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''We usually get a good headwind into results day but everything just seems so flat.'' I think you mean tailwind.

'Shell has made £100,000,000 A DAY profit and the press is fairly quiet!''.It's Centrica's turn under the lash today. BP said they would pay 4% increase annually and it is now a year.I expect that at least.Angela Rayner and co. do not run the country.I we cannot run the company for fear from g*bsh**e politicians then why have a company at all ?.

''provided you pick good ones!'' same with the horses.

373/67 by Friday, Ah widny bet on that.

meoru,I am sure BP have the right people to advise what to do in all circumstances. If they up the divi to 6 cents ie 5p that should put half a smile on every bodies face. The one thing that got on my goat 2 years ago was increasing the divi then chopping it.

''Zac am I missing something re Merchants Trust? '' he has reinvested the divi hence the 57%

4%

5.25 cents + 4% = 5.46 cents.so $% it was.

4th aug 2020----------·''a resilient dividend of 5.25 cents per share per quarter, with an intention that this level will remain fixed, subject to the board's decision each quarter''.I cannot find the 4% rise per annum but I am sure I saw it somewhere.

''If it drops a bit further towards 1600s range then might be worth selling some other shares to Average down again in anticipation of some minor extra profit.'' I had that theory with BP 3 years ago,followed it up and ended with a financial ''cluster ***k'' which I am slowly getting out of.

''If it drops a bit further towards 1600s range then might be worth selling some other shares to Average down again in anticipation of some minor extra profit.'' I had that theory with BP 3 years ago,followed it up and ended with a financial ''cluster ***k'' which I am slowly getting out of.

'In our case div has been held back so far so maybe a drag on sp.''.They said we would get a 4% rise in the divi for 5 years.One year has gone leaving 4 compounded years at today's exchange rate which comes to @5.32p.Something has to change to shove this up,5.32p in 2025 is not gonny cut the mustard.

20% of the ftse 100 shares are paying less than 2% and quite a few are paying nowt.

''Why would someone pay £7 a share for approx 2% return?'' .AZN (Astra Zeneca) is £111 with a 2.1% return.So that theory is blown.

''Exactly the trading update reiterated the boards confidence in being able to maintain the dividend'' If they had said anything else it would have been sp wipeout. They could cut 30% divi and the new yield would look ok after the sp drops.People are very fickle.

''Mng LnG Aviva and Dlg , beat Bp hands down...'' Dlg had a profit warning yesterday and have dropped 20% in the past week.

If the Germans want to destroy their economy with foolish plans so be it on their own head.I just wonder why he gets worked up about it.

''What the German Government needs to do seems to be blatantly obvious. It beggars belief that they still intend to close down 3 nuclear reactors that supply 6% of their energy by the end of this year. Words fail me.'' Why do you care?

Why do you care what the Germans are doing?.

How was Beni?. Too warm for my liking, 33c every day. Other than that it was good