UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

duck_3

tradetime wrote: »

To do what?

Watch the markets on the 29th and you will see

that's all i can say

sabretoothtigger

For picking out stocks, I know you can list them by various ratios just wondering how he comes up with all these different stocks and the confidence to buy them.
I generally just watch stocks long term and build up knowledge of them in order to have confidence to hold them over night


:laugh: duck
I tihnk you should at least give us a dramatic picture as a hint

tradetime

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

For picking out stocks, I know you can list them by various ratios just wondering how he comes up with all these different stocks and the confidence to buy them.
I generally just watch stocks long term and build up knowledge of them in order to have confidence to hold them over night

If you are just looking for stocks that have taken a beating, fallen hard, any screener should identify them.

uk_steve

tonygee wrote: »

My gut feeling is we will see falls soon(possibly new lows)thats why Im holding plenty of cash(banked profits)

actually i have done something simular to you i also have banked a few stocks with nice profit in the last mth, so i have a nice cash flow for the next mth or two

mind you i have some stocks what are deep in the red in the last few weeks as well

tonygee_3

mind you i have some stocks what are deep in the red in the last few weeks as well[/QUOTE]

Thats always the risk when buying unloved stocks,however as I stated earlier markets have short memories and fingers crossed theyll do best in the future
Markets still going sideways US Housing data at 3pm might have effect
I sold AVIVA up 10%(great trading share)
Looks like holders of JESSOPS have lost all,this share though has struggled for years,pre credit crunch, so not suprising

sabretoothtigger

[SIZE=-2]Wednesday May 27, 12:00 AM
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[SIZE=+1]25 Years Of The FTSE 100[/SIZE]By Neil Faulkner

The FTSE 100 index was first published 25 years ago. Its base level of 1,000 was set at 3 January 1984 and it reached a high of 6,951 in 1999. At the close last Friday, 22 May 2009, it stood at 4,365.
It took over from the long running FT30,

which was the index used previously as the main indicator for the stock market's performance, and of businesses in general.

The FTSE 100 vastly improved on its predecessor. It represents about 80% of the total stock-market capitalisation (the total value of outstanding shares). It gives bigger companies more weight in the index, so a change in the price of a larger firm will affect the movement of the index more than a smaller one. It also promotes and relegates firms each quarter as they grow and shrink. It's a good benchmark to measure the performance of many share portfolios and investment funds.

A considerable transformation
After this quarter century, the FTSE 100 has radically altered, which shows that blue-chip companies aren't immune to change. Just 34 of the original constituents are still in it, with others being acquired, relegated, broken up or bankrupted.

StatusNumber of original constituentsSurvived34Acquired50Relegated7Broken up6Bankrupt3A lot more have been relegated than shown above, but not all of them could be kept down. Balfour Beatty (LSE: BBY.L - news) , for example, which was previously BICC, and Invensys (LSE: ISYS.L - news) , previously BTR, had stints in the FTSE 250 (news) .

A number of businesses I've listed as 'acquired' had sunk from the FTSE 100 beforehand, typically being recycled by private equity. General Electric (NYSE: GE - news) became Marconi and then got overambitious.

It slipped into the FTSE 250 and then became Telent (LSE: TLNT.L - news) before being acquired by the Pension Corporation. Peninsular & Oriental Steam, Pilkington Brothers, RMC, and Rank Organisation are other examples of original constituents that were bought out after sinking to the next index. House of Fraser even sunk to the Small Cap, thanks largely to a removal of Harrods from the group, before it was bought.Three companies failed to survive.

These were British & Commonwealth Shipping, Ferranti and MFI Furniture. Some banks may recently have been saved, but some companies haven't always been too big to fall, and won't be again.The fact that so few companies of blue-chip standing have remained demonstrates that even long term buy-and-hold strategies require periodic maintenance.

Shares must be sold and new ones bought, preferably long before the falling star drops out of the top 100, and certainly way before it's bought out at a much lower valuation or made bankrupt.More from Neil Faulkner:

• Is That Cash In Your Index Fund?
• How Much To Save For Retirement
• Here's The Foolish Bottom Line

Here's a complete list of what's happened to the original constiutents. Those marked in bold in the left hand column remain in the FTSE 100:

Original memberWhat happened to it

Allied-LyonsAcquired
Associated British Foods (LSE: ABF.L - news) (LSE: ABF)
Associated DairiesAcquired
British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS.L - news) (LSE: BATS)
BICCBalfour BeattyBOCAcquired
BPB IndustriesAcquired
BTRNow called Invensys (LSE: ISYS)
Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) (LSE: BARC)
Barratt Developments (LSE: BDEV.L - news)Now in the FTSE 250
BassBroken upBeechamAcquiredBerisford (S&W)Acquired
Blue Circle IndustriesAcquired
Boots (LSE: AB.L - news)Acquired
British AerospaceNow called BAE Systems (LSE: BA.L - news) (LSE: BA)
British & Commonwealth ShippingBankrupt
British Electric TractionAcquired
British Home StoresAcquired
BP (LSE: BP)
BritoilAcquired
Bowater (NYSE: BOW - news)Now called Rexam (LSE: REX.L - news) (LSE: REX)
BurtonAcquired
Cable & Wireless (LSE: CW.L - news) (LSE: CW)
Cadbury Schweppes (LSE: CBRF.L - news)Now just Cadbury (Munich: A0NJP5 - news) (LSE: CBRY)
Charterhouse J. RothschildBroken up
Commercial Union AssuranceNow called Aviva (LSE: AV.L - news) (LSE: AV)
Consolidated Gold FieldAcquired
CourtauldsAcquired
DalgetyBroken up
DistillersAcquired
Edinburgh Investment TrustNow in the FTSE 250
English China ClaysAcquired
Exco InternationalAcquired
FerrantiBankrupt
FisonsAcquired
General Accident Fire & LifeAcquiredGeneral ElectricAcquired
GlaxoNow called GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) (LSE: GSK)
Globe Investment TrustAcquired
Grand MetropolitanMerged with Guinness, now called Diageo (LSE: DGE.L - news) (LSE: DGE)
GUSBroken up
Guardian Royal ExchangeAcquired
Guest, Keen & NettlefoldsNow just GKN (LSE: GKN.L - news) (LSE: GKN) and in the FTSE 250
Hambro Life AssuranceAcquired
Hammerson (LSE: HMSO.L - news) (LSE: HMSO)
Hanson TrustAcquired
Harrisons & CrosfieldElementis (LSE: ELM.L - news) /FTSE Small Cap
Hawker SiddeleyAcquired
House of FraserAcquired
ICI (LSE: ICI.L - news)Acquired, but demerged AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN.L - news) (LSE: AZN) in 1993.
Imperial Continental GasBroken up
ImperialNow Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT.L - news) (LSE: IMT)
Johnson Matthey (LSE: JMAT.L - news) (LSE: JMAT)
Ladbrokes (LSE: LAD.L - news)Now in the FTSE 250
Land Securities (LSE: LAND.L - news) (LSE: LAND)
Legal & General (LSE: LGEN.L - news) (LSE: LGEN)
Lloyds BankNow Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY.L - news) (LSE: LLOY)
MEPCAcquired
MFI FurnitureBankrupt
Magnet & SouthernsAcquired
Marks & Spencer (LSE: MKS.L - news) (LSE: MKS (MKX.TO - news) )
Midland BankAcquired
National Westminster BankAcquired
Northern Foods (LSE: NFDS.L - news)Now in the FTSE 250
Pearson (LSE: PSON.L - news) (S) & SonNow called Pearson (LSE: PSON)
Peninsular & Oriental SteamAcquired
Pilkington BrothersAcquired
PlesseyAcquired
Prudential AssuranceNow just Prudential (LSE: PRU)
RMCAcquiredRacal ElectronicsAcquired, although demerged Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L - news) (LSE: VOD) in 1988.
Rank OrganisationAcquired
Reckitt & ColmanNow called Reckitt Benckiser (LSE: RB.L - news) (LSE: RB)
RedlandAcquired
Reed InternationalNow called Reed Elsevier (Amsterdam: 273044.AS - news) (LSE: REL)
Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) -ZincNow called Rio Tinto Group (LSE: RIO)
Rowntree-MackintoshAcquired
Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS.L - news) (LSE: RBS)
Royal InsuranceNow called RSA (LSE: RSA)
J Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY) Scottish & Newcastle BreweriesAcquired
SearsBroken upSedgwickAcquired
Shell Transport & TradingNow called Royal Dutch Shell (Amsterdam: RDSA.AS - news) (LSE: RSDB)
Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN.L - news) (LSE: SN)
Standard Chartered (LSE: STAN.L - news) (LSE: STAN)
Standard Telephone & CableAcquired
Sun Alliance & London InsuranceAcquired
Sun Life Assurance SocietyAcquiredTarmacAcquired
Tesco (LSE: TSCO.L - news) (LSE: TSCO)
Thorn EMIAcquired
Trafalgar HouseAcquired
Trusthouse ForteAcquired
UltramarAcquired
Unilever (LSE: ULVR.L - news) (LSE: ULVR)
United BiscuitsAcquired
Whitbread (LSE: WTB.L - news) (LSE: WTB)
George WimpeyNow called Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW.L - news) (LSE: TW) and in the FTSE 250

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/26052009/404/25-years-ftse-100.html

Stavros_3

duck wrote: »

Watch the markets on the 29th and you will see

that's all i can say

Get ready to bump this on the 29th, I'm so excited

tonygee_3

QUACKERS:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

duck_3

Anyone checked the shares today ???
There are UP and will keep rising




http://uk.reuters.com/business/markets


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8803a2ce-4aa1-11de-87c2-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

tradetime

duck wrote: »

Anyone checked the shares today ???
There are UP and will keep rising


http://uk.reuters.com/business/markets

Yes thanx, 5 days a week 06:00 - 21:00, now let's see

Dow

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> -2%
S&P

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> -1.8%
Nasdaq

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> -0.7%
Transports

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> -2.8%
Russell

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> -2%