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It's dropping a lot more now.
Having sold at 14.83 I'm looking to buy back in as I'm confident in HB's mid to long term.
As for when to buy back in if only I could have a drink with the Captain Hindsight fella that Strictly often mentions.
Roxi, the last time I looked at the balance sheet net debt was up but was well covered by cash profits (AAL have I think a policy of paying out 40% of profits in dividends). I'm thinking of investing here soon as this has to be a very good take over target for the bigger chaps in this industry.
To answer your question mate next weeks results may mean guidance & the dividend yield will come under pressure.
At todays price the divi is 9.5% so there's room there, albeit none of us want to receive any less.
If I was a betting man I would say the divi will be held, just my opinion but WDIK.
I agree that share price fluctuations / company valuations etc are annoying but if you want straight forward, dependable dividends held in an ISA in order to mitigate tax then aren't banking shares worthy of consideration as part of a balanced portfolio?
Whilst I realise that divi's may be reduced if a company decides to at today's prices as I type NWG will pay around 6.63% & LLOY 5.75%, better than you can get in a cash ISA.
It's the old boys (& girls) club Wm.
You have to have gone to the right school, be a Knight of the realm or an heriditary Lord to get an eye in at board level.
To answer your question they don't give a flying f**k because they always get their millions.
It is being reported that there will be a modest rise in the inflation figures to be posted this week. So, I’m not expecting any good news here or within the stock market in general in the near future, hope I’m wrong though I mostly am.
Dear posters, although I’ve been investing for some years I’ve never brought into this sector so am hoping to learn from those more experienced ... be gentle please!!
I have built up a decent holding in excess of 200K through a bit of trading & rising SP’s elsewhere & am currently fully in cash sitting in ISA's. I'm now at a stage of my life where I will be holding companies long term & will be investing for dividend income. I am looking at buying one or all of GLEN, AAL or RIO & am posting here as part of my research. Many thanks for any advice & who to buy, not to buy etc ... (also posted on GLEN & RIO)
Dear posters, although I’ve been investing for some years I’ve never brought into this sector so am hoping to learn from those more experienced, be gentle please!!
I have built up a decent holding in excess of 200K through a bit of trading & rising SP’s elsewhere & am currently fully in cash sitting in ISA's. I'm now at a stage of my life where I will be holding companies long term & will be investing for dividend income. I am looking at buying one or all of GLEN, AAL or RIO & am posting here as part of my research. Many thanks for any advice & who to buy, not to buy etc ... (also posted on GLEN & RIO)
Dear posters, although I’ve been investing for some years I’ve never brought into this sector so any advice from those more experienced would be greatly appreciated, be gentle please. I have built a decent holding through rising SP’s elsewhere & am now at a stage of my life where I hold companies long term & invest for dividend income in ISA’s. I am looking at GLEN, AAL or RIO & am posting here as part of my research, many thanks for any assistance
Oh dear. I say that as I was thinking of investing here until I read the recent posts, all a bit doomy & gloomy.
FWIW I am of an age where share price rises don't matter too much to me I just want somewhere to park some money (currently a 45K ISA) & take the dividends. LLOY is showing 5.8% yearly dividend at the current price.
Rob îs 100% correct in that share buy backs do not have any tangible effect on the share price of a company, just look at LLOY & Tesco & many, many others. I say again the ordinary share holder does not benefit. But, the directors of companies with their snouts in the trough do benefit. Buy backs that cancel shares reduce the number of shares in existence thereby increasing the earnings per share which lo & behold assists directors greatly by hitting the targets in the gold plated contracts.
Whilst we are on the topic just look at the list of VOD's directors, Lords & their Lady wives, Sir this & the other, it's a big overfilled trough at Vodafone.
I always preferred Thunderbirds & in fact my 4 year old grandson now agrees.
Brings back memories of queing up in Hamleys for the last Tracey Island on sale in the UK.
I was a popular dad that particular Christmas.
As regards to shares as this is a share board it's getting back to my 245 buy back in price.
Mesh you are delusional & sounding foolish, as you put it, if you think 65bn euro debt is meaningless. The very fact that it’s there & not reducing despite assets is what the market focuses on hence the poor SP. It’s really rather simple.
Time to draw a line under this one guys or this board will become like the LLOY one. Also, for the sake of some brevity I sadly laugh very loudly at my football team (play in blue, spent over a billion £’s on players) bloody Americans!!!
I've recently done the very same thing twice with AV, LGEN & PSN. On both occasions I made some good money but the pesky shares have all gone up since I last sold so I'm patiently waiting for a drop. Good luck all & I only have myself to blame, ha!
My word this is a board with serious issues.
A brief example of why the vote should be taken away from some people is this.
At a party recently & speaking to an individual who although he had voted for Brexit thought that the UK was still in Europe even though Brexit had occurred. He thought that it was only those from foreign lands who weren't allowed to remain in the UK & not vice versa. This person owned a property in Spain & couldn't understand why he was only allowed to be there for 90 days without a visa. I blame the UK education system.
Spot on Maybe, institutions own the lion's share of LGEN with 79% ownership, the top 25 shareholders of which own about 47% of the company. Private holders own around 19%, a not insignificant amount but it is any one of the big holders whose decisions to buy or sell that affects the SP.
As for the other 2% of shares its anyones guess whose grubby mits hold these, the BOD past & present perhaps?
Avocet, almost all on here have the pr a tt that is Buttersnip on ignore.
He is a total waste of space & does not hold VOD shares although he posts that he does.
He barely has enough money to pay the rent on his dingy bedsit & he spends his days shouting at the traffic out of his broken bedroom window. No offence meant gutter.