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Ahem, McArthur said I shall return

Ahem, it was Arnie Schwarzeneggar that said that.

Amuses me when folk say cash is risk free, my bro thinks the same but can't answer when I ask how much less this year's £ buys vs last years.

Really strange is it not that Berenberg and J P Morgan seem both have recent opinions which are the antithesis of the anti-blurb we have from CITI.

A little glance at the EPS numbers available on this page shows that only a couple of years ago it was 30% less than it was last year and before that, it has fluctuated some. There are not many large businesses where the EPS is in what one might call in a steady state; similar fluctuations occurred in the large engineering company where I was formerly employed. These things do not usually frighten the horses very much so what game is Citi playing, I wouldn't trust them further than I could fling a piano.

I have seen too many erroneous messages from brokers and the like over the years to take the slightest bit of notice. There ought to be a law against it.

Actually can be either per the Motley (I know nothing) but in the case of Shoe they may well not need the money - they had £16m in the bank last September.

IN my opinion this all began when that fool Gordon Brown decided to withdraw relief from dividend tax from the pension funds because he thought that some were too rich. Lacking a decent financial education he did not understand that it was only a temporary situation and would certainly change in the long term, which of course it did. Although the Tories had the chance to rectify the matter, they never did, in their case lacking the forethought that increasing ages to death would cost them dear as is now beginning to occur. Most politicians are of course short term thinkers in this country and it is now too late to start a decent pensions policy so they will have to suffer the panic attacks about how to cater for the aging population.

I would not call 1.6% a large drop, we are still well clear of the silliness that was going on a few months ago for no apparent reason. There are always so called day traders who like to congratulate themselves for making a few pennies per share in a few weeks and there are always those who get their knickers in a twist over international events which make no difference to LGEN's results but it makes them feel safe to have some ready cash so they sell. As usual I remain unconcerned by their illogical activities and suggest you do the same.

Just a bit of profit taking, will soon be back up as we approach final dividend

Route1, They are all upping their premiums DLG is no exception. I have a flawless record and only do 5k miles per annum but LV still increased my premium by 62% this year. Best give them a bell and try to get £100 off.

Having actually taken part in the "research" myself this morning, I reckon they might offer a ten percent discount in order to ensure success. However in stock market terms it's a long way to June and we need to see the latest results due in a couple of weeks.

Hey seen_it, I will be doing the same mainly to take some tax free gain before that loony Hunt fellow wrecks things further and to put a lot of the proceeds into my ISA to further escape his greedy clutches.

Only a couple of weeks to my next divi - maybe 15p if all goes well.

I don't believe it but I do suspect that £2.60 is not far off.

Hi jimjam, Completely agree but not once havI ever suggested that anyone should not invest in Tsco. Someone asked for a suggestion to get a decent dividend and I replied. My point in the first place was to disagree with a poster who suggested that Tsco was "good value" when a yield of just 3.6% cannot possibly be good value when even the average bulding society is offering around 4.5%.

The yield of 16% shown on this page is out of date, it is actually around 5% this year at present. However, 5% is not bad in the market situation we have seen recently and there is every possibility of improvement now that interest rates have settled a bit.

Hi bertram, I am going to do the same subject to where the SP goes in the next couple of months and will buy back into my ISA after 6/4 as my present holding is currently not in there.

Seeing as the behaviour of UK equities tend to counteract the effects of inflation it does not make sense to me for the FTSE index to fall. In my own case, my dividends usually pay my grocery bills and then some leaving me to spend my pension on whatever takes my fancy after giving in to the local councils demands.

If you transfer shares into you wife's ISA that is a "gift" and subject to usual CGT rules but there is no liability unless she sells them. Mind you, George Osborne at the time insisted that you should be living together as man and wife so to speak and legally married which still applies as far as I know.