Alps Elec. Share Discussion Threads

[johnkemp] 20/5/2002 13:40

If you were a terroist, and all you had to do all day was think of methods for killing people, then I don't think you would bother using the BBC for information !

I imagine there are plenty of easily accessed technical manuals that have that sort of infomation about points. Anyway wouldn't better ways of derailing a train be:

1. Scaffold pole on the track.
2. Small remote or pressure triggered explosive on the track.
3. Timed explosive placed near the front of the train.
3. Park a car or similar on a level crossing.

I'm sure there are plenty of other ways. Jarvis are just clutching at straws with their sabotage line (IMO).

[mr.elbee] 20/5/2002 13:28

Thanks to the BBC all the terriorists now know precisely how to derail a train.

[moonblue] 20/5/2002 11:24

i dont think it will happen...just tree shake by fed

[m.t.glass] 20/5/2002 09:26

There will be those who dismiss the very notion of such a thread as tasteless or sick. But some of them will nevertheless be making exactly the same contingency plans to be out of vulnerable stocks now and to exploit the likely rebound. Or at the very least to employ stoplosses more widely than usual.

Like Croc points out in today's Traders thread preamble - concerns are heightened this week among US intelligence sources. Even if nothing dramatic happens, the fear alone will surely be influencing markets.

Plenty of people on this BB have made money (and still are) by trading Jarvis after the Potters Bar crash. And BAY et al since Sept 11. One of my biggest ever gains was from buying SHP in the aftermath of an explosion at a US factory in July 1998 (No fatalities that time - but would I have bought even if there had been? Quite possibly to be honest). Many oil trades are on the back of major disasters or wars. It's a fact of life that bad news creates greater market opportunities than good news, week in week out. Where do people draw the line as to which tragedies are exploitable and which ones not?

Indices are perhaps the best way - possibly sectoral ones - for those who want to feel just a little detached from identifying the very specific companies that suffer or profit the most.

[moonblue] 20/5/2002 07:37

buy skp....should be big boost in anti depressants if the nukes go off....

[theape] 20/5/2002 02:06

very serious thread for an unsavoury topic, that most big research houses/ risk managament departments will have undertaken, and we haven't here.

so if there is another attack, what shares are most vulnerable, and which recover fastest.

I personally disagree with any acts of violence for political purposes, and do not want any political views on the thread, remain a liberal and respect all peoples.

My uninformed view is

Insurance
Airlines
Tourism

down

selected Biotechs up.

it probably won't happen, but worth some research if it does.- anyone researched at all/ sensible comments only please.