A funny battle has commenced this year for vegetables, namely carrots and potatoes. When one of our garden sheds blew away, the revealed 12 x 8 foot base presented itself as a patch of soil suitable for planting “stuff”. We thought the south facing area might be ideal for grapes but the reality of Argyll weather demands traditional crops, so our wine making hobby remains reliant on buying grape concentrate from France and increasingly, Spain. The Spanish connection was a surprise, a test batch of 25 bottles of Rioja created and immediately condemned as being foul. However, once it aged by 4 months, our home made Rioja became dangerous as it was difficult to open a bottle without finishing it quickly. Needless to say, 50 litres are currently aging in the wine cellar, better known as the dark and cool boiler room… The biggest success of the hobby has been a batch of Cabernet Sauvignon, the victim of an experiment by dumping some dried oak chips into the brew at the start of fermentation. The result has been quite special, a red wine of superior quality and depth, along with a decision to stop giving bottles to friends. This one is being kept for domestic consumption. The hobby hasn’t been completely straightforward, a 22 litre batch of Merlot being quite foul and a 5 litre batch of Chardonnay which was charitably described as a good breakfast wine.
So, with our little patch of soil at the top of the garden now allocated for vegetables, we’re doing battle with deer, animals which think it’s okay to chomp down on the carrot leafs while ignoring the potato greenery. An initial effort to dissuade the deer by placing wire netting above the potential crop failed, thanks to the deer deciding to stomp the area flat and then, eat the carrot leaves. The current cunning plan uses a movement detector, a light and a buzzer they really dislike. The real fix would be an 8 foot high deer fence, something quite absurd to consider surrounding such a small area. It’s going to be a long summer but friends may become fed up with gifts of carrots and wine when we meet. These “peculiar” hobbies kicked into play in a petty revenge effort to avoid exorbitant supermarket pricing. Plus, the battle to make decent wine is fun. (a secret is temperature control during fermentation)
Sainsbury and Tesco are predicting a supermarket price war, the next phase in their desperate attempts to regain custom lost due to the price gouging which has occurred in the post Covid years. It would be amusing, were it not for the important reality that if they’d continued to play fair with pricing, they’d probably be in a stronger position today. On a brighter note, Sainsbury appears to be on the edge of becoming useful.
Currently, above 270p should apparently trigger a surge in the direction of an initial 286p with our secondary, if bettered, at 296p. From our perspective, the share would be attracted from a long term 330p, once again matching a series of all time highs since 2017.
If things intend go wrong, below 246 would now prove troubling, entering a cycle to an eventual “bottom” at 198p
FUTURES
FUTURES
| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 10:17:58PM | BRENT | 6106.5 | 6073 | 5942 | 5670 | 6188 | 6285 | 6309 | 6388 | 6192 | ‘cess |
| 10:40:58PM | GOLD | 3288.01 | 3267 | 3236 | 3197 | 3293 | 3321 | 3333 | 3355 | 3301 | Success |
| 11:28:05PM | FTSE | 8517.1 | 8467 | 8441 | 8409 | 8504 | 8527 | 8537 | 8572 | 8462 | ‘cess |
| 11:30:10PM | STOX50 | 5190.5 | 5150 | 5131 | 5108 | 5170 | 5200 | 5210 | 5245 | 5169 | Success |
| 11:33:03PM | GERMANY | 22702.9 | 22232 | 21999 | 21750 | 22447 | 22746 | 23116 | 24556 | 22452 | Shambles |
| 11:35:27PM | US500 | 5606.1 | 5509 | 5463 | 5412 | 5559 | 5616 | 5642 | 5672 | 5544 | Success |
| 11:37:18PM | DOW | 40774 | 40268 | 40008 | 39730 | 40614 | 40841 | 41012 | 41435 | 40498 | Shambles |
| 11:40:18PM | NASDAQ | 19800 | 19237 | 19094 | 18846 | 19518 | 19841 | 19965 | 20101 | 19539 | Success |
| 11:42:31PM | JAPAN | 36228 | 36001 | 35863 | 35704 | 36174 | 36342 | 36378 | 36635 | 36025 | Success |
30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%
29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%
28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%
25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%
24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%
23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 a change of 0%
22/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8328 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,148,209,130 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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 296.8 Percentage Change: -0.40% Day High: 310 Day Low: 288
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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 336.4 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 337.4 Day Low: 330.5
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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 173.8 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 174.3 Day Low: 172.6
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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 34.45 Percentage Change: + 13.14% Day High: 35 Day Low: 32.5
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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 160.15 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 161.4 Day Low: 159.15
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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3715 Percentage Change: + 2.29% Day High: 3696 Day Low: 3643
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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 366.8 Percentage Change: + 0.16% Day High: 367 Day Low: 365
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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 102.4 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 101.3 Day Low: 99.95
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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 171.7 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 172.3 Day Low: 169.8
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