesterday at 4.33. Today I have bought 2500 at 4.18 and a half pence this morning, and thisafternoon bought 2,000 more at 4.05375p. the average price is now 4.1266 per share. Good job I sold yesterday and have bought back today. Good luck to all holding this one. 930 better off less dealing costs.

jb .... yes, with tight spread and no stamp duty it's certainly a good trading share if you get direction right...... my average from two purchases is about 415p - so not losing sleep over it quite yet.... and the three director buys this month are 'reassuring'.

Janet, you seem to be a genuinely decent person & doing your very best to make money, as we all are. Trading conditions are becoming difficult as more & more stocks are seeing a downturn. Most people on these boards, I hope, are decent people who are trying to share ideas & strategies, but in my opinion you need to be aware that not everyone is the same. Please only tell us the price at which you bought, which is certainly interesting as the entry point to EXPN is really tricky at the moment. It is unwise to also reveal the quantity. You used to do the same on the PRTY thread with scary amounts of money!
Just my opinion & I wish the world was a safe place, but it's not. I wish you luck with your EXPN investment.

Harry ..... agreed.

Despite Experian warning about H2 business, then some parts of their operation are doing quite nicely as regards year on year increase:

PriceGrabber.com(R), a part of Experian, announced earlier today that the shopping comparison site has received an initial increase in traffic to merchants of 54 percent year over year as of 12 p.m. noon PST on this "Cyber Monday." Statistics during the busy shopping weekend show strong growth and momentum going into the holiday season.

http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2007/11/26/prnewswire200711261935PR_NEWS_USPR_____LAM116.html

I still think there is more downside to most financials at the moment. Lots of little bounces, but the trend is still down. Unfortunately there is no history with EXPN to indicate the bottom.

Just compared the fts100 over the EXPN chart and we seemed to be somewhere similar until August, then EXPN just keep on dropping...with the Directors keep on buying -):

thanyou for yor kind advice harrycat, and I shall now take heed. The market is very difficult at the moment. I feel a lot happier now with my experian shares at the price they are standing me at. The downturn in the english markets is mainly due to all the bad news coming from america. It is very hard to make money in this market. You have to be shrewd. One big mistake is to hold too many companies. Cynic said the other day that he is reducing his holdings. I entirely agree with him. There is far more to go wrong. I am going to thin out also. Also in a falling market. I am going to sell my shares making losses and hopefully buy them back when they fall like experien. good luck all, I believe we will need it.

Two missing computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million people could be worth up to 1.5bn to criminals, say the Lib Dems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7117291.stm

Meanwhile shadow chancellor George Osborne urged Mr Darling to provide, "positive evidence" to back up the claim being sent to child benefit recipients that "the copy of the data is likely to still be on government property ".

" Two missing computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million people could be worth up to 1.5bn to criminals, say the Lib Dems.

"Yes but they also once said "Go back to your constituency and prepare for Government " so what do they know -):

I have sold today. The market is so volatile at the moment.