Why is it that share prices with HBOS have fallen so much reciently?
436854
I'm guessing HBOS stands for home builder. If so, then HBOS have fallen because interest rates have risen. When interest rates rise, mortgages become less attractive.
896043
Very simply - GREED. Go to the local shops and support them. You never know their prices could well be cheaper now.
1176716
The market will be buyoant. It has already touched if not crossed the 10,000 marc.Possibily the turmoil during the last fortnight was due to rumour mongering by unscruplous partis which madethe FIIs nervour.
916807
Most libraries carry old newspapers on microfiche, so if you can know a date you can go back and get the actual pricing for that date.\n\nBut that information may not be entirely useful.  Because of stock splits, taxable spinoffs, acquisitions, etc., the share price on any given day in the mid-80's may not be comparable to the current price.\n\nSempra's Investor Relations department would be able to help you out in that regard:\nhttp://www.shareholder.com/sre/
641656
That is called a reverse split. In this case 1 for 10. I means fewer share in circulation that are not 10 times more in price. The value is not affected by a split. Usually a company that thinks their stock price is too high for investors to buy will do a split, if the price is too low or the management feels too much stock is in float they do a reverse split like you asked about.
575650
Share prices means price at which a co's stock is quoting at..\n\nyes the media can influence share prices in the sense that it can break some news which is specific to that co or industry..as market players tend to notice that news they may accordingly buy or sell the co's stock..\n\nDemand and Supply beyond many other factors have a bearing on the share prices..other factors include..liquidity, sentiments, market rumors, etc..\n\nWhat happens when a share price falls is it gets cheaper to buy! ..also it loses its market-capitalization..\n\nthat was enough explanation..
853111
I'd suggest speaking to a stockbroker about costs etc, and the returns would depend on the performance of the company.  I think they're about £4 a share just now, and they performed very well last year.  I've thought about it too because Tesco seem to be taking over the world just now...!
861482
In order to make quick money.\nThey know that after few years when the prices drop they will be able to buy back thier souls cheap and make a profit.
953370
www.iii.co.uk      always good discussion boards, and interesting. Coutts bank (the queens' bank) is always right - they predicted the recent fall in shares in advance, but if you had that much money I don't suppose you would be asking questions here....
1021738
Its a dinosaur and no longer a leader. When profit growth slows, the stock price stops rising. same as Dell and Microsoft and Cisco and Sun.
24995
Rom is exactly right. People that have "fallen in love" with certain stocks have a hard time knowing when the right time to sell is, often losing them money. Sometimes you have to know when to let your beloved stocks go. Look at the 5 year graph for Intel, and you can see that there are obviously better places for your money, but because the stock had done so well up to that point, alot of people couldn't find it in themselves to sell. On the flip side, emotions can be involved in buying, too. One always has to be careful in the choices they make. My advice, before any decision you make, prepare a 60 second "speech" detailing why you have made that decision. If you have a hard time figuring out why you want to make the decision, it's probably emotion.
142034
You need to be more clear.\nDid the company lose the money?\nOr did shareholders lose money?\n\nSirius is a good example of a company that lost money. Anyone that owns IBM shares are underwater.
935160
New ones can be a bit steep and the prices are going through the roof. You should have rung me, i could have given you both a lift. I laddered my stockings once, but a man came along and saw to them for me and i didn't have to pay, but he admitted it was his fault for taking them down in the first place.
468758
There isn't a lot of volume to it.  Maybe buy 1,000-2,000 shares and hold.
846842
This happnds to companies that have a low vaule on the stock price but, high asset value. This happended to my company (Disney) a while back when Comcast tried to take us over. Bascilly it means they come in and buy up all the avaialbel stock to have an ownership and then they control the board and it's decsions which the board could sell the whole company for the price they are offering. In the Disney case we fought it off ad won they did not take us over.\n\nSometimes companies offer a leverged buyout like US Air is doing to Delta right now. They see vaule in the compnay and offer a premium to all stock holders above the market price hopeing to buy it out and merge and that is what hapoends most of the time. Hostile take overs don't happen often but, when they do look for lots of media coverage. Look for some article about Disney and Comcast.
426382
No, that led to all kinds of perversions of market forces in the past. Liquidity is also an issue. \n\nIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.
1156475
Nothing to do with it....... they've been dropping a bit all over the place the last few weeks (or in the case of one or two of my UK stocks plummeting)...... I think it's a mix of the US dollar heading down in value, certain members of financial officialdom doing / saying the wrong things + I've noticed alot of Dividend payments cropping up on my SHAREBUILDER statements lately (already had 4 of them over Monday & Tuesday).