Tesco Plc (LSE:TSCO), discounts in the greed aisle

#GOLD #WallSt There’s something quite strange going on with supermarket pricing, making me essentially suspect they’re trying to figure out discrete ways to price gouge. An example is Gluten Free bread, a personal burden due to Coeliac disease. One of the brands whose products actually taste like bread has seen the price sneak upward, a loaf of 18 slices (each the size of a potato waffle), now attempting to get punters to pay £11.50 per kilo. This is a big nope, because their own bakery sells a product which is larger, yet is priced at £3.40 per kilo, a significant difference. The downside of their store baked product is it needs toasted before use, while the leading brand product can – at a push – be eaten directly from the packet.

And then there’s M&M’s!, a personal guilty secret. The “sharing” bags (dream on) have seen the price accelerate over 3 quid for a product which was £1.80 a few months ago. It was another easy “nope”, especially as our local petrol station still retails the same product at £1.80. Unfortunately, these examples just about exhaust my expertise on product pricing but gossiping with other folks on my daily dog walk, it seems supermarkets are trying targeted attempts to feed the inflation spiral, perhaps a panic attempt to maximise profits before President Trump starts an attempt to fulfil his promise to half prices in the USA! This initiative shall prove “interesting” as it’s certain to produce pressures on Europe to follow whatever example he sets.

 

Tesco look certain to continue to experience some share price reversals, movements this year tending suggest the market is looking for an excuse to gap things downward. Currently, below 358 looks capable of triggering reversals to an initial 353p with our secondary, if broken, at 349p. The problem with these reversal levels is the price moves into a region, where we can calculate an eventual 324p as a potential bottom with a bounce. This is why we suspect the market shall find an excuse to punch Texaco downward with a gap at the open as it’d be a shame if traders were allowed to ride such a relatively small decline.

Currently trading around 360p, the share price needs above 376 to give any hope as this should trigger further gains to an initial 390p with our secondary, if bettered, an impressive 403p and some hesitation.

 

 

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Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:49:32PM BRENT 8064.1
10:58:57PM GOLD 2668.64 2656 2649 2642 2669 2692 2704 2744 2678
11:03:55PM FTSE 8222.5 ‘cess
11:28:05PM STOX50 4984
11:32:06PM GERMANY 20218
11:36:59PM US500 5849.4
11:54:01PM DOW 42359.9 41947 41726 41488 42150 42422 42520 42631 42286
11:59:41PM NASDAQ 20842 ‘cess
12:04:22AM JAPAN 38401 ‘cess

 

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%
10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%
9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%
8/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -9.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,394,228,390 a change of 16.2%
7/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8245 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,502,690,636 a change of 7.78%
6/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,105,577,084 a change of 0%
3/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8223 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,674,170 a change of 0%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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