17:17 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
I use interactive brokers for options , they have cheap execution and a good platform , for cash stocks I use idealing who I find excellent for cheap direct market access execution ...

I actually thing buying calls here is a great opportunity as this price is a fear price , we can see things very much higher quickly on not a lot of news, however if Europe falls apart then the loss is small ... By catsick
16:30 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
I use Sucdens - a bit pricey but what really hacks me off is being able to buy the calls and then later find there are no buyers when I want to sell the positions to close.

frankly this market is too rigid and the wide spreads and commissions mean that the punter gets little satisfactory returns.

What brokerage do you recommend for trading options? By give the dog a bone
13:52 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
hi catsick . would you be kind enough to inform me of the broker you use for option dealings.

thanks By khi
10:18 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
I actually came up with a very similar opinion myself to the it could be 370 or 150 in 3 months time then saw it was being discussed here, I think there is a good chance we see another very strong squeeze up as soon as there is some sort of relief in sight , this thing tends to yo-yo on euro panic , long term there is a strong franchise you are buying into well below book value

My current view on the best way to play this is to buy the August 17th 3.00 calls , I bought a small clip this morning at 8.5p , so on the 370 or 150 view I get a payout of zero or 70p , so average 35p I hope ! By catsick
9:40 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
' Av could be 150p or 370p in 3 months time.'

That's actually a pretty realistic range of outcomes there.

And when sitting in the middle of that range in no man's land, best to do nothing and see a direction first.

Tas By Tas Devil is back
6:26 24/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
Too much risk now. Good time to sit on hands. Tough to do but given that nobody knows what the potential fallout could be Av could be 150p or 370p in 3 months time. By marshy_s
23:15 23/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
Good share to short, just look at the chart? By dongo
22:15 23/05/2012 Roller Coaster Markets
Near 2% reversal again on S&P & Dow tonight. Markets moved sharply of the lows towards session end. Is this a sign of markets finding value at the bottom? Bonds are offering no growth apart from obvious capital protection. No-one is going to get rich hiding behind Zero yielding German and US bonds. I assume another roller coaster ride tommorow. By InvestorBot
16:26 23/05/2012 With AV. SP This Low One Thing
comes to mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eD2L_Dpohg By nest-egg
15:44 23/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
Tas, what's the basis of the potential exposure? Currency-based? Or wider? Sorry if that's an obvious/stupid question By techmug
10:47 23/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks
'some herdlike negative sentiment'

How about some blackhole exposure that no one can really quantify to what could be the biggest currency meltdown in recent history ?

I think you'll find the herd is on the long side dismissing all evidence and secretly praying.

Tas By Tas Devil is back
23:07 22/05/2012 Re: Be Wary of High-Yielding Stocks

Aviva was sub 300 p at the end of last year, with a prospective
10 % yield or so. But the share price rallied, results were okay and the dividend was
declared and paid. A high yielding Stock with poor dividend cover and high operational
gearing, now thats what you want to beware of. If the company financials are sound
and the dividend yield is high because of some herdlike negative sentiment, then
having a punt is a good idea. Just like I am doing with AV.
By Einstein the Second
21:28 22/05/2012 Re: 44million customers can't be wrong?
"What I am referring to is a rather rare situation – when a slice of a FTSE 100-listed company can be bought at a price that is less than its net asset value. That company is Aviva (AV.L), the sixth-largest insurance group in the world (the largest in the UK), employer of 36,000 people and insurer to 44 million customers. With a market capitalisation of £10.5 billion, it is the 38th largest UK-listed company."

http://citywire.co.uk/money/smart-investor-why-aviva-offers-value-for-money/a563477
By InvestorBot
21:18 22/05/2012 44million customers can't be wrong?
Will Tas please explain the 3.69% gain today. Who is buying AV. to support this price rise if the financial world is going to end in a few weeks time when Greece gets kicked out of the Euro by the Storm Troopers from Berlin?

Surely the price of AV. should only being going in one direction along with all shares on the markets down to 0p. If there are no buyers and only sellers of shares then the price of AV. should effectively be 0p based on TAS's predictions of the impending armaggedon.

However if AV. has a future with its current 44million customers contributiong to the £30billion of income per annum, then AV. seems somewhat undervalued on a long term basis iven if divi is trimmed in the short term. Unless of course someone manages to eradicate all of those 44million customers overnight. There can't be that many companies with 44million world wide customers who can't survive this Greek saga. I think the shorts will get their fingers burnt a bit more in the coming months once this Euro saga gets resolved, but its going to be a bumpy ride ahead.

Any thought TAS? By InvestorBot
21:03 22/05/2012 Re: Share purchase?
Forget previous post!. Had a long day and just put brain into gear and realised that AV. just bought 1,000,000 in this AIM company Enteq Upstream PLC (never heard of them). Probably another bad investment by AV. management.
By InvestorBot