Taylor Wimpey Share Discussion Threads

[barf2] 20/8/2010 10:05

In April 09 when the share price shot up from 20p to 50p in a week that wasn't because of massive volumes of buyers it was the share price being taken back up by the MM's and funds.

They are in control of walking this [and the rest of the sector which has got extraordinary correlation of downward lurches within moments of each other when no external events have impacted]down to where theywant it before they will all be allowed aboard and then another surge up.

I hope no-one genuinely believes that each day another fund manager has a light bulb appear over his head and thinks 'hmmmm, maybe this sector is in for a hard time ahead that I hadn't realised until this moment'.

No, the majority of the movement is controlled [as it always has been, the climb from 4p to 45p was regardless of supply and demand in much the same way this downward drive is].

[scars] 20/8/2010 09:56

A little over exagerating colonel, but the world is still treading a fine wire!

Could go either way in the short term. 25 is a real possibility.

[gcom2] 20/8/2010 09:46

colonel dim-wit

[7he colonel] 20/8/2010 09:44

25p should be a given in the current mkt malaise US data, Greek, Spain, Portugal still staring over the cliff edge, IMF/ECB can only paper over the cracks for so long delay the inevitable day of reckoning.

Death Spiral in the Med very soon taking most of the stock mkt with it, that will be the double-dip, i await developments with relish!

[barf2] 20/8/2010 09:25

So, when buying outweighs selling the share price goes down and when selling outweighs buying the share price goes down and for the past 4 months the PLUS platform has been used as a black hole [same MM's run both] into which any unwanted trades are thrown.

The emergence of PLUS is being used all across the markets to facilitate agendas.
Why isn't PLUS operating a SETS system? because SETS was brought into to lessen the MM's influence so they just moved that influence to PLUS.

Same as you were for the MM's.

[scars] 20/8/2010 09:22

gcom 25 getting closer!

[barf2] 20/8/2010 09:14

The truth of the matter is that if trading was transparent and above board thousands of city types would be surplus to requirements and the scales would drop from everyones eyes about the whole fund management industry.

The stock market would be seen to be nothing more than a money making machine for industry insiders.

One day a whistleblower will highlight that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes and chaos will ensue.

[barf2] 20/8/2010 08:39

Usual stuff.Taking the bid and offer down even though people are buying.
Must think they missed a trick to rip it down yesterday so might make up for it today.

We are all at the whim of the hedgies.What an indictment of the stock market and the regulator.

[scars] 20/8/2010 08:07

don't you believe it, they may get a second wind yet - 25 again!

[fewdollarsmore] 19/8/2010 19:38

gcom2 - shhhhhhhhh they might hear you.

[gcom2] 19/8/2010 16:47

bears look exhausted on tw

[barf2] 19/8/2010 16:45

By comparison with the general markets, not a bad day.

[barf2] 19/8/2010 08:20

...and off we go again.
Relentless.

[fewdollarsmore] 18/8/2010 13:25

gcom - posting to get this to the top of the thread...

[gcom2] 18/8/2010 11:44

lets hope the hedgie pigs become burnt sausage

[wolterix] 18/8/2010 11:43

now then - why has this gone blue today?

[the flop] 17/8/2010 13:31

17/08 13:30 - DATA SNAP: US July Housing Starts Up More Than Expected
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U.S. Housing Starts Jul Jun ! Consensus: !
Total Starts: +1.7% -8.7%r ! +0.2% !
Single-Family: -4.2% -1.7%r ! Actual: !
! +1.7% !
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By Darrell A. Hughes and Meena Thiruvengadam
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)-- U.S. housing starts increased slightly less than expected in July, as building permits dropped, suggesting future construction could be lackluster.

Housing starts increased by 1.7%, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Single-family housing starts plunged 4.2% to an annual rate of 432,000.

The 1.7% increase was less than forecasts. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected overall housing starts to increase by 0.2% to 550,000 during July.

Home sales have tapered off as the government tax credit for first-time purchases ended April 30. Under current terms for the credit, deals must be closed by Sept. 30. Meanwhile, with an inflated jobless rate, builders face competition from distressed properties, and have scaled back construction.

Building in coming months will likely be sluggish, as the latest data showed July building permits fell 3.1% to an annual rate of 565,000. Economists had expected permits would rise by 2.1% in July to a rate of 586,000.

June building permits were up by 1.6%, at an annual rate of 583,000. June was revised down from 2.1%; permits in May dropped 5.9%. Building permits are a sign of future construction.

The National Association of Home Builders released its housing index on Monday, which fell to 13 in August. The index measures builder attitudes toward sales prospects for single-family homes.

A reading above 50 on the index indicates more builders view sales conditions positively than see them negatively. The NAHB's monthly index hasn't hit 50 in more than three years, and it fell as low as eight in January 2009.

Housing starts, year over year, were down 7.0% in July.

While single-family housing starts in July dropped, groundbreakings of homes with five or more units surged by 17.3%.

Regionally, housing starts in July decreased 6.3% in the South and were flat in the West.

Starts increased 30.5% in the Northeast and 10.7% in the Midwest.

The Commerce Department said actual housing starts fell to 51,200 in July from 53,400 in June. Lumber and commodities markets watch those numbers closely to gauge demand.

The Commerce report can be found at

[fewdollarsmore] 17/8/2010 12:52

fesuvious - with the price dropping daily and II's selling things do not look good. I understand they may well be moving around positions however if they beleived TW. was a good bet why would they move elsewhere? makes you wonder.

[fewdollarsmore] 17/8/2010 12:51

what broker do you use?

[naed] 17/8/2010 09:12

Just tried to sell 35,310 shares through my broker. He quoted me a price for 27.5 pence. When he tried to sell he said the market would not allow him to sell this many. He made a call outside the market and the shares were sold. This did show though on advfn??
Kept my main holding, still confident of long term rises.