Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[robertfaulkner] 20/3/2012 14:02

M & S staying remarkable resilient with ftse down 70 odd points??????

[robertfaulkner] 18/3/2012 19:08

Anyone find any articles about M & S in the Sunday Press, seems strange the the price going up the volume increasing and nobody writing about it?

[dugganjoe] 16/3/2012 08:42

400p in days imho, then 600p

I think the new ceo knows his onionz

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[dugganjoe] 15/3/2012 10:29

whoop whoop!

[dugganjoe] 15/3/2012 08:24

roll on 400p

[druinsky] 14/3/2012 21:22

Wouldn t want to be short of these boys in case they confirm profits are running ahead of forecast

[robertfaulkner] 14/3/2012 15:54

what got into MKS up 10p at one stage??????

EDIT Found RNS of Miranda Curtis bought £20k of MKS shares she is in MKS management I think.

RNS is in news, top of page,

Always good when the managers of a company buy it's shares

[dugganjoe] 13/3/2012 13:21

ouch. new recent high. looks good for 400p in quick time, then 600

[pictureframe] 08/3/2012 08:06

Gone short from here

[pictureframe] 07/3/2012 15:12

Any Chartists here? This looks like a short to me but not quite sure :

Macd has turned Bearish giving a sell signal - Slow Stoch is showing further falls & -DI line has crossed +DI line showing a further sell signal.

Views?

[dugganjoe] 07/3/2012 10:50

600p on the way imho

[dugganjoe] 01/3/2012 10:32

youre welcome

[dugganjoe] 27/2/2012 18:38

600p on the way here

[nicd] 27/2/2012 17:46

I use SIPPDeal for my SIPP, now they have branched out to ISA and standard accounts.

Excellent service with a frequent trader online discount down to 4.95/trade

[robertfaulkner] 27/2/2012 16:41

mjb, I use Selftrade, I have no complaints, They have started a yearly charge but overall thsy seem pretty good.

I find the web pages easy to use and the free limit buy and sells I use a lot

[broadwood] 27/2/2012 07:22

UBS Marks & Spencer... 27/02/12 07:12 Upgrades Neutral Buy 2 325.00 410.00 85 2 GBP

[mjb2] 26/2/2012 14:37

I'm looking around for a new on-line broker as my old one (TD Waterhouse), left a lot to be desired and I'm investigating the Halifax share dealing service. Has anyone got any comments on them?

[dugganjoe] 20/2/2012 19:57

M&S looks like a £6 stock to me

[qantas] 17/2/2012 21:17

The phenomenon is known as a short squeeze. Investors rush to buy the stock before it heads higher because they must eventually return the shares they borrowed.


Weir stock is most shorted on FTSE 100

Thursday 16th February 2012, 12:19am
CAPITAL MARKETS
JAMES WATERSON
ENGINEERING firm Weir has become the most shorted stock on the FTSE 100, as investors bet the company's share price will be dented by weak demand for specialist mining equipment.

Information provided by Data Explorers showed that 13.48 per cent of shares are out on loan – double the amount that were shorted only three weeks ago.

Shares in the firm have increased by 4.9 per cent in the same period.

Shale drilling equipment forms a core part of Weir's business and plummeting North American gas prices have raised fears that energy outfits will not maintain current levels of investment.

The firm also faces competition from rivals such as Gardner Denver and new Chinese entrants into the market.

"People will be going after it on the basis that the gas price has collapsed and they will be asking how many new fields will open if the price remains weak," explained Chris Dyett, an analyst at Investec.

"The market is taking a view that you've got weak gas prices and increased competition and both will put pressure on margins. But I suspect Weir will do better than the market thinks."

In the last three months Weir has been on an acquisition spree, buying  valve manufacturer Novatech for $176m, wellhead specialist Seaboard Holdings for $675m and launching £200m bid for Australian firm Ludowici.

The only other FTSE 100 stock to be heavily shorted is Capita, with almost nine per cent of shares on loan, followed by Marks & Spencer with 4.7 per cent.

Average short interest across the index is low at 1.4 per cent.

Rank Company Shares on loan

1. Weir Group 13.48pc
2. Capita 8.88pc
3. M&S 4.74pc
4. Vedanta 3.89pc
5. Serco 3.87pc
6. Admiral 3.61pc
7. Aggreko 3.57pc
8. Glencore 3.46pc
9. Intnl Power 3.44pc
10. IAG 3.32pc

Source: Data Explorers
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[dugganjoe] 17/2/2012 14:31

UK retail sales rise 0.9% in Jan, a 0.3% decline expected.

roll on 400p