Now I can keep an eye on one of my monitored stocks which I'm currently in.

Engine group Rolls-Royce PLC said it expects the civil engine
fleet to rise by 40 pct over the next five years, with half the fleet coming
under long-term service agreements, representing an 80 pct increase since 2004.
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Really nice to see RR. on the up again.

I've been in these since Oct'04 and bought more on the May 'golden cross' so I'm well pleased.
I will stick with them now 'til the price dips conclusively below the 50 dma.

I could well become a 'golden cross' addict. Are there any other RR. holders been in since the 'cross' in May?

Talking to myself, but enjoying it with this stock :o)

Superb results..

I've watched it climb but never got in. Well done to you.

The company news from Money AM on 27/07/06 said that RR dividend was increasing by 10%.
The fundamentals and the Quote screens of Money AM both say that,there is NO DIVIDEND.
To say that I am mystified is very understated.
I did send a query to the news desk, but there has been no reply.

Confusion is no basis to buy into this stock.

Hello Johnboy77,
I actually work for Royces in Derby and I can confirm that there is a dividend and it has been increased by 10%. Hope this helps clear the confusion.

Thanks to pma68 for the information, I figured this would be the correct situation.
I am still mystified as to why the disinformation is on Money AM.
Please can someone explain briefly what is ment by the " golden cross " I expect it is a chart reading.

Sorry for belated answer john'..

A 'golden cross'.

This is where the 20-day ma goes through the 50-day and then they both go through the 200-day moving averages on an uptrend, giving a longer term buy signal. Short term just use price, the 20 and 50.

A 'dead cross' is the opposite.

For example there was a short term 'dead cross' a sell signal, in the 2nd week of May. Like any signals they shouldn't be used on their own though.

Dividend -

There is a dividend but it's paid in B shares. (reasons to do with tax law)

BUT....

You tell the registrar which of these three options you want. Your choice applies for all future dividends:

1) Convert B shares to cash immediately they are received;
2) Convert B shares to more RR shares immediately they are received;
3) Keep the B shares.

The dividend is what you would get if you chose option 1. Formally speaking, there's no cash dividend so some sites may report this as ZERO DIVIDEND. However, the practical effect of option 1 is that you get cash.

R-R in their comapny results may say "interim dividend of 3.8p" or something similar. This mean you'll get 38 B shares which can be converted to cash at a rate of 0.1p per share.

Navajo,
i'm short rr since monday with a stop above 500. often i'm completely wrong, often i'm right but too early,that makes me wrong also which is why i use a protective stop (equates to small loss) sometimes i get it right.( equates to big gain, hopefully)
a " dead cross" versus support from the 200 dma? good move up today, might take my stop loss out tomorrow,but thats what its there for , so i shan't complain if it does.
lots of stocks making top "noises", but not yet fulfilled. failure to do so can also be success... for the bulls. interesting times.
best regards

this stock is doing my head in.
good news today. why won't it go up and hit my stoploss and put me out of my misery?
maybe its gonna gap up overnite and im gonna be well in the proverbial. oh woe is me.
what to do?
best regards
jkd

i've been stopped out this morning. what a relief. i was wrong on this one. no excuses.
happy easter to all
best regards
jkd

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its taken me years to adjust to these binoculars of mine, thats what i call em, ive been right so many times and still lost money over the years you wouldnt believe.
have now at long last found a formula that takes it into consideration, it seems to be working for me. took a long time though.( should that be it has taken a long time though?) to be more grammaticaly correct?
good luck to you
regards
jkd

cheers and gl.

Finally moving off the recent lows.

Moving back to 350p imo.

A review of the UK defence sector by Goldman Sachs gave a boost to Rolls-Royce, its favoured stock, which gained 6.25p at 335.5p in response. Sector peer Cobham dropped 5.8p at 174.3p after being cut to sell, while BAE Systems, fell 5.25p at 334.25p on being marked sell with its price target trimmed to 330p from 400p.

Reults going down well.