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@ picax : you can't keep out of the markets, your money needs to be somewhere and markets beat mattresses. While I sympathise as a fellow loser on this one, I don't think you need deep knowledge to invest in any sector you believe will flourish, but I too will not be putting money into AIM again. BBs are useful, and I have gained more understanding of a business by reading them. The trap is to get emotionally involved, but BBs on large or mid cap companies can never affect the share price, as it does in AIM.

I salute the brave soul who today sold 800K shares and bought them back much cheaper. If you are going to hang on to the death then that's the way to go.

All Jersey with a dash of Bermuda and Isle of Man. Always vaguely suspicious to me, but I am happy with GLEN.

If that fails, you should seriously be thinking about changing your pension company.

Glencore is a swiss company but registered on the London stock exchange via Jersey, which as you know is the UK offshore tax haven. Don't ask me why its allowed. You may look for other companies with ISINs beginning with JE, but none that I have come across. I have bought foreign shares as "CDI"s, "ADR"s and "GDR"s which are the shares traded in the UK that are the same price as and representing foreign shares, and this is the normal way for shareholders to buy "outside their country". They do not suffer the unique UK stamp duty. See if Aviva lets you buy those. Try for example, to buy shares in the Italian oil company ENI. You pay the Italian trading tax, eg a rate of 1 in a thousand.

I like peanuts. More use than Ben shares.

I was not aware of a need to own shares to take part in a forum. Counterarguments and alternative opinions may help a newcomer make a decision as to whether this share is the bargain of the century, as (we long know) RNSs are not the whole story. Personally, I keep an eye on past mistakes in general, and here to discover out of idle curiosity if RPG7 ever sees the light, or if Penfold's grandmother has disinherited him.

I don't think that works out necessarily. Last time round I was undecided, so held, and post-event looked to see if I was wrong. You cannot just look at opening and closing prices. I considered what time of day it would be, in a practical approach, when I bought and sold, and looked at the prices at those times. Almost breakeven, I had actually benefited by not trading.

I can't see much prospect for this with a Labour government looming. It not more windfall taxes it could be made illegal to buy shares in such industries; who knows? It will be a year before I think of buying these again.

Was that 80%, or did you mean 98%?

WHT? Go and live in South Africa, it's the only way.

But at this price they are so cheap to buy

buy shares as an investment

Added at this price. Rude not to. Can see some good movement this year.

- disagree, will not fall much £ wise ...

Somebody please tell me! It seems as if they are issuing bonds to try to raise money. Beyond my pay scale. Whether this is is a good thing (they have found some fantastic prospects for new mines) or whether it is a bad thing (they are going broke and trying to stay afloat) is another matter. I guess the latter, but I am holding because if a larger company buys them out I shall kick myself for selling at a loss and missing out on any takeover premium.

It needs another push - any volunteers? I have held this company in variable amounts for 10 years, and while my spot annual return has varied from 70% to -8% (now) I have no complaints. When I look at the overall return it is among my best. I do not invest for capital growth, but just to keep my pension RPI proof until I spend it. It has done better than that and I expect that to continue long term.

"10% traders" have no impact at all on this share. It hardly ever goes up 10%. All it does is go down.

My buy of 225 has just appeared in the list. I think this share has languished too long, and is due to go up. Not that I will be selling this decade, probably, but will it be the bottom? Seems undervalued so I decided to get behind and push.

A new CFO I expect, nobody else would buy them.

Not sure that is the best recommendation, that Rio is a share for people with no brains. It is my largest holding, so what does that say for my brains?

I look at that "big7" and the NASDAQ performance and it gladdens me to think my money is here and not there, invested in tangibles of real value. When the bubble is recognized by the world at large, and they take their money out of passive trackers and put it into real companies, the likes of commodities will surge. Time to buy here, their bubble will burst soon.

I would say to Gary - why pay nearly 1% pa when you can hold the top holdings directly yourself in shares? It's more fun, and you can vary the proportion of each to suit your preferences.