Osb Share Discussion Threads

[che7win] 13/10/2017 12:31

Surely now with Shawbrook and ALD takeover, OSB next?

[che7win] 13/10/2017 12:24

Boom, ALD takeover approach.OSB on same metric would be at 475p, the sector is ripe as its so cheap!I have been harping on about it for some time....

[che7win] 13/10/2017 11:16

Meanwhile Alliance headline today:IN THE KNOW: OneSavings Stock Extraordinarily Cheap, Says InvestecSource: Alliance NewsOneSavings Bank has "morphed" into one of the cheapest stock in the market despite robust first half performance and upgraded guidance, said...

[che7win] 13/10/2017 09:20

City chatter speculating that Aldermore could be taken back into the hands of private equity just two-and-a-half years after floating lifted the challenger bank towards the top of the record high FTSE 250.The consensus of analysts believe that Aldermore is a cheap bet for investors at its current valuation, making it ripe for a takeover.However, Aldermore was only taken public in 2015 by private equity firm Anacap, which remains its top shareholder with a 25pc stake, and the mid-cap firm is more likely to be the subject of advances from another challenger bank looking to consolidate, according to one analyst.The swirling rumours and a short squeeze â€" when a heavily shorted stock is pushed higher by short sellers closing their positions â€" lifted Aldermore 10.1p to 256p on thick trading volumes with the wider FTSE 250 hitting its highest ever close at 20,251.24. Meanwhile, the pound sinking on stalling Brexit talks helped the FTSE 100 also climb to a record peak, the blue-chip index closing 22.43 points at 7556.24.

[che7win] 13/10/2017 08:42

ALD at 20 month highs, as I said banks rerating.

[mazarin] 12/10/2017 11:53

Yes, noted and pleased also to say that I hold ALD. Let's hope this trend for the Sector continues. I believe its not the first time that OSB made gains on Ex-Div day.

[che7win] 12/10/2017 09:20

The sector is breaking out - look at ALD.

All the challenger banks doing well.

[che7win] 12/10/2017 08:15

Maz, The market is crazy, lots of buys this morning, now we are ex div

[mazarin] 11/10/2017 17:10

Have to say I'm a little disappointed with today's close as I would have thought buyers would have wanted to hold ahead of ex-div tomorrow. Hey Ho..! What do I know......!

[che7win] 11/10/2017 16:27

Ex dividend tomorrow.

[che7win] 11/10/2017 16:12

ALD up strongly today.

[cc2014] 11/10/2017 13:56

Me too as last time it came down here I traded it like an idiot and closed for 2 pts after costs. Really happy to have a second bit of the cherry

[che7win] 11/10/2017 13:37

CC,
Been buying this morning.

[cc2014] 11/10/2017 13:01

Here's the entry point sub 375 if you've missed it before

[che7win] 10/10/2017 17:44

Wakey, wakey, Chairman buying shares:OneSavings Bank PLC on Tuesday said Chairman David Weymouth bought 13,178 shares at 379 pence each Monday

[che7win] 10/10/2017 12:19

Banks are trending up today, think OSB will want to go up from here.

[jammerw] 06/10/2017 21:19

Non farm payroll came out today. Maybe they were waiting for that first.

[mazarin] 06/10/2017 20:04

You could well be right, although today's uplift was a little late even for US investors

[che7win] 06/10/2017 19:45

Maz,
The US is keen on Banks right now, my hunch is it's the Americans buying OSB keenly right now hence the afternoon rises and my comments.

[mazarin] 06/10/2017 17:45

I find it strange to see how yesterday (on a day following a quite significant fall) during the morning session that very few buyers actually appeared interested in OSB and the share price slipped even further, when I had actually expected quite the reverse and yet only a little while later the 'buys' picked up after lunch. The same happened again today, to a lesser extent when it wasn't particularly in demand until quite late in the day then the 'buys' suddenly picked up. And yet over the last two days, absolutely nothing had fundamentally changed, as far as I was aware. It was well documented that OSB goes Ex-Div next week, so conceivably that may give an incentive to acquire before 12/10/17. But that was true both days, so why the sudden attention? It's as though 'the market' quite irrationally decides en masse to do what everyone else is doing, whether they're 'buying or selling'. I'm not complaining and only glad I disregarded the trend and bought in again when seemingly everyone else was determined to 'sell' near close last thing on Wednesday. The Art (or luck, in my case) was to try and determine the bottom and commit to 'buy'.

[che7win] 06/10/2017 16:28

Beautiful afternoon.

[roundup] 06/10/2017 15:26

Cerrito!! Try to stay sober.

[che7win] 06/10/2017 12:00

It's lunchtime.....its forging on.

[che7win] 06/10/2017 09:25

I think this will forge on from lunchtime...