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I guys, I bought in today at 115.7p , can’t believe this price! Can I join your guesstimates for next week. I recon will finish at 1.21.4 next Friday.
"fleccy. I love your confidence, but? You could be wrong? I for one hope not, but??? I topped up today with vod, but I am a gambler, nothing is certain, apart from death, taxes, & the fact that you, or somebody else has to sell your shares at some time, otherwise they may as well be worthless."
If you'd bought Crypto I'd describe you as a gambler, investing in a safe blue chip stock isn't gambling in my opinion. Stocks are a hedge against inflation, CNBC and Bloomberg guests who recommend moving into cash, do so in the belief that shares will crash and they can get in at a much lower price, but I believe UK stocks have limited downside as most are already undervalued. I'm topping up and will continue to do so as long as I see value. If I was uncertain I'd probably keep taking the dividend cash, and hold my investments at the current level, but as it stands I'm growing my future dividends with every top up, and the gains will be greater if and when my stocks recover in price.
Ultimately I see more risk in cash than stocks, should inflation remain persistently high, time will tell if I'm right.
Dan, i was planning to top up here if it should reach below 110, think this might be my best hope of getting into profit here, but nobody knows where the bottom will be, it's all a bit of a gamble, would always prefer to see a share rise if possible though
robleo. I think fleccy's point is that it doesn't matter how far the sp drops. That takes super confidence, & for me, unless you know far more than everybody else about the real value of vod shares, is impossible to judge. But as you know, I hope fleccy is right.
Thanks Fleccy, I always value your opinion, probably is the most stress free way to do it, if only we could tell though when they have finished dropping it would make this game a lot easier
robleo. I should have added, that she still prefers the plumber.
Oh poor you Dan lol, no peace for the wicked hey, you did say to me you needed cheering up
fleccy. I love your confidence, but? You could be wrong? I for one hope not, but??? I topped up today with vod, but I am a gambler, nothing is certain, apart from death, taxes, & the fact that you, or somebody else has to sell your shares at some time, otherwise they may as well be worthless.
robleo. That is all very well, but the problem I have is, not only am I the husband, but also the gardener??!!
"I have four shares paying out dividends this month and it's staying in the account, i would be afraid to invest it anywhere for a while, and the real squeeze hasn't even started yet, a bit scary really"
I'm currently sitting on my Vodafone dividends, and awaiting my Lloyds and BT dividends on the 12th September. If the share prices are as low, or lower I'm just going to make a decision and plough the dividends back into shares; I don't see the point of waiting since you can never time the bottom, or the top, anyway. If you think a stock is cheap, and you're confident about the company's future, you might as well top up there and then and hold until you reach your target price, reinvesting further dividends as you receive them.
nice one Gary, as we are on the jokes
A rich man comes home to tell his wife
He lost his every thing in the stock market crash and they need to change their lifestyle.
He says to his wife if you learn how to cook we can fire the chef. She replies with if you learn how to f*ck we can fire the gardener as well.
I've seen it all before guys just ride out the storm & continue taking the dividends.
All will come good but it may take a few months.
This reminds me of a judge in my previous life who was sentencing a man found guilty in his court. The defence barrister stood up & said that his client wasn't a well man & urged the judge to sentence in months instead of years. After listening carefully the judge said "I have listened carefully to what you have said & I take it all on board, after much deliberation your client will go to prison for 300 months, take him down". "But" said the barrister "My client isn't a well man I don't see him finishing this sentence" The Judge retorted " Just tell him to try to serve as much as he can".
Have a great long weekend all.
Hi Dan mate. I wish i could say something positive to cheer you up about the shares right now, but the best i can come up with is your not alone, my whole portfolio has taken a kick up the jacksie this week, I have four shares paying out dividends this month and it's staying in the account, i would be afraid to invest it anywhere for a while, and the real squeeze hasn't even started yet, a bit scary really, but let's just ignore all that, nice weather predicted for the bank holiday , have a great time
Roofer just take the award, you are the Vodafone top investor this week, Congratulations and keep it up as Fred would say lol
Danielh.....the plot thickens, with all these theories, we need Fred to elucidate......Bank holiday mystery ...
Hi robleo. I vary bad week for me, but I thought I would just like to say hello to my old mate rob, because I thought it might cheer me up. Have a good weekend, see you next week? Roofer was the winner. He just doesn't get Fred's sex mad sense of humour. Lucky Fred I say?
Roofer. FredRubble went 169.69. after thinking long & hard about it the night before while on the job. I think it was meant as a joke. As in the French for 69.?!
Robina you say you should have bailed at 1.40.
Well my friend I bailed out of here mostly at 1.39 after over 10 years of ownership during which I must have read everything going, varied opinions etc etc. The only thing that made me some money at the end was averaging down and of course some fairly decent dividends. My buy back price set when I sold is 1.10 & I think with what’s coming down the road this winter I may re-visit this.
I of course wish all VOD holders all the best & the point of this post is just to say don’t get too emotionally attached to any one company / share, there are hundreds of great companies out there offering good dividends & growth. There ain’t much of the latter with VOD.
Or it may possibly be roofer ? so well done both, not a good week at all, let's hope we don't get a repeat of it next week
GLA
Champion of Champion FredRubble wins again
FredBubble 169.69p / 116.69p
CDS1962 123.4p
Robleo 122p
Danielh 123.1p
Newsid 123.5p
Thaugian 222.5p
Roofer 118.5p
Closing Sp 115.08p (source Iwed)
Well apart from oil sector , market down as a whole not a good time for investors .......
Well its not even worth posting about this c**p - have a good bank holiday everybody
"Well back to VOD if I may: next stop 110?
There really seems to be no upside here with dividends not compensating for the sp decline and inflation."
If you look at the chart in the link below, BT and Vodafone are unbelievably close in price performance, both currently down 47% on the 5 year chart. Even though BT and Vodafone are both in the same sector, there are big differences in their businesses. BT is primarily a UK business, whereas Vodafone is more international with its largest business in Germany, BT earnings are reported in Sterling, Vodafone in Euro's, so quite a difference there too.
The main things they have in common, is they're both Telecom companies listed on the FTSE, so that's probably the reasons they're both down around the same over the last 5 years. In reality it isn't about their respective business models, it's something else.
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BT.A:LON?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibueX57OP5AhV-QEEAHZ4LA20Q_AUoA3oECAEQDQ&comparison=LON%3AVOD&window=5Y
Well back to VOD if I may: next stop 110?
There really seems to be no upside here with dividends not compensating for the sp decline and inflation.
Shouldv'e bailed a while back at 140, but of course I'm a dolt.
CSDI - I too was looking at house builders about a month ago but the fact that PSN’s earnings per share fell this year put me off. The dividend there is really under pressure but it’s way, way too high in any case and will definitely IMO be cut. That and the fact that against my advice my son brought one of their houses & it really is poorly built.
Sorry we’re off VOD fellow posters, I hear Mrs G calling me for scrambled eggs so good luck all here, sit back & take the divi’s.
Well looks like a bad day today , with the energy price cap rising putting many into fuel poverty and the usual ski slope for vodafone .