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Aye thistle we had some fun times on this board. There was something homely about it especially with James always faithfully here. Still life goes on and change is a constant in life. Hope to see hear from you on the other side. Best wishes.

Looks like admin has put an end to the bby gang. Such a shame. Balfour Beatty share price under pressure today as the ftse heads south. Good luck all.

Well said. You should post more often.

A very good day for bby. She's up about 10% in the last few days which can't be bad. Perhaps the 300p mark will be the new support rather than the resistance level. The reported 2% drop in food purchases have knocked the supermarkets back today. Their dividend level isn't bad though.

teeth lol

False?

state side tonight with the Dow, S&P500 and Nasdaq all up. Biggest two day gain since October. BBY finding it hard to break out of the 300 ceiling but two days closing with a 3 looks good. Monday looks promising after tonight's numbers.

BBY up 2.63% after Liberium Capital increases their target to 350 from 300. The ftse 100 rose 1.53% and the Dax was up 1.53%. Currently the Dow is up about 1%. Are we seeing an upturn with legs?

Upgrade with target raised to 310p

I go bottom of the class for arithmetic! 130% gain is great. A quieter day so far.

Catch up tomorrow.

How about SSE?

A 230% increase - wow! You don't need too many of them to do really well.

For sure - there's always opportunities and perhaps especially so when a correction takes place. Pick the right stock(s) and you'll do well. Good timing plus good stock selection is so important. A little luck helps. Good luck.

Dow down 306 pts -2.08%; Nasdaq down 2.61%; S&P500 down 2.28%. These are big daily drops. After such a drop over the pond I would expect the ftse to open down tomorrow. I think my comment about the ftse 100 having further to fall is happening. Glad you made some spectacular gains today James. AA, you'll be glad pog had a nice rise today. I'm sitting on my hands for the moment.

Poor figures from across the pond: US manufacturing index fell to 51.3 against estimate of 56! US Sales drop 12% against estimate of a fall of 2.5% Currently the Dow is down by 147 points.

Actually the GDAXI correlates rather well with the S&P500. Both being well ahead of the DJI. It's the FTSE100 which is lagging behind possibly due to the heavy weighting of the miners.

That's true but I've just noticed the GDAXI has really shot ahead. As you say though, it's anyone's guess how things will turn out. We'll know better as the week unfolds.

Just noticed China's manufacturing activity slowed in December. Its purchasing manager's index declined to 51 from 51.4 in November. A decline in exports and lacklustre domestic demand were blamed. I can't imagine the market will be happy or has the news been priced in already - my money's on an unhappy market but that's just my guess. dyor.

Good luck all for this coming week. Over the past seven months the UKX index as fallen four times below the 200 day moving average with last week seeing a sizeable drop. Will we see support and a rebound this week or will things go from bad to worse? If any of you like looking at YouTube videos concerning the market you may have seen a fair amount of talk regarding expectations for 2014 and even comparisons to the crash of 1987. As things stand at the moment things look bearish but as seen over the past seven months the market recovered rapidly so it's possible we'll see circa 6800 at some point as compared with Friday's close of 6510. On the other hand the ftse 100 may have further to fall. Remember it hit circa 6000 in July. This is just a heads up based on this afternoon's reflection. Once again good luck all.