Member Info for beatrootjuice

Also hereshoping, I am a holder from way back in Lennigas days, so you can see i have a fair way to go yet! At least the dust on whats left of my measly holding is starting to be disturbed again. lol.

I love the Bahamas , where do you live there and hows the weather at this morning there.

appols, just looking at LSE , but looking at buys/sells there seems to be a 2% spread. Go figure.

why? A 4% spread isn't exactly encouraging buying is it?

Letstry. Very sensible honest post.

Heard that one before.

Talk of 4p divi is rubbish. That's 11% yield! No FTSE is gonna give that. 2p would be a good start with it rising along with the SP.

Open high ,drop straight down. Next time I get a first quote to sell and pull the trigger, it'll probably carry on going up.

So, whats happening on the 29th? It says the RI shares will be merged with existing shares and be able to be traded on the LSE. If you didn't take up your RI then your shares will be diluted. The only reason your shares wouldn't be diluted is because you brought RI shares, thus your average sp will go down. But if you think the SP will not be diluted on the 29th ,crack on . We'll just have to wait and see.

BTW, those are fantastic averages to have bp and shell at. You won't go wrong with that. Could do with being in ISA though, as this will put any tax concerns to bed. Otherwise you'd be limited to realising just £11k ish per tax yr. You could set an ISA up for your wife as you said you already hold one, before April then sell some shell or bp before April then in the space of a week you could re buy £60k if you wish between you and your wife, the only risk you run is the SP going up in the week it usually takes to clear the money, also you don't really want to be making more than CGT threshold. You could sell enough end of March to not cross threshold, then again in early April , but as I said with your averages you're onto a winner. ATB.

Hi, paper profit is just that, paper profit. It doesn't become actual and therefore taxable profit until you sell a stock and actually log a profit. Best to keep most of what you have in a shares ISA then nothing is taxable, profit or dividends. Also you don't have to declare losses unless you are setting them against a profit which may ordinarily be liable for tax (i. e over £11k ish ,look it up) but as far as I know, the losses also have to be 'made' in a taxable account , not ISA. An ISA each would be the way to go £40k new money each tax yr in total (current rules). Hope this helps.

Families who qualify for free school meals, shopping at M&S? Surely they are more likely to shop at Aldi, Lidl etc. If they can afford to shop at M&S why the hell am I paying thru my taxes to feed their kids? Good publicity for Marks though.

Out this week..... will this provide a lift here? Hope so, would be nice to break above 40p.

So why are people selling RI shares for £2 50? Just wait till they are submitted to market as TUI ordinary shares capital and sell them for £4 or whatever you think the SP will be begining of February.

Darren, good luck with your £6 by June! Are you for real. You really think a company earning nothing for best part of a year is worth £11 (£6 equivalent when you factor in 85% more shares in issue) especially with the debt it now has? Really? Think you are in for a shock mate. GL though.

Divi was never much more than 5% . If you held from here I would like to think you'd get much more than 25% capital gain from here over next 5 yrs, so why are you selling ?

That's exactly how it'd work. Banks in Denmark already offering neg int mortgages. That's right, you pay your payment every month and they credit money towards your next payment. It's a topsey turvy world we're living in. HSBC did say they were considering charging holders of current accounts to have them deposit their money. I.e you pay the Bank for them keeping your money!

This week in USA, any thoughts is this why banks down today?

Come 30th Jan we all know (although some are in denial) that the SP is going to be somewhere between £2 and £3 , where it goes from there is largely dependant on how the vaccines are shaping up against the rapid new strains of the virus and any indication of when travel will be possible. I have absolutely no doubt desire and demand to travel is there ......will Tui still be though? If things are looking positive I'l be investing for medium term and going in fairly big but only if the price is right and the future picture looks a bit more certain ,or as certain as things can be. This whole virus thing is dragging on a hell of a lot longer than I and I guess many more people thought it would. Fingers crossed that the bloomin thing doesn't mutate enough to throw the vacinations into the bin and we have to start again. In this scenario could be game over for most of the travel sector.

50% vaccinated by march? Absolutely no chance, that's gonna take till June /July time.