Imperial Brands Share Price (IMB)

JebGambardella mate, good post, recommended.....

Hi seen it...,

If I had to offer any advice I would say it's always best to have a diversified portfolio. The discrepancy between the valuations of so called 'tech/growth' and 'value' shares is pretty high at the moment. However that does not mean one should not have any exposure to tech/growth. I do have some exposure through funds like SMT even though I am well aware that their valuations are currently very high and my fear of inflation (and rising interest rates) rearing its ugly in the future would not be good for that sector. However, it would be good for commodities which I have quite a bit of exposure towards. These are all just my views of course and it is always important to do your own research and come to your own conclusions on those things. I could be completely wrong of course and the 2020s could end up being another bumper decade for tech/growth stocks - especially if inflation doesn't occur in a big way and interest rates end up staying low for the rest of this decade.

Hey JebGambardella mate. Yes, I know not all high flyers will succeed but let's look at the FAANG stocks and Tesla. Do you think IMB will beat them or will last longer than these high flying giants??will all of these go bust and leave IMB to have the last laugh??

Indeed Robina. As a holder of SMT, I am delighted by it's performance over the last 9 years. However, will the next 9 years be equally generous to SMT? That is the question. It is very easy to look at past performance and much harder to see into the future. I have stated my own thoughts on the future macroeconomic environment and how this may affect different sectors in an earlier post on this board.

If the dividend remains at 8.5% then your investment will double in 9 years.
However, if you bought something like SMT 9 years ago it would have increased 5 fold.