UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

ses6jwg

Got an order in for Heritage Oil.

I feel the drop was unjustified.

sabretoothtigger

Yea I got a bit since its not been this low for so long as gas isnt so bad, its an asset anyhow. CHK I sold has just shot up after pulling another gas deal, dam.


GSK said to be a fair play by tipster I read - http://www.sharecrazy.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=467900&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

He also pointed out how much ZEN has fallen. This could be on reasons of share dilution but this also means they are well capitalised from all those new shares issued. They build super conductors, so a kind of infrastructure play I think


Think I will try to trade a range with CEY might bop around a while

EMED recent low is 50% retrace of dec low to jan high


A few middle east type stocks showing weakness I think. GPX is syria

Thrugelmir

StevieJ wrote: »

I am thinking that Shell is still looking fairly resilient with a few upgrades and price forecasts of around £26.00. I am keeping a close eye on it though.

No increase in dividend though.

sabretoothtigger

Thrugelmir wrote: »

No increase in dividend though.

7 cents or 4.4p for BP and ex div on feb 16? ,not sure.
Bp is being pretty weak now, couldnt get past 495.

Thinking its fair to speculate and rebuy my old position

09/02/11 11:00 Quarterly ex-dividend date Q4 2010 Ex-dividend date

StevieJ

Thrugelmir wrote: »

No increase in dividend though.

Heavy CAPEX programme still ongoing, I remember the days when a yield above 4% would have been
a definite buy signal.

black_taxi_2

which is better tracker fund

ftse250
ftse-all-share

thx

tradetime

black_taxi wrote: »

which is better tracker fund

ftse250
ftse-all-share

thx

The above chart shows the performance of 3 ETF tracking funds from the Deutsche Bank ETF family Blue is 100, green is 250 and red is All Share. Not sure if that is any help to you.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=XUKX.L&t=1y&l=on&z=l&q=l&p=&a=&c=xmcx.l%2Cxasx.l

black_taxi_2

how do you protect your share portfolio if market changes suddenly

say you have 6 shares invested--companies are solid ---been rising slowly but surely

market changes direction --downwards

how do you protect your portfolio shares

im a beginner and sorry of im asking daft questions

thx

jimjames

black_taxi wrote: »

how do you protect your share portfolio if market changes suddenly

say you have 6 shares invested--companies are solid ---been rising slowly but surely

market changes direction --downwards

how do you protect your portfolio shares

im a beginner and sorry of im asking daft questions

thx

Protect them from what? Falling in value? If so then being in shares probably isn't the right place for you. Shares rise and fall constantly, but generally rise over the long term, until afterwards there is no way of knowing if a fall on one day is part of a longer term trend of falling prices or just the natural "noise" of the market. In most cases there is no point trying to time the market, stay invested and over the long term the price should rise.

If you try to sell because you think the market is falling, how do you then know to buy back in again? Very few people are able to read the market to time buying in and out so in the most part it will cost far more to try to do so.

jimjames

black_taxi wrote: »

which is better tracker fund

ftse250
ftse-all-share

thx

Better for what? Both accurately track the index that they are meant to follow.

Over the last year as the graph shows the FTSE250 has outperformed the FTSE100. Over other time periods the FTSE100 has outperformed. FTSE250 companies may do better as they have more room to grow. FTSE100 companies are on a lower P/E ration at present. Unfortunately without a crystal ball you have no way of knowing which will do better in future. I don't try to guess and hold funds in both.