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cm1179 · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:07

how long will things take to adjust once the unemployment figures for the US are out?

TheDean · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:17

cm1179 said:
how long will things take to adjust once the unemployment figures for the US are out?

It'll be very swift. Do you know when they are due?

doogs · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:21

TheDean said:
It'll be very swift. Do you know when they are due?

I think it's 13.30 gmt

Aloreth · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:22

8 mins....

edgedemon · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:23

1:30pm

cm1179 · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:25

please feel free to post your tips

edgedemon · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:29

US futures are begining to climb, so hopefully it won't be too bad

edit - wow, the FTSE just flew up 70 points

TheDean · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:34

Link to jobs data?

BennyC · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:39

edgedemon said:
US futures are begining to climb, so hopefully it won't be too bad

edit - wow, the FTSE just flew up 70 points

Still showing around 5,280 points for me. Been fluctuating 10/15 points either way for the last hour or so...

Edit: Found a live stream

5,347.

doogs · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:40

Us employment figures are up

Eddietop · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:41

good figures hopefully a bit of respite now

shine · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:42

Watch the FTSE fly up:

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^FTSE

I knew I should have bought some shares this morning!

BennyC · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:49

Sigh of relief from me, for now...

Aloreth · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:51

Im still down about £20k since Jan, still in a nice profit but it could be better!

nero120 · 5 Aug 2011 at 14:10

cm1179 said:
please feel free to post your tips

I did. I gave you barclays.

Nice to see some blue in a sea of red.

Simon · 5 Aug 2011 at 15:27

I topped up on RRL, should have been braver and got at 8p though

If you think that they will recover eventually then top up to drop those averages. 'Buy on fear'

silversurfer · 5 Aug 2011 at 15:34

I hesitated a bit

. Bought back some Hyder though which is lagging, its my best performing stock ever, on size

silversurfer said:
Barc initial target downside would be 175 I think but I'd prefer it mope around 200 obviously. BP in new york was also down a further 3%

I very precisely shot myself in the foot here. The figure is 172 on my chart and I should have checked and thats where I accidentally sold some Barc. Holding most but bit of a doozy

got CAD & emed still cheap - copper mine eta 2013 so no fevered bidding here

Skull · 5 Aug 2011 at 19:48

Simon said:
I topped up on RRL, should have been braver and got at 8p though

If you think that they will recover eventually then top up to drop those averages. 'Buy on fear'

I managed to increase my shares in RRL by 23% at 9.06p, that brought my average down nicely!

verbal · 5 Aug 2011 at 19:54

Great buying day today. Doubled my XEL holding.

ironman · 6 Aug 2011 at 02:51

All those people saying it's about long term, keep giving yourself excuses to make you feel better, chances are the market will gap quite wildly on Monday morning. Carrying to much risk and exposure because you got lucky once is always a bad move. I hope this doesn't wipe some of you out.