Vodafone (LSE: VOD), Barclays (LSE: BARC) and Resolution (LSE: RSL) were popular picks this morning.
This morning, high-yielding telecommunications group Vodafone (LSE: VOD) was the third-most popular purchase by stockbroker TD Direct Investing's individual clients between the market's opening and 12 noon.
The reason? A disappointing quarterly earnings statement that saw the shares beaten down almost 4% at the time of writing, to 178p. Hardly a high-risk falling knife, investors will be simply be hoping that the fall represents a chance to buy the second-largest company in the FTSE 100 (UKX) -- together with its tasty 7.5% yield -- at a modest discount.
Nothing quite so obvious seems to have prompted investors' interest in Barclays (LSE: BARC) this morning, which was the fourth-most popular purchase with TD Direct Investing's individual clients.
But the news that all the Libor-hit banks may agree a joint settlement certainly takes the heat off Barclays, if true, undoubtedly adding to the bank's appeal. Meanwhile, today's 2% fall to 161p represents a 22% fall in the share price in just a month -- enough, clearly, to bring the bargain hunters out in force.
Insurer Resolution (LSE: RSL) also proved popular, despite disappointing investors by cancelling a capital return, thereby precipitating 8% being lopped off the share price. The company was the eight-most popular purchase by TD Direct Investing's individual clients between the market's opening and 12 noon.
Again, a fall of that magnitude is enough to bring out investors hoping for a bargain -- although they will doubtless be hoping that the board won't take an axe to company's dividend as well, thereby slashing Resolution's whopping 10% yield.
Will they be disappointed? Time will tell.
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> Malcolm has no disclosable interest in any of the shares listed.
Disclaimer: The TD Direct Investing (www.tddirectinvesting.co.uk) list of Top Ten Buys should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell any particular bond or stock, and is not intended as any form of advice. Instead, it is simply an indication of the general buying trends among TD Direct Investing customers during the period stated.
