Member Info for driftking27

I own 507 RIO shares at cost of £7812.65, average price £15.41

You will find that Iron Ore [prices crashed in 2008/09. I believe it was as low as $60... I was nearly right: $56 http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=iron-ore&months=60 just like Gold dropped to $770 Closer still $722 http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=gold&months=60 http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/

Thanx Lewis, that was a valuable piece to add here when RIO is an Iron Ore miner... Give us more of that anyday... Scott

This is a buy near to below 1500p...

'...A big UT trade of £12M sell to balance the books. I think it not going higher monday' You (youknowwotshutup) just go 'n take your pills deramper! £12M is pennies with a mcap of £53Bn!

I am an investor of both BT & VOD, and am sitting on a nice big profit in BT. As the main aim is to try and beat rate of inflation and CASH ISA returns which is easy, though with 10% dividend tax that we all pay automatically, can we see the potential for another divi rate rise? Would be good if it were to rise 5%? I would possibly sell 1\5 of BT shares very soon and start a holding in BSY, though, the more mote stocks I initate the less of a major rise in over value of my portfolio. Can't be too diversified! I currently sit on 24 stocks and I have 10 AIM stocks which jump 'n jive from time to time...hehe.

Hey, If you like the fundamentals of a company you drip feed money in small amounts, which I have done since 1999. RIO was a new stake I made when I returned from Madrid in September 2008. I bought 100 at 1025p, then 200 att 1515p, bought into the rights issue and got another 157 new shares, then bought 50 2wks ago at 2795p. That's this position finished for another SuPeRcYcLe... I have done similar with BHP and Xstrata ( I bought at near rock bottom bottom there at 371p and 800p, and now have Glenstrata shares for the faith... All the best with your investments...

Why did HTG not invest any of there money during 2010, to help there growth? GS had a 1050p target after it spiked to 945p, since then it has bottomed as 'bilboburgler' has quiet rightly said. I have held these as a specuilative bet along with TLW< TLW done so much better, though they are two different companies... Just will hold these and maybe even we could see a M&A deal emerge...

4-traders website is an international investors bible for stock information. http://www.4-traders.com/BHP-BILLITON-PLC-4001096/technical_analysis-full/ Here they have some technical info on sp levels for bottom & top...

Just a question... Does anyone think there were any truth in the rumour that PG were ever close to merging with ULVR nearly 2years ago? I don't, but PG have not made any major signings and maybe its something to think about, cause they did buy Gillette, a megadeal, which is still not mag a profit... Food for thought...!

Hi, I am an investor of these and hold 1076 bought in 1999. I now view PG as a cheaper (Price to Earnings ratio ), and with new CEO, will help on catching ULVR. Marc Faber. ( Doom & Gloom ), says Indian stocks may have bottomed out in 3rd quarter 2013.

Here is the link to dividend and also AGM dates. http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article/id/4622025/

The 2009 rights issue that I bought into when 1900p+, means that the likelyhood of seeing £70 again is safe to say, gone...! Though, we have to keep in mind, THE WORLD is in a bad way, especially in China. I was over in HongKong for month and visited a friend. I was amased at the number of luxury apartment flats & office blocks that were empty. That is a sign of a bubble he toold me, and 2years later, those flats are still empty...

Reported ex-div date is. 05/ 09 / 13 http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?SecurityToken=0P00007O0M]3]0]E0WWE$$ALL RIO's ex-div is 14 / 8 / 13 http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?Site=uk&id=0P00007OTS&LanguageId=en-GB&SecurityToken=0P00007OTS]3]0]E0WWE$$ALL

Reported ex-div date is. 05/ 09 / 13 http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?SecurityToken=0P00007O0M]3]0]E0WWE$$ALL RIO's ex-div is 14 / 8 / 13 http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?Site=uk&id=0P00007OTS&LanguageId=en-GB&SecurityToken=0P00007OTS]3]0]E0WWE$$ALL

My own opinion, is never predict the bottom of a stock, just buy the dips on a holding. Wait for the sp to SP to drop near 20% from first tranche before topping up. Thaty way to investing through these volatile times. Based on 3 tranches, and a potential total holding of £12000 per stock. All the best... My first purchase was 1100-1150p in Nov 2008, then I have bought at 1450p, and 1950p. RIO is another mining stock... 1250p ( plus rights issue I bought into at 1800p ), 2100p and 2795p. Keep your portfolio diversified as possible to save you when interest rates rise...

Resistance is around 3050p. If it breaks that, and well do come ex-dividend date 3rd August, I'm buying more here, though having sold my Novartis ADR after 12mths. Though, after doing my research owning foreign stocks isn't exactly easy to understand. With FDWT ( 35% in Novartis ), though it were and still is undervalued, the dividend of 4% gets reduced to 2.3% after tax and FX rates. But the shareprice has outperformed GSK & AZN , though underperformed my JNJ holding. JNJ is still doing well...and looks like one of the DOWJ industrials to cross $100 maybe in next 5-10years. Funny, Buffett sold JNJ in Nov, just before it started its climb now from $66 to $85.

Just bought 375 DGE, but has shown as a SELL.

I had talked about dividend policy... Came across this via Motley Money... Despite these positive points, though, I am worried about the group's financial position. In particular, SSE's operating cash flow, which for the year ending March 2012 was negative, was assisted by the company having to borrow £1 billion to fund the dividend. Furthermore, within SSE's subsequent half-year results, the company's cash flow continued to come under pressure and once again SSE was forced to issue a further £1 billion of debt to cover dividend payments. All this indicates to me that SSE could be forced to reduce its dividend in the not-to-distant future. Nonetheless, for the time being I believe the 5.7% income looks safe and SSE continues to follow a progressive dividend policy.

What is your view on current P/E and seasonal movement of stock price?