Colin Morton
Colin Morton
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activity deal driving seems
There just seems to be a new deal every day. M&A activity is driving the market.
confidence
We like these stocks. You can have more confidence in the profits.
react stock surprised
I would be surprised if the stock does not react pretty strongly.
dismiss loath pay price surprised willing
I would be surprised if someone was willing to pay at this price for the stock. I am pretty cynical, but I am loath to dismiss it completely.
again buying few figures good insurance life looks people performing products quite relatively sales savings sector seems seen tough uk
We've seen quite good sales figures from all the UK life insurance stocks. It looks like people are buying savings products once more and the sector seems to be performing relatively well again now after a tough few years.
confidence couple insurance life market products savings sector seems tough towards track
Market confidence towards savings products seems to have returned. As a result, the life insurance sector is getting back on track after a couple of tough years.
growth help hopefully issue margin margins offset pressure
Margins are much more of an issue than they were, but hopefully if they can get the growth, it should help offset any margin pressure they see.
bad earnings line looks overall people retail
Overall it looks okay, with earnings in line with expectations. Barclaycard is as bad as people thought it would be and retail is better than thought.
companies growth guaranteed people save touch
These companies should, touch wood, have a guaranteed growth pool, because people will have to save more for their retirement.
covering hear maybe position surprised
I'm very surprised to hear they've done this. Maybe they're covering their own position should someone else come in and make a bid.
almost billion cap company figure market saying third
If you look at the $65 billion figure and the market cap of about $200 billion, they're saying you could technically get back almost a third of the company by 2008.
companies fist good looking nervous uk
As a shareholder you get nervous when companies say they are looking at the U.S., because historically, UK firms haven't made a good fist of it over there.
business cylinders firing seem
The business really does seem to be firing on all cylinders at the moment.
banks growth investment model northern organic rock smaller surprise uk
It wouldn't be a surprise if one of the smaller UK banks got bought, but Northern Rock have always had a disciplined organic growth investment model of their own, so it would be something new for them.