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My broker told me that it is possible to touch 400 level by REG.Do you have any comments on that?

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Sri Lanka PC House buys Internet research firm
Sept 26, 2011 (LBO) - PC House, a Sri Lankan information technology company, has bought a 90 percent stake in Infoserve (Private) Limited for 45 million rupees.

Infoserve is a company based in Sri Lanka providing Internet research services which operates under the 'athandz' brand name, a stock exchange filing said.
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We strive to make sure that you all will gain lots of meaningful insights to facilitate your Investment decisions !

We wish to keep our members up-to date with all the relevant information and discussions and would keep this forum as clean as possible, from inappropriate, biased, promotion of …

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Sept 26, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan stocks were barely changed Monday and turnover was also lower than usual with heavy trade in shares that had drawn the interest of speculators, brokers said.

The main All Share Price Index rose 0.02 percent (1.42 points) to 6,736.02, while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0.03 percent (1.88 points) to close at 6,025.81, according to stock exchange figures.
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The market has been on a steep decline over the last 2 weeks due to the mere fact of force selling by the brokering firms. Investors expected a steep increase in prices of certain counters during the Much Awaited Superb September as per Daily FT, which never materialize. Instead, such expectations put many retail investors in jeopardy as the market went from Red to Blood Red.

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It has been a clear fact that the retail investors get trapped in to short term stocks and hence not having a properly diversified portfolio.

The result is that the retailers are unable to collect the shares which could reap benefits in the medium term. For example, at the moment, many are trapped in stocks which have been volatile over the last 4 weeks; such as, EAST/TESS/CLND/PAP/CSD/BLUE etc.
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I am yet to carry out an in-depth analysis on the stocks to consider collecting before Christmas.
It's a popular belief that the market will be on a decline during the end of the year. However some stocks go against the market during the same time period.

Prudent Investors should identify those well in advance and start collecting slowly, before prices move up. (This is not a recommendation to …

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The correct timing of entry and exit is the key to success as an investor in the Stocks. It is all about buying at the correct price and selling at the right time. But how can we identify the correct price to buy and sell? It depends on the level of price sensitive information available to you. Then we come to the decision point of - What are the factors influencing the price? Key factors are …

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Some of the brokers have started to request investors to reduce their margins which are prevailing for more than 10 days. The same brokers has been allowing unlimited credit despite the recent SEC announcements, due to their adequate liquidity positions. However the current request put investors in jepordy as some of the investors have collected stocks by using the margins with the intention of …

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