Alliance & Leicester Share Discussion Threads

[latestarter] 14/7/2008 08:19

not a comment wow sign of the times i guess

[indieman] 14/7/2008 06:02

You think that's unprecedented?

[indieman] 13/7/2008 09:02

Acamas,

The Dow historically does well in a presidential election year and less well in the following year(s) as reality sets in.

[morgan reynolds] 11/7/2008 17:22

sold out at 250p anyway..i'm happy

[jennyj] 11/7/2008 15:30

bid coming in at £9.50 minimum.

[peak_buyer] 11/7/2008 14:27

well there you go, even with level 2 impossible to predict direction. situation now reversed with four times the volume to sell as to buy.

[peak_buyer] 11/7/2008 10:18

now 400k versus 60k
perhaps it is returning to where it was before it looked like b&b was going pear-shaped. at that time (only a few days ago !) we were starting to rise from 320.

[mirshahik] 11/7/2008 09:30

Bid? £ 5? Why? It's only £ 2.50 why should they pay £ 5? More writedowns and divi cut to come yet.

[peak_buyer] 11/7/2008 09:07

order book strong, 208k buys, 130k sells and that's without any large buy orders lurking at a low price like yesterday. looks like the rise will be maintained today.

[zipper] 11/7/2008 08:49

'Gillespie, 57, who will step down as chairman of Ulster Bank, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland Plc., before taking up his new position, has extensive experience in both retail and investment banking.

He spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs in London in its corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions division. His experience as a dealmaker is likely to fuel speculation that A&L could be taken over, the article added. It held abortive talks with Santander of Spain last year.'

Just to re-iterate Wednesdays news!

[zipper] 11/7/2008 08:40

to move the markets forward
we need consolidation in several sectors
this will bring much needed confidence back
its not going to happen overnight
AL. could be the little gem to start it moving
Santander took Abbey out - not at the height of the market - but on a downturn
expect a premium, but don't expect a highly inflated price
unless it sparks other interested parties!
aimho

[acamas] 11/7/2008 08:26

Peak_buyer,

I am wondering if this correction is the final goodbye to George W Bush. Our FTSE100 is controlled these days by global institutions and I am thinking this time next year Wall Street might wear a much brighter smile on its face. There will be a fresh face in The White House and the American Economy has not performed for the last two years so we must be reaching a turning point in their fortunes. The Dow must hit 15000 in the first half of The New Presidents reign say Xmas 2010. Once The Dow builds up steam who knows how quickly it will hit 20000.

I ramp or speculate but The Dow will pass 20000 at some stage as sure as it passed 5000 and 10000 when it sat well below those targets.

Just my ramblings

regards

Acamas

[peak_buyer] 11/7/2008 07:59

acamas, 12 quid will be reached eventually because markets always rise over time but that's decades, not a couple of years. its not going to snap back up there just because that's where it was - this is a correction, not a blip.

but i do agree a substantial recovery will take place.

[morgan reynolds] 11/7/2008 07:43

bid soon... 500p ish

[zipper] 11/7/2008 07:37

more than most methinks!

[acamas] 11/7/2008 07:32

zipper,

By doing so imo they make AL. a real value for money buy at these levels. The downside must be limited whereas at some stage we should see £12 or thereabouts when this Market turns bullish again in a year or twos time. bwdik

[zipper] 11/7/2008 07:15

comparing Freddie and Fannie with AL.- chalk and cheese spring to mind!
dyor

[moregas] 10/7/2008 23:57

or

"As far as Fannie and Freddie are concerned, they're a train wreck waiting to happen," he said. "If you mark (Freddie's) assets to market they're already bankrupt. That's what's pulling the market today-the realization that these institutions are in really bad shape."

[zipper] 10/7/2008 09:04

if a RI is announced - the price will fall
if not this will the best recovery stock in the banking sector
a nice little gem just ripe for a forward looking suitor!
imho

[peak_buyer] 10/7/2008 08:52

250k buy order in at 200p, been there since open.
on the down side, they are expecting new low today
on the up side they presumably believe this will be the turning point

[morgan reynolds] 09/7/2008 23:18

oil went down late so maybe not too bad tomoro...ftse finished a respectable 5441

[jonak] 09/7/2008 22:29

Fed will extend cheap loan to financial institutions; Mortgage rates still at 6+ %; wads of profit for US mortgage lenders
imho etc