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There seem to be a huge number of transactions for 10,000 shares, or 100,000 shares, as well as non-powers but multiples like 25,000 500,000 and 75,000. As these normal buys? Whenever I buy shares I have some money to allocate and always buy what I can for that money. The resulting quantities are "random" numbers. What about the readers of this board?
This is another factor that makes me think "high volume offloading". (You cannot trust the buy or sell flag, as has many times been demonstrated.) If this is the case, this is NOT "in an orderly manner as to not upset the market", as it is driving the shares continually downward. I am the market, and I am upset.
vick : AJBell also paid the dividend in Sterling at a rate of 3.000183 per share, and when it is a different currency they quote the currency and conversion rate they apply. So LSE shares are definitely sterling.
It seems to me your broker bought them on the South Africa exchange, and they would be paid in Zar. What was the effective sterling value you received per share? (Presuming they didn't actually give you Zar notes, but credited your account in sterling.)
Yes, they worry me a bit. I can only assume these are the big holders releasing their holdings after the first year in an orderly manner so as to not upset the market. If that is the case then it could be a L O N G while until we see an increase in SP.
beardozer, to be honest I can see why LTHs would top up, believing in the future. This is a very good price if you hold that view. I do, but I have not been topping up because I have no cash and I have a huge stake in the company already by my standards. Haven't sold any. I seem to be one of those sorry people whose shares fall relentlessly but hang on to them because they "know" they will come good.
Hope it is before I die, or else my inheritors will not think much of my financial acumen :)
CW you should stop reading such rubbish articles. As they say themselves in big red letters "due to the specific nature of Bens Creek Group stock, the prediction can be significantly excessive / unrealistic! ". Their emphasis.
Makes me a bit suspicious. Quick investigation reveals no particular expertise in Worley that AAL don't have in spades. Is this a prelude to selling off Woodsmith at a huge profit, having stolen ("legally") the company from the previous shareholders?
diamond man, I cannot see dividends not continuing, nor can I see the share falling soon. It depends on your definition of "very short term". Earlier today you reckoned "I'll take 6 months to a year view", but that is not most people's definition of "very short term". Come back and review in a year, sure. Until then it will remain my largest holding. (I am fresh out of "ciggies or insurers", Krusty.)
Inefficient, but maybe not for reason of high manpower. What other railway line needs armed guards patrolling every yard of line to stop the track being cut and stolen for scrap, or to provide escorts for the pigeons they use for signalling because all the copper wires have been stolen?
It does not seem to me to work at 20/80 if you intend any purchases except in a blue moon, maybe even a violet moon. If you were going by 30/70, in the last 6 months you would have sold at 380 (assuming you had some), and not bought any, and you would have missed out on the 30% rise since then. I prefer the gut feel method.
6 months ago I invested some new money on 3 companies, having considered 8. One of the 3 went down 10%, 1 static, the other up 30%. The discarded 5 mainly went up between 25 and 40%, so my guts are no better than RSI :)
I thought the lock in ended on the 19th, which means another 12 days of nail biting.
As to the options, but renumerations committee can do what they like, but it it is subject to a limited percentage of total shares. 23.5p seems to be the going price for transferred options, and I'd have some too if they employed me. I make good tea if they need a tea-boy.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. You can't see the spread without creating an account, and if anyone has both a freetrade account AND a "normal" nominee account such as HL or AJB, I would like to hear from them what the realtime buy and sell prices are at the same moment in time.
I agree absolutely with all the comments here. Although I am upset the price has not gone up as I hoped, I remain fully invested and am sure an increase in production will trigger recognition as Rak implies, and the the price will get where it should be.