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You'd think the MMs would at least play with the price a bit more to prevent us all dieing with boredom. Maybe one day it'll just explode! 💥

Glad I didn't buy yesterday. Looks like one can always depend on PRU to go lower. No doubt we are heading back to the low 600s, from whence we came. Marvelous!

And my PRU investment, avocet. You're right, there's a lot to complain about ATM as far as investing is concerned. Maybe you're happy with your current investments in which case you're either very lucky or a masochist! I think any reasonable observer would conclude that world events have rendered investing in stocks very challenging and therefore not for the faint hearted. I may complain avocet but I'm determined to stick it out until we get to the sunny Uplands of global stability, lower oil prices and rising stock markets! It has to happen eventually. 🤞

Middle East war and associated oil price rise are the reasons for the drop. Until there's some sort of ceasefire or deal, I can't see the SP increasing. It's all very annoying coming on the back of COVID, Ukraine and potentially Taiwan. The world is in a real mess, which is making investing an absolute nightmare.

I like your confidence Stock but it clearly doesn't have any legs of its of own as it is now seemingly intrinsically linked to the performance, good or bad, of the wider Chinese markets and at this current juncture, that's clearly bad. I'm not selling though and considered buying more in this morning's downturn but then I thought, when the Yanks open, it's bound to go lower. Long suffering shareholders here certainly deserve a more sustained recovery.

Looks like recent enthusiasm from Stockready and Finley was completely misplaced. This is a pure dog, which is completely dependent on the macro Chinese economic performance and so it's going to be a long haul from here, unfortunately. I, like many others, I suspect, am hugely underwater and consequently stuck here for a very long time.

Nope! This is Vodafone, don't forget!

Heading back down today as the Chinese stimulus plans underwhelm. At this rate, £10 is a long way off, I'm afraid. And just as it was starting to look promising. Very disappointing.

I don't very often get it right Roy but I just can't see any enthusiasm for airline shares until the next stage in the Israeli, Iran conflict plays out. I'm really angry at having to sell much sooner than I had planned.

I dumped my entire holding this morning. I had intended to hold these for years having bought in during COVID. I'm completely gutted that the nutters in the ME forced me into this but the looming threat of an Israeli attack on Iran's oil facilities has been playing massively on my mind. If that happens then this will fall back further and I just can't afford to take that risk anymore. I will buy back once the picture becomes clearer but totally pi**ed off at being forced to abandon my investment strategy because of the age old ME hostilities.

And back below £7! It's hard work getting this to rise sustainably. Let's hope the Chinese keep the interest rate cuts and monetary injections coming to get this sucker moving north again.

No sweat, Daniel, always a pleasure and thanks for the advice around the effect the ME situation may be having on VOD. Maybe the dip will only be temporary. 👍

Thanks for the friendly advice robleo. It's good to get an honest perspective. Sometimes it's easy to despair in the present without giving enough thought to what the future might hold. I'll certainly take on board what you've said. I mean, I did sell some last week and bought more IAG and look what's happened there! See what I mean about getting it wrong! My only bright spot today was PRU, my second largest holding where I'm still in loss! Wouldn't it be great if VOD did 4% up in a day!

Seriously contemplating selling daniel. Wish I'd done it a few weeks ago when this was briefly in the high 70s. I will admit that I suffer from indecision and have a tendency to dither when it comes to selling stock. I'm always paralysed with FOMO having had a few bad experiences (e.g. selling RR way too early) but I do think it's becoming increasingly clear that VOD is a dud. I might pluck up the courage but with my portfolio in turmoil thanks to the ME problems, I'm unsure what to do for the best. Who said investing was easy?

Time for Margherita go. She's delivered absolutely nothing for shareholders with even the much anticipated 3 merger far from certain. It really is a s***show!

This is just grim. VOD is trash, let's admit it!

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Imagine a world where the good people of Iran live in a democratic society where women have equal rights and can wear whatever they want without fear of being beaten to death. Maybe the long-term solution to the current problems will come from within Iran itself. One can but hope!

Don't like Investing Pro's fair value estimate, Barno. How can it be so low? And if to be believed, it implies no upside from here!

Saw that. So according to them, there's virtually no upside left here at current valuations. Seems a tad pessimistic to me given the collapsing oil price which is looking like it will be sustained. That's got to be a catalyst for more profits to come and therefore a higher shareprice. Seems odd Bernstein don't agree.