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Where's Pogo?

I hope Garonne is feeling OK.

Ho..ho ..ho

6 weeks today is Xmas Eve, so I am hoping for a nice present coming down the chimney twice in that period.

If that doesn't happen. I will just look forward to next Xmas.

Garydav2 - Like you, I'm thinking more long-term here. While a rise over the next few days would be most welcome, I'm more interested in where we will be in 12 months time. We all know (unfortunately) how quickly a year passes - I can't believe it's almost Xmas again. Where the hell did 2025 go?

I would imagine that this is how mass murderers on Death Row feel the day before their possible execution. What will tomorrow bring? a) Death b)Stay of execution c) Pardon and release.

In the meantime, who's having what for their (potentially) last meal? I'm torn between chilli and rice, or ribeye steak.

25 Oct '22 - £14.13 // 11 Nov'22 £23.80. Up £9.67 in 13 trading days.

03 Jan '23 - £18.98 // 13 Jan'23 £28.52. Up £9.54 in 8 trading days.

21 May'24 - £19.50 // 12 June'24 £25.36. Up £5.86 in 15 trading days.

Nice to see a decent rise after the relentless misery of the last few weeks. Remains to be seen if it can be sustained, or if it's just a false dawn. Hopefully have a clearer picture by the end of this week. Personally, even though my average is about £13.50, I would be delighted if we ended the year over £11.

Robbren - I've got about £50 you can borrow, if that helps.

B777 - "new technology takes decades....". Thanks for eloquently expressing what I was thinking.

Garonne - exactly. Holders panic sell, or sell hoping to buy back cheaper (mea culpa) , so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. I know that you, like myself, are (or were) a Prudential holder, and I try and take comfort from that share, which went on a sustained slide (not long after I bought), but is now up over 60% this year. No correlation between those two companies, obvs - but be nice if that happened here. £16.80 sounds pretty good about now.

D9Ber1 -that's a good post- thanks. I also held IAG, but after seeing the price stagnate for what seemed like forever, sold for a small profit. If I'd stuck with it, could have doubled my money. Even worse with RR.

As for here, I ditched some at £11.40 ish, but still holding what for me is a large chunk. Your "don't panic" advice is sound, but it's difficult when you see the constant drip, drip, downwards that we have had here over the last few weeks, and wondering when it will end. The only way to guarantee an end to the slide here, and a reversal, would be for me to sell up, but I don't want a repeat of that IAG/RR feeling, so I guess I will stick it out now, for better or worse. I will tell myself not to check the price here as often, but will inevitably fail to do so.

Garydav2 - "Have you lost your faith already?"

In a word - yes. Like I said then, I was all in, and that was clearly a mistake. This may, or may not, come good in the long term, but for now it's a dog, and if I can sell at £11, and reload at a tenner, why not? Anyway, I was, and still am, overexposed here, and that's on me. At least I can own up to my mistakes.

...another drop. Just relentless now- death by a thousand cuts. Sold a few today, and will repeat tomorrow, otherwise it's just good money after bad. Hope I'm wrong, but wouldn't be surprised to see this sub £10.50 by Friday.

Thanks for the responses to my earlier post - good to get a variety of opinions. I am actually optimistic here, I think that any mention of a special dividend, or share buyback, could trigger a sharp rise in the share price..

That said. I still think I am in with a shot with Kylie Minogue, so what do I know?

Any thoughts on what the dividend will be when it is declared next month? Last year was 12.1 pence, when the share price was 540, so a yield of about 2.2%. The dividend rose by 168% from 2023/2024 - can't imagine that will be repeated, as that would mean 32.4 pence, but if it goes up to about 17/18 pence, that would be a yield of about 3.6% at todays share price. Might that be enough to attract more buyers, and help drive the price up?

Anyway - just thinking out loud.

Garonne - admirable sentiments, but unfortunately I think there is almost no chance of a peace deal in Ukraine in the near future. Putin has no interest in peace, and certainly doesn't care about the suffering of his people, be it deaths on the frontline, or economic hardship. Anybody who protests or speaks out will either be dragged off to a Siberian gulag, or mysteriously disappear. I can't see sanctions, no matter how harsh, making a blind bit of difference, and even if he were overthrown from within, you might get someone even more hard-line taking over. Hard to believe that this has been going on for over 3 and a half years now - a tragedy with no end in sight.

Here's hoping I am wrong.

Up about 60p since yesterday am. I'll say this for Wizz - when it moves, it doesn't hang around, although that unfortunately applies in both directions.

People here can discuss the specifics until Xmas, but the SP tells its own story.ie - a fu**ing disaster.

Thanks Grib - As an Ezj and Wizz holder, I needed cheering up.