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People can and do read the Motley Fool. It has a large number of followers. However, the smartest investors will use their own analysis, make their own informed decisions to invest on shares that they personally believe in.
I have found that there are many times when I do agree with Motley Fool's views but as always DYOR and buy into a company that you believe in.
Agreed, I can't believe anybody reads the Motley Fool.
Seemed to be a sharp drop first thing, but recovered since. Probably due to people reading the Motley Fool article?
I found that article very reassuring. My experience as an investor is that if do the exact opposite of what Motley Fool recommends then you generally don't go far wrong!
You may be right but it is difficult to time the market.
I have sold my NG shares for a 800 GBP net profit. As I only held the shares for less than 3 weeks, I feel that it has proven already to be a great short term investment. I am using my original investment plus the profit to wait for better buying opportunities. I still think that a short global recession will occur and as such, there will be another market drop and a great buying opportunity for many shares. If NG shares dip back to sub 870p a share, then I would seriously consider re-investing in them again. GLA investors!
I agree - I made most of my money in those excellent share save schemes right back when we had the Ask Sid adverts lol. Worked there for 31 years before retiring at 46 years old. Still in a similar industry over here in the States.
I’m lucky in that I used to work for NG so vast majority of my holding was bought through share save scheme at a discount but agree that this is a solid defensive share which should still pay a dividend and maybe even go upto £10 once covid 19 is out of the way. I’m not selling for a long time as this should form the foundation of my pension in years to come. All in my own opinion
Looks to be gaining well at the moment.
Not a shooting star but unlike other shares seems capable of holding its gains were as other more volitile stocks you need to time it just right.
I have put my money where my mouth is and invested 10,000 GBP into NG at an average share price of 870p a share. As coronavirus continues and a possible recession is around the corner, this will be the ultimate defensive blue chip stock. I would of course advise caution, but I think this is a good buy for the medium to long term. Good luck all!
You should set a tradeplan to re-enter these NG shares at around 900p a share. This is the ultimate defensive stock. You will not be quadrupling your money overnight but it should stay fairly stable, with the possibility of some decent capital growth over the longer term e.g. 15-25% with a solid 5-6% annual dividend. For the future uncertain times ahead regarding coronavirus, oil price war, increased likelihood of more companies going bust e.g. Flybe, Laura Ashley, OneWeb, Brighthouse - this is the ultimate DEFENSIVE stock in any investor's portfolio.
I sold out of these at 1055, for once in my life catching the top (nearly). My reasoning was that they had had a good run for a low beta stock and I expected a reversion to mean. While they have fallen quite a lot they are still only off 10-15% in a 30% down market, they have security of revenue and a very large "moat".In addition they have significant debt which i would expect them to be renegotiating as I write.They should be able to bring debt service costs down but may well also have pressure to cut prices from the US/UK govs.
I will be re re-entering her progressively over the near term as I think there are few better havens in the storm.
Mnny, yes my explanation is that it is that other quality companies, e.g BP, Shell etc offer yields way above grid, so looking forward 12 months where will instituions get the best reward? This is just competition for risk capital. I am buying more here because I see £11 in next few months - we shall see.
Any ideas why NG IS spiralling downwards like this? I thought this was one of the safer ones!