UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

tradetime

IBM is supposedly the biggest stock in the DOW

Yes, that is correct, DOW is easy to work out as it has the unusual characteristic of being a price weighted index as opposed to the more common Cap weighted.

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gut feeling only: retracement of 8-10% due so have now sold all stocks in order to wrap up profits. portfolio at an all time high thanks to oils

dyor

bobbyj_2

STY looks a very interesting prospect for the ISA, Current market cap is nearly half covered by cash. Been a torrid 2 years for this company but they seem to be swinging back around nicely and winning plenty of work. Got a huge contract re-fitting Halifax banks to the Lloyds umbrella. Down from 225p to 25p, Very good recovery potential from here I suspect.

sabretoothtigger

Styles&Wood Group plc is a provider of property services to United Kingdom retailers, including retail banks and both food and non food retailers. The Company co-ordinates all aspects of the store development process by offering an integrated suite of services through four divisions: StoreFit, StorePlanning, StoreCare, and StoreData. StoreFit provides project management and implementation services. StorePlanning provides design and development services. StoreCare provides in store improvement and care services. StoreData provides technology based property information solutions. Its major subsidiaries include Styles&Wood Investments Limited, Styles&Wood Property Management Limited and Maraq Limited, which are intermediate holding companies, and Styles&Wood Limited, which is a property services provider.

Refitting the banks probably represents a good counter trend to a decline in retail, you may have something if that was the only reason for their dramatic fall

-1% Net profit margin compared to intels 21% http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=LON%3Asty


Kittie you have a knack with buying these oils at the right time. I can only hold because I never really get it that right and I dare not sell. Shell is my hedge against 150p petrol

10% correction would place us above Feb low and be quite healthy and bullish overall. Only if we lose 5000 would it really surprise me.

Maybe if cable goes back above 1.70 then I could believe in a big correction but every time the exchange rate goes down it devalues everything including shares which gives them a reason to rally some more


FDI random share doodle - http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9188/week.gif

GKP doubled their share base over 5 years and may issue more to fund recent partner drop outs

HDY seems to be dying on its feet, the bearish chart I spotted earlier is playing out though its not totally failed as yet.
I cant see any reasoning exactly, its about as cheap as its been for a year and they had some failed oil drilling and are continuing with more.
Are their chances really so low or is the price just reflecting fear and negative momentum.
No definite conclusion till May the chart says but risk reward is reasonable despite a bad chart?

Fres is not a failure yet, on the weekly bars its fine still. Im not buying it at this price but I'd say its only a bit more expensive then the 650 in Feb, 550 in Aug and 430 last July.
The most negative thing I could say is it could decline in price till the end of June before rising in the same fashion as before.
Right now it just needs to stay above 820, if its 800 in June still then thats a buy in my opinion



Just checked the RDSB chart, I concur!

bobbyj_2

STY have plenty of blue chip customers i note:

http://www.stylesandwood.co.uk/our%2Dcustomers/

cloud_dog

bobbyj wrote: »

STY have plenty of blue chip customers i note:

http://www.stylesandwood.co.uk/our%2Dcustomers/

bobbj, just checked with SelfTrade and they will only allow a buy of 1000 shares in STY onlline.

cloud_dog

kittie wrote: »

gut feeling only: retracement of 8-10% due so have now sold all stocks in order to wrap up profits. portfolio at an all time high thanks to oils

dyor

kittie, I am also feeling nervous, portfolio also at an all time high, but a 8%-10% would be significant and I'm not sure we are there yet. (There I've done it, here comes the 10% correction)

tradetime

cloud_dog wrote: »

bobbj, just checked with SelfTrade and they will only allow a buy of 1000 shares in STY onlline.

LOL, where does a broker get off telling you how many shares of a company you can buy other than limited by the funds in your account?

cloud_dog

tradetime wrote: »

LOL, where does a broker get off telling you how many shares of a company you can buy other than limited by the funds in your account?

Its not that they don't allow, its just that they have a min / max size for online trades and for this one the market must be short of shares.

You cna then ring them up and place an order. I've had to do it a few times previously but its not something I really want to be messing around with.

turbobob

Thats all of £250 worth of shares. Very odd.