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Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Rude-boy said:
Out of interest does anyone still have any money in MARL?

I made the call to ride her to the bottom when I realised that it was 50% down on my buy in point and right now it seems an utter bloodbath! Yet look at the news reposts and they are the same vein as this time last year... Maybe that is the problem!

Seems almost odd writing this as they were in a nice little profit for me at the start of the year!
Ooh, me, me!

Granted I only stuck a few hundred in as a punt a while back it's now worth about 50p

gregf40

1,114 posts

115 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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vescaegg said:
Luckily I had a little review of things and got out of Tesla when you guys voiced concern a week or so ago!
Glad to help! wink

...and to the poster who mentioned ASOS - I would say it is definitely a buying opportunity - one of the big boys is going to buy it at some point...it's inevitable IMO.

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Maybe ASOS really is a buying opportunity seeing what's happened today... scratchchin

vescaegg

25,489 posts

166 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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gregf40 said:
Glad to help! wink

...and to the poster who mentioned ASOS - I would say it is definitely a buying opportunity - one of the big boys is going to buy it at some point...it's inevitable IMO.
Musk needs to work on his PR! 'Yeah I think our shares are quite expensive'....

hehe

gregf40

1,114 posts

115 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Shaoxter said:
Maybe ASOS really is a buying opportunity seeing what's happened today... scratchchin
...up 5% since I said it 2 hours ago wink

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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gregf40 said:
Shaoxter said:
Maybe ASOS really is a buying opportunity seeing what's happened today... scratchchin
...up 5% since I said it 2 hours ago wink
Yeah I went in earlier and got back yesterday's dinner money biggrin

Jonboy_t

5,038 posts

182 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Is it just me, or are share websites all over the place with pricing?!

I use Barclays to trade and III to just check the price (so I don't have to log in all the time). I am finding that I constantly get a differing story on the price - not just between the 2, but sometimes within the same site. Today, for example, I looked at one holding at about 08:45 and was 34% down according to Barclays, yet I've just looked and I am only 17% down - the price hasn't moved today (according to both sites)?! Similarly, nothing changed yesterday and I was showing as 24% down last night, so why the 10% drop between last night and this morning.

Is this normal?!

gregf40

1,114 posts

115 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Jonboy_t said:
Is it just me, or are share websites all over the place with pricing?!

I use Barclays to trade and III to just check the price (so I don't have to log in all the time). I am finding that I constantly get a differing story on the price - not just between the 2, but sometimes within the same site. Today, for example, I looked at one holding at about 08:45 and was 34% down according to Barclays, yet I've just looked and I am only 17% down - the price hasn't moved today (according to both sites)?! Similarly, nothing changed yesterday and I was showing as 24% down last night, so why the 10% drop between last night and this morning.

Is this normal?!
Could be the mid price / bid / ask being shown on different sites.

Just after 4:30pm for 15 minutes or so once the market closes the prices can go bonkers on some trading sites.

The only price that matters is the quote you get from Barclays when you hit Buy or Sell.

I would use Google Finance if you want reliable realtime pricing btw - not iii.

gaz1234

5,233 posts

218 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Oakey said:
Ooh, me, me!

Granted I only stuck a few hundred in as a punt a while back it's now worth about 50p
and me

Westyrs

478 posts

131 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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gregf40 said:
...up 5% since I said it 2 hours ago wink
I may be missing something but it's down 12 percent today

AOK

2,297 posts

165 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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AOK said:
Likewise. Bought in circa 100 and sold at 220 a few weeks ago, so mustn't grumble.

To buy back in if the dip goes further? Quite tempting. It's either that or Mobileye (MBLY?) who have recently dropped after a very strong post-IPO period. I feel they will be going to 100 especially as their technology becomes more mainstream.
MBLY. 6% up.

Of course, I chose to buy GPRO. 3% down.

Life never changes!

K12beano

20,854 posts

274 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Pass my flameproof vest - going for a small top up on ASC.....

gregf40

1,114 posts

115 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Westyrs said:
gregf40 said:
...up 5% since I said it 2 hours ago wink
I may be missing something but it's down 12 percent today
It was down 12% when I first posted...then went up so it was only down 5.5% when I posted again. You need to check an intra-day chart.

twinturboz

1,278 posts

177 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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AOK said:
MBLY. 6% up.

Of course, I chose to buy GPRO. 3% down.

Life never changes!
Bugger GPRO, had quite a few shares sold them at 52 and the thing rocketed to 70 in next to no time.

Just my opinion, but it's gone parabolic be careful, when it comes down it's going to come down hard. Have a look at twitter's chart in the few months after it's ipo my feeling is Gopro will do the same. Could be talking absolute rubbish though and gopro will go to 100.

Anyone thinking of buying Alibaba?


AOK

2,297 posts

165 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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twinturboz said:
Bugger GPRO, had quite a few shares sold them at 52 and the thing rocketed to 70 in next to no time.

Just my opinion, but it's gone parabolic be careful, when it comes down it's going to come down hard. Have a look at twitter's chart in the few months after it's ipo my feeling is Gopro will do the same. Could be talking absolute rubbish though and gopro will go to 100.

Anyone thinking of buying Alibaba?
I hear you, i hear you. Same thoughts went through my mind.

I tend to hold on to things for about 12 months+. Both GPRO and MBLY (imho) have huge potential avenues which are still untapped... GoPro have plenty of possible partnerships, the ability to widen their range with different cameras, audio recording etc etc. I understand at the moment they buy in all their electronics. Once they start manufacturing themselves then the profit margin should improve even further.

And as the driverless car stuff develops further, Mobileye seem to be at the forefront of the technology. At present they have a big contract with BMW I believe. I'm still tempted to buy in to MBLY, but would have to sell AAPL to make room for it, which I don't really want to do.

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Not convinced about Gopro, at the moment they enjoy a monopoly on the action cam market but it wouldn't take much for Canon/Nikon to take a big slice of the pie if they wanted to.

gregf40

1,114 posts

115 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Shaoxter said:
Not convinced about Gopro, at the moment they enjoy a monopoly on the action cam market but it wouldn't take much for Canon/Nikon to take a big slice of the pie if they wanted to.
But they haven't.

It's like saying Apple have monopoly on high end phones but Nokia could take a big slice if they wanted to.

Super Slo Mo

5,368 posts

197 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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gregf40 said:
Shaoxter said:
Not convinced about Gopro, at the moment they enjoy a monopoly on the action cam market but it wouldn't take much for Canon/Nikon to take a big slice of the pie if they wanted to.
But they haven't.

It's like saying Apple have monopoly on high end phones but Nokia could take a big slice if they wanted to.
I was at IBC in Amsterdam yesterday, and Sony have launched their version of the GoPro. Looks like it could be a winner, it's small, compact, better features, better quality imaging (IMO) and has a proper mounting thread on the base, negating the need for the big plastic box the GoPro is housed in.

I guess it will all hinge on the marketing campaign, but Sony have the resources to do this, I wouldn't bet against them being a major player against GoPro in the coming years.

AOK

2,297 posts

165 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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An interesting discussion. I'll side with Greg here (having invested or not)... Apple haven't ever done anything really revolutionary. There were PC's before the Macintosh. There were mp3 players before the iPod. There were big screen phones before iPhones and there was Napster before iTunes etc etc...

It's not about having a new idea, its about being the visionary company who can spot an opportunity and can make it compelling enough to not only take the existing market share, but increase it.

And GoPro seem to have done just that in this sector.

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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gregf40 said:
Shaoxter said:
Not convinced about Gopro, at the moment they enjoy a monopoly on the action cam market but it wouldn't take much for Canon/Nikon to take a big slice of the pie if they wanted to.
But they haven't.

It's like saying Apple have monopoly on high end phones but Nokia could take a big slice if they wanted to.
Not really the same comparison, Canon/Nikon have huge resources at their disposal and are obviously already experienced in making high end imaging products.

A more valid comparison is Apple/Samsung 5 years ago, and Samsung have taken a huge chunk of Apple's market.
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