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Lay off the sherry dividendchaser!

I do agree with them in this case, however if you read every article over time that the Motley Fool put out, you'd have compelling cases to buy and to sell every single share on the FTSE

Plus a 37p dividend since the lows (paid out today)

Tempted to get in at the moment but finding it difficult to get reliable, free info on them

Me too. Recent drops are nothing to do with the state of the company

Why do people bother to make stupid predictions like this? Fly like it did the last time you said it would? Someone posted the other day that "this is a £50 share". I see they've wisely deleted their post since. And someone saying that this "will get above £40 in the future". Again, based on nothing

Thanks bestintown - thought it might have been about something else, I'd seen that story elsewhere

I too am a holder and have started buying small amounts each month via a standing order with HL by no means my biggest monthly investment, just a bit on the side. Will keep doing it for about a year or so, chipping away to bring the average down, and then see where we are.

Currently sitting on a £32 average, want to get it below £30 and forget about it.

I guess Tobacco and tobacco related products is a declining industry.

Interim results out on May 8th

Jefferies reiterates "Buy" and raises its target to £39! Where do these numbers come from!

Could you copy and paste that article Popper for those that don't have a subscription to the FT please?

I bought in this afternoon, 7.5% divi. Divi covered 2.5 times approximately. I'm quite happy to sit on these for a while and see what happens

Dividend cover was 1.99 last year and around 1.40 the years before that so there would have had to have been something serious happen since last year for it to be in trouble.

I'll be buying more at this price for sure

I've often wondered, brokers like HL buy their clients shares on the same day of the month for those that do standing orders (today is November's). Wouldn't the sheer number of people buying on the same day have any impact at all on the price?

I appreciate there's 10's of million of Voda shares changing hands every day, but wouldn't that many buyers all in one go have some impact?

I think you need to be a bit more realistic Nathanw92 - They're not going to increase their interim dividend by 50% are they!

It's Societe Generale that have the 130p target. It's difficult to take it seriously though when someone else reiterated 230p a week ago.

My average price is 199.5p and I don't hold many by any means. My monthly standing order will go on Vodafone on Monday bringing my average in to the high 180's. I think once in the 180's I am content to leave it forever and slowly reinvest dividends to keep bringing the average down over time

I have a long time frame, circa 20-25 years for retirement, so can be extremely patient. Checking the share price every 5 minutes isn't healthy for anyone, unless you're a trader!

There must be more at play than a divi cut though as it wouldn't drop 60 - 70p just for that. What that is, I have no idea, maybe just the sector is out of favour, combined with a general economic slow down? Who knows.

Conveniently / deliberately forgotten: Barclays 240p Liberum 220p Shore Capital 154p RBC Capital 125p For an all round view

We know - You only need to say it once, not every half an hour

2 broker downgrades seem to have been missed by most people who want to lay all the blame at the board. It's almost like the pro's know what they're doing! And after todays carnage maybe Jambon will start to show an ounce of respect to people who have differing opinions to himself, instead of calling them cancers and worse. It would be a welcome development for the message board.

PS I know a special is slightly different to a normal divi, but it was the only example that came to mind!

I meant rises before ex divi day, it is quite possible that I've imagined the whole thing though! Perhaps I think I'm noticing something that isn't even there! I remember National Grid announcing an 80p or so special divi a year or so back and the price went up by roughly the same so that once it went ex divi, there was no real change to the share price.

Doesn't the share price rise before divi day because people are buying specifically for the coming dividend? That way when it goes ex divi their capital hasn't been eroded as the short term rise negates the dividend coming off. That's what I always thought anyway