Oxford Instruments Share Discussion Threads

[cockneyrebel] 06/2/2012 16:35

lovely breakout :-)

CR

[bluebelle] 06/2/2012 16:35

I must admit I'm not a great fan of companies winning these awards - can act as a distraction. There was always that list of 'time to sell' signals, one of which was when a company won the Queen's Award for Industry. I remember talking to a Swedish analyst who said that in Sweden the equivalent was if the Annual Report featured a photo of the Chairman in tennis gear !!!

[edwardt] 06/2/2012 16:30

mentioned in ft on the weekend as a nomination.

[bluebelle] 06/2/2012 15:57

Do you have a link edwardt ? I hadn't seen that.

[edwardt] 06/2/2012 15:55

nominated as company of the year may have something to do with it.

[wanttowin] 06/2/2012 15:27

I cant find any news, nothing new on their website, nor on a google search, could be £11 today at this rate !

[bluebelle] 06/2/2012 15:18

That's certainly true - you'd think there was some reason for a sudden rise like this though sureley ?

[wanttowin] 06/2/2012 15:17

Bluebelle..been itching to get through a tenner, looks like the brakes are off and the resistance point is anyones guess now we are in unknown territory.

[bluebelle] 06/2/2012 14:38

Any idea of the reason for this ? Spends all that time nudging at £10 then for no apparent reason just cuts right through it with it's biggest daily rise for some time. No complaints though : what's the next step : consolidation above £10 : retrace or head for the sky ?

[wanttowin] 06/2/2012 14:25

Lift off !!

[bluebelle] 03/2/2012 16:54

Making up for lost time ! Quality stock which had been badly oversold.

[wanttowin] 03/2/2012 15:19

testing £10 again..

[billy_liar] 02/2/2012 11:34

Pushing the boat out with those share purchases!

:-)

[bluebelle] 24/1/2012 08:38

No problem !

[wanttowin] 23/1/2012 23:23

Many thanks for that Bluebelle.

[bluebelle] 23/1/2012 12:37

The Zulu Principle and Beyond The Zulu Principle were written by Jim Slater. Two of the best investment books ever written. Liarspoker summarises the principles and suggests stocks meeting the criteria on his thread here :



Those that fit ALL of JS's original criteria are few and far between - this doesn't now - but it's a very good starting point in terms of stock selection.

[wanttowin] 23/1/2012 11:37

Bluebelle..what do you mean by a 'zulu stock'? Thanks

[bluebelle] 20/1/2012 09:29

Not surprised, bbd : it's a classic Slater stock père et fils ! I've held for some time now and for me it's a classic Zulu stock. The one criterion on my check list which it didn't fully meet when I bought was that it wasn't consistently increasing the dividend - although they had maintained it - and even that seems to be being addressed. I really like the business model and the management.

[bigbigdave] 20/1/2012 06:47

Mark Slater on board here it seems.......

[quickmind] 19/1/2012 21:33

It's one of the factors of 2744 strategy. It's puzzling that the management only want to achieve 14% opm - why not higher?

[edwardt] 19/1/2012 08:42

anybody have any views on their margins. I am told that they are likely to move from 10 to 14 ish but this may be entirely wrong. any views?

[billy_liar] 19/1/2012 07:46

"Despite this, orders, sales and profits for the Group for the year to date and for the third quarter are ahead of the corresponding period last year and consistent with our expectations."

Key part of the release for me. I wonder if the general market will see it like that?

[wjccghcc] 18/1/2012 14:23

Also been addding a few at 915p.

[owenski] 18/1/2012 14:06

Warming up for assault on 'Precinct 10' again?