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If you Google the word 'Unloved' the first result will be Somero's website I am sure.

Jeffries has been very harsh with their note on Assura, saying Assura needs equity injection, curtailing development or asset disposal to allay a risk of a credit cut. Also added Assura risks to be priced out and the dividend risks being uncovered.

The note is not very detailed an does not give any additional info. Resembles to scaremongering for how it was written.

Krustysmegma - Your broker is absolutely right regarding your average. Indeed not having sold the full stake in TW you are not able to compound your initial investment. Your remaining holding still has an average cost of 20p, you only sold part of it at a 300% profit.

Mary I am not questioning whether trimming is a good strategy. There is a number of reasons for doing so and all makes sense to me. I am only saying that the average cannot be calculated in any other way than a weighed average.

Otherwise you may calculate paper profits that are in fact inexistent. An average calculated incorrectly will confound your ability to make a decision on whether to sell on profit, since you will see profits where actually there isn't.

Re London, I am in London for most of the year, so yes, happy to exchange ideas over a pint.

Mary if you put out your personal finances expect a level of constructive criticism.

The average is calculated by a weighted average on remaining shares and any repurchases.

I used to work as a statistician for a blue chip, this is basic algebra. You can't compound to millions on multiples of an ever shrinking allocated capital.

I am not criticizing your trades, that's matter of a personal preference and strategy, I am advising on your could look at data with more realism. Trimming on a 70% gain does not make a you 5-6 bagger on your remaining holding.

If your maths are correct, and if you traded 4-5 stocks in sequence starting with a capital of £10k you should already be in the range of millions. If not then you should reconsider the way you look at your data.

ShearClass - this is the kind of posts that I like. Thanks.

Hi Mary, the way you calculate your average is incorrect.

If you buy 100 shares @100p, (£100) sell 50 @170p (£85) you calculate your average price of your remaining holding as £15/50=30p. When you trim at 170p you assume that automatically you make a 3 + bagger on your remaining holding. Which is fundamentally wrong. Averages need to be calculated with a correct practice.

Lol more numbers dished out by the prophets.

I am still waiting to see the sp going to 250p as predicated by many (I can name people but I won't).

I love how people's forecasts go out of the window.

Re 'Unaudited' results likely spooked the market - Unaudited results are published regularly by most companies.

Truth is JD seems to have gone past growth, it's been 3 years now that JD is hovering around the £1 billion adjusted PBT. The international markets are much tougher and the UK growth has run out of steam. Not to mention the large number of store closure. A PE of 12-15 is the norm at this point.

Some people will still brag about their over inflated with intra-day trade success. However it is now time lick the wounds and move on.

Overactive traders trembling today.. They don't know what to do. Whether to add, trim, sell. Doing odd maths to embellish their imaginary multi-baggers.

I am following OTB. It went up 15% day before the HY, collapsed 15% on result day. Share price movement do not anticipate anything.

Peter, I had the same issue with Barclays. I called them. They advised that they will claim the REIT income tax from HMRC and will credit the capital on my account in 8 weeks. I am skeptical I won't have to make further follow up calls. However, I was told they will claim the 20% back from HMRC for every dividend payment and I won't have to do any thing for it to happen. I am skeptical on this as well. I will give them 12 weeks and if nothing happened I will call them again.

It is a pain in the backside.

Ah nope I take it back. It is now confirmed it will be on the 29th of May

My bet is the FY results will be published tomorrow, JD has a tendency to publish trading updates and results before a bank holiday. **Speculative statement**

Predicting the share price using charts is equivalent to the use of elaborate mathematical equations to predict the winning numbers of the national lottery. Wasted time. Indeed the experts on this board are now scratching their heads not knowing why the share price is falling.

EXCLUSIVE – Brazil's Suzano discusses higher bid for International Paper, sources say

The share price did not respond well.

Ridiculous offer indeed, however I am surprised the share price is not matching the offer price.

I wish I had invested more, I was trying to optimize my portfolio but this offer came in at the wrong time

Star and your target is?