Alterian Share Discussion Threads

[yump] 01/12/2009 12:19

I'll reconsider then ! Actually 99p to £1.05 suddenly would be hyperinflation so not such a good idea. I'll try leaving the brass lying around the kids will probably trouser it anyway.

[bloodhound] 01/12/2009 11:08

Couldn't possibly agree.That 99p bargain then becomes £1.05 the five pence coin is worse than the penny!

Plus the principle of the 'penny' chew would then vanish for ever!

Sorry yump, something's are best left unchanged (excuse the pun) keep putting that old brass in the charity box.

[yump] 01/12/2009 10:57

I love the target stuff. Based on various inexact assumptions the answer comes out at an exact number of pence !

Mind you, we've been selling stuff at £999.99 for years, as its way cheaper than £1000.

As a grumpy old man, I would like to see 1p and 2p taken out of circulation with a rounding up of all prices to the nearest 5p, so I don't have to carry the pesky things around in my pocket.

The extra profits from the rounding up to go to charity - like all my 1p and 2p's regularly do.

[b1ggles] 30/11/2009 11:28

All the directors have done is take a little profit, not unreasonably. I did the same a little while ago but still retain the bulk of my shares, as do they.

[bloodhound] 30/11/2009 11:12

Hey, if you think they've stole a march on us shareholders, then you can sell right now at the price they did!

[bloodhound] 30/11/2009 10:51

The DIR sales aren't the end of the world. After all they are entitled to sell.

The amount with the timing to me shows professional management.

I've know some management who's action have really damaged, knocked shareholders confidence even worse the cities.

I don't think ALN is seen as anything other than a really well run business with a bright future.

Dip the price has, I'm not selling yet though.

Bh.

[yump] 30/11/2009 10:47

One day, someone with nothing better to do will produce a statistically significant survey to show the correlation between the size/proportion of director share sales and subsequent share price and company performance.

But that would take the fun out of it I guess.
So until then, all we've got to go on is the lottery of individual 'coincidences' between director buys and sells and subsequent performance.

The only one that I get scared of is the one where a company is underperforming, the Chairman issues a statement to say that times are challenging and the company nevertheless looks forward with relish to blah, blah, blah and then the Chairman promptly sells a significant number of shares at a spike. But with those, you can usually see it coming from months ago.

[rivaldo] 30/11/2009 10:20

The comforting aspects are that:

- the directors all retain sizeable holdings
- there is obviously good demand for more shares at these levels which cannot be satisfied on the markets
- that demand is evident despite it being a quiet period with no trading statement due till January

It's not great to see what are after all quite sizeable share sales, but I've seen these situations before in terms of the company being relatively illiquid and demand for shares being unsatisfied, with the shares subsequently rising to new levels. ALN's prospects appear excellent to me, so I'm hoping that this scenario will play out again.

[bluebelle] 30/11/2009 09:38

I really don't like to see that sort of thing from a company at this stage of it's development, although it does at least explain some of the recent activity/weakness. Not enough to make me sell, but very cautious about adding when Directors are selling : will watch closely and see how things develop before deciding whether or not to do so.

[nurdin] 30/11/2009 09:29

Mostly exercise of options...thankfully

[bloodhound] 30/11/2009 09:22

Nice little Xmas present for the directors:

[bloodhound] 27/11/2009 17:14

Another couple of million sold late this PM.

[rivaldo] 24/11/2009 14:06

Yep, a 1m trade at 208p followed by three 330k's at the same price, plus a few others. Could just be a reallocation between funds or similar given they're all at the same price - still, comforting to see large blocks changing hands at these new levels.

Now we've got loads of pesky AT trades of 8 shares, 6 shares etc going through. Does some robot trader need topping up with WD40?

[applesanpears] 24/11/2009 11:10

You're not wrong, Bluebelle.

[bluebelle] 24/11/2009 10:48

applesanpears - 24 Nov'09 - 10:15 - 1115 of 1117
Seems like someone has just sold 2m shares


....which of course means that someone has also BOUGHT 2m shares !!!

[applesanpears] 24/11/2009 10:45

Have already done so Samenic,i only hold Aln.

[samenic] 24/11/2009 10:23

Well if it closes up on the day,shut your eyes and buy all you can...

[applesanpears] 24/11/2009 10:15

Seems like someone has just sold 2m shares,i wonder what effect that will have on the share price today?

[rivaldo] 20/11/2009 13:53

ALN moving fast to meet demand in the social media space:



"Alterian Upgrades SM2 to Address Social Media Marketing in Near Real Time

Social media monitoring tool SM2 upgrades to address growth rate of social media content

CHICAGO, November 20, 2009 Alterian (LSE: ALN), an integrated marketing platform provider, today upgraded its social media monitoring solution SM2 with features that enable social media marketing in near real time to meet the growing pace of online conversations. SM2 4.3 focuses on enhanced performance and scalability through more than 140 updates in architecture design, infrastructure investments and new features, giving users greater capabilities to monitor, analyze and engage with consumers online.

Today's SM2 4.3 update is a product milestone for Alterian, as the new features bring marketers to the cutting edge of online conversations. Marketers can now combine the most current social media content via SM2 with the web content management, web analytics, email marketing, campaign management and powerful analytics capabilities of the Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform to provide true engagement with consumers. This update further demonstrates Alterian's continued investment in Alterian SM2, and dedication in being the leading enterprise choice for social media monitoring.

"Understanding online conversations as they happen enables brands to genuinely engage with consumers," said Joe Stanhope, Vice President of Platform Strategy, Alterian. "The enhanced depth and speed of SM2 4.3 captures more than 10 million social media conversations a day on top of its existing historical database going back over two years, getting us closer than ever before to real-time social media monitoring."

Key product upgrades in Alterian's SM2 4.3 are:
• Data collection – Optimized search results to collect and store significantly more details about social media conversations.

• Performance – Enhanced reach and speed for initial and subsequent searches in a profile, language and country filter searches, and incremental searches.

• Workflow – Additional list management tools for search results, automatic assignment of results based on search criteria, distribution of notes to assigned team members, default page and language translation configurations, and more.

"Rent-a-Center sees key customer engagement opportunities in social media through reactions to our spokespeople, discussions around our brand, and lead generation," said Sonia Holland, Social Media Manager, Rent-a-Center. "These are all areas where we benefit from using Alterian's SM2, as we understand the actual conversations and uncover opportunities in real time."

"We find great value in SM2's filtering feature that enables us to easily dissect what people are saying and analyze results by keywords. We also like that we can build a data set we have confidence in through features that allow us to quickly identify and eliminate irrelevant posts," said Cara Baker, Business Associate, Rosetta. "In addition, we have been very pleased with Alterian's client support team, which has remained responsive to feedback and inquiries on how to get the most out of the toolset. We are looking forward to seeing how the new capabilities will make our analysis process more efficient and enable us to identify deeper social media insights for our clients.""

[bluebelle] 19/11/2009 15:32

I must admit, I do have a soft spot for shares which (so far at any rate !) show up blue on red days !!!

[nurdin] 19/11/2009 14:40

The potential for gathering market information from SNM is absolutely enormous and more and more companies are jumping on the band-wagon.BRBY have apparently set up their own face book for customers to discuss different fashions and looks....a perfect busniess opportunity for ALN... watch this space Id say :o)

[rivaldo] 19/11/2009 12:59

New highs coming again?

[mrmerkin] 17/11/2009 21:22

across the pond the dips are really getting bought out by the end of the trading day...lets hope it follows here, rather getting a correction on par with the end of October

[bluebelle] 17/11/2009 08:22

Oh dear. So only a 28% rise to look forward to then !!!