Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[shorter killer] 22/4/2009 14:46

this LORD LUC4N should change his name into LORD OF LIAR. lol

[jaywood] 22/4/2009 14:45

He's gone to Epsom ( allegedly) told us his neighbour was a 'market trader' this AM - so I'm hoping to get a deal on a TV.


Lucan - Lured from under his stone

[lord luc4n] 22/4/2009 14:44

£1 real soon

[pradip44] 22/4/2009 14:43

where is Monty . Blap of profhet

[jaywood] 22/4/2009 14:38

Int it quiet without monty and Lucan ?

[ball deap] 22/4/2009 14:36

veryhappy, add ACEUK + craig666 they are all the same people!!!

[veryhappy] 22/4/2009 14:33

Whenever these five *diots open their mouth and start deramping
the share price starts rising.

Fantastic five are:

Elssworhtless
Madoff without cash
BLAP rocketless
Sandy Chen first rate idiot
Smelgy aka smelly

Can anyone rate them as best among the worst idiots on advfn

:>

[s4tan] 22/4/2009 14:28

buzzzzzzzz

[s4tan] 22/4/2009 14:28

hummmmmmmmm

[s4tan] 22/4/2009 14:26

u need to make a billion 1st before you lose it ;)

[lostabillion] 22/4/2009 14:25

Punch thru 218 then we'll really motor up.

[gerryl] 22/4/2009 14:22

THAR SHE BLOWS !!!!!! CAPTN !!!!!!!!

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[manuel labour] 22/4/2009 14:18

Here's one for all our shorted friends......







Prop

[jaywood] 22/4/2009 14:18

Dow positive..

[rncaine] 22/4/2009 14:12

in auction ??

[lostabillion] 22/4/2009 14:08

Could easily see 250p tomorrow and £3 within a month.

[seeg19] 22/4/2009 14:05

Shares That Are On The Way Up By

Alan Oscroft
Published in Company Comment on 22 April 2009

Many people expect shares that have started to turn the corner to carry on going up, and they often do. We look at today's market and find some shares that could be ripe to keep powering ahead.

When stock markets start to recover, we often find good investment opportunities amongst the early risers as people recognize the good companies that have been unfairly marked down along with the bad ones. It's too early to say that the markets today are back on the way up, and there is still plenty of short-term turmoil around, but ranking FTSE stocks in terms of relative strength can unearth some promising candidates.

What is Relative Strength?
The Relative Strength of a share is simply how much it has gone up (or down) compared to the market as a whole over a specific period. I've been looking at the FTSE ranked by 3-month relative strength recently, and have examined some of at the biggest risers over that period.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are lots of gold, diamonds and mineral miners and prospectors up near the top -- when investors lose confidence in the stock market and the banks, they'll traditionally start hoarding shiny things instead.

And some of the banks are bouncing back up with a vengeance. Barclays (LSE: BARC), the UK bank I've always considered the best recovery candidate, and Royal Bank Of Scotland (LSE: RBS), have both risen about 3-fold in the past three months, with Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) more than doubling.

On this first look at recently rising shares, I've picked out a few that I have written about over the last couple of months.

Set top boxes
It was very pleasing to see that the Pace (LSE: PIC) share price has more than doubled since I waxed positively about the company on the occasion of its results statement early last month, and has risen more than three-fold, to 154p, since its low point of around 40p towards the end of last year.

Since then, analysts' forecasts have been drastically raised, trebling the previous 2009 estimates and then adding some for 2010, which tells us three interesting things. One is that Pace's prospective P/E, based on the new forecasts, has actually fallen despite the rise in share price. The second is that, judging by their earlier attempts, the analysts doing the forecasting could perhaps benefit by having a go at hitting barn doors with banjos first. And the third is that 2-year out estimates are probably just guessing at whether the barn even has a door.

Electric cars
Last month I also suggested that Tanfield (LS: TAN), in the blue-sky zero-emission vehicle business but with a solid base making powered access platforms, might be a good recovery investment. And that appears to be have been prophetic too, as its share price has nearly doubled since then, to 14p. Preliminary results for the year ending December 2008 aren't too glossy, but news that the company is on course for the manufacture of vehicles by its joint venture partner Smith Electric Vehicles in the US probably helped.

Sports & Leisure
I also suggest that shares in JJB (LSE: JJB) may well have been oversold a month ago and a takeover or break-up might provide a profit for anyone picking some up for the asking price of 10p at the time. Since then, after the sale of the company's Fitness Clubs business to David Whelan (which netted £83m), the shares have almost doubled, to 18p.

And finally, after a look at some companies picked in the Paulypilot's Pub 2009 share competition, I suggested that the AIM tiddler Leisure & Gaming (LSE: LNG), valued at less than £7m at the time, might be a potential competition winner. Today, at 10p, its share price is up 35% and its market cap is up to £9m. How much of that is due to expectations of the company and how much to reduced jitteriness over AIM stocks is something I don't know, but those who think it is irrationally undervalued might just be right.

A good indicator?
How useful is this hindsight look at the past three months' biggest risers? Of the companies here, I think Pace is probably the best bet for long-term outperformance (though that will depend on how close to the barn door the analysts have got their banjos).

[lostabillion] 22/4/2009 14:00

Looking good Jay.

225 finish with the best rise tomorrow imo.

[jaywood] 22/4/2009 13:57

WOW look at the USA price....

[ball deap] 22/4/2009 13:47

back in for the hell of it!!

[gerryl] 22/4/2009 13:46

Agree, possibly even 220 to close, they will have some good news to impart to the markets tommorow.

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[lostabillion] 22/4/2009 13:46

Should be a good day tomorrow, especially if we get a bit of an insight into just how well Barc are doing.

[71rich] 22/4/2009 13:45

yes i agree,looks like 215 close

[lostabillion] 22/4/2009 13:43

Higher high by close, anyone care to agree?