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Been a good rise for prudential since I sold - theres a surprise!
There was a good write up of prudential in the sunday times and was labelled a buy, now I have sold, watch this hit 1600p plus.
Momentum seems to be with prudential now.

sold my small holding this morning, been waiting and waiting and waiting to get rid of this one, I think its a good business but the jackson spin off had me spooked (like the market) when announced, and I still don't like the raising equity

Well thats it really - use to own this share back in the 20p's when there was a nice dividend, sold out when it got toaround 7p with a loss, shame, always liked laura ashley stuff.

crap deal - I know I don't own any - sold on the news - but can't believe Virgin are still talking with this deal. to me Virgin will be a stronger bank on its own - than with this takeover - this is why I sold, the fact there has been no news also shows to me what virgin thinks of its shareholders

Bought these for the missus when they were down near �10 - so obviously very happy with the return so far - wish I had got more but hey ho! - seems Easyjet shares pretty much have there own rules! 1800p would be lovely - 2000p f***** chuffed!

Main reason if I am honest I invested in Superdry - and have been playing with this share for three years now, is simply the expansion away from the UK. I'm no big player - right now I own 150 shares in superdry which is peanuts - some got taken with a stop loss I had in place - need money for other things right now. We forget sometimes we are a tiny island and a small population compared to the rest of the world. Opening stores in america which seem to be doing well as well as europe is the main reason I invested. To me that signals expansion, and building a brand abroad which means if the UK goes south over brexit (who knows) a company like superdry will still have a reasonable income due to expansions else where. Tbh I have noticed the stores are quieter - but thats not just superdry - thats every shop, even my local primark is quieter - which does make me a bit nervous being in retail (superdry is my only retail stock) - online is where its at now. Even if shares stayed at this current level (which I hope once mortgage done I can get more) - it will be up. People forget superdry have grown a lot in the last few years, that doesn't come cheap either, and no company can keep increasing 10% + every year for the forseeable future

In for more - only hqave a small holding (very small) but at these levels worth a punt

Thanks Chancer - I still have friends who are in Virgin - and I have said stay in - I firmly believe as phoenix and others have said the offer will be around 400p eventually - if - Virgin merge - theres still a possibility they may say no completely. I actually think Virgin will be stronger without the merger.

While I do agree, needs must and all, I can't sit around waiting for another offer considering Virgin will have 30 days to respond (might be wrong on that). This money has enabled me to get a mortgage at a far lower rate. I'm only 33 but don't want to be working when I am 60! I want out from the rat race and paying down debt as much as possible is what I have chosen to do. As said - I think the offer is on the low side, but I still got a return of 66% - which in my book isn't too bad - it could be more, if I had waited, but I have saved 0.30% on my mortgage for the forseeable future. If I wasn't remortgaging I would still be in Virgin.

might seem foolish to some, but I'm out taken my profit and run, bought these after brexit at about 220 a share, been waiting to bail for a while, I do think Virgin Money is a good share - but - I feel it has been a bit unloved in the past, this will probably change now I have sold and watch it rocket, but I am still happy with my profit. GLA - I do believe the offer is cheap - but I put some of my mortgage savings into virgin, and considering I am remortgaging at present, this has been a welcome boost to pay some mortgage off.

Personally think its bad. More growth in Asia, America etc compared to Europe and UK (imo)

Its a bit of a funny one this share, if I am honest - I am not a massive trader, only had a few grand to start with to play with and have slowly upped to a �10k portfolio (roughly �1000 of shares in 10 companys) - so I am no way experienced to really help. But my take on laura ashley is it has to be a sale to sell anything, I think the clothes are of a similar quality to Monsoon, but they are constantly 50 - 70% off. So margins are being squeezed a lot - although this is happening generally across the board. We have laura ashley wallpaper at home, me and my wife are in our 30's - so in theory Laura Ashley should be doing well - or maybe we just have slightly older taste but there wallpaper is good quality (funnily enough bought in the sale!). The hotel side, can't remember where I read it, but sales have actually gone down, although really this is a small part of the business. Tbh the brand is really going no where - I hope one day it does blossom, but under current leadership I have my doubts, and it looks like the market does as well. You would think we would maybe hear something to try and prop the shares up a bit, but nothing, apart from more and more people on the board / payroll. I have my suspicions that maybe this will eventually die a death (which would be a shame) and a possible asset sale etc, which will only benefit them at the top and not us. My shares are worth about �150 now, so just really holding, but I have a suspicion I will possibly loose my money.

company not really paying dividends, we had a extended year end / trading period. Overall its been poor - got my first lot at 28p, tbh awaiting next cheap share commission day on halifax and bailing, I have been buying up supergroup (have been since 1200p) (now superdry) as tbh they actually have a plan, and shareholders get updates, laura ashley nothing happens - it just floats a long. I don't expect to have announcements every week, but we hear absolutely f all from the company. The shares are pretty much in freefall, although I wouldn't expect them to go lower and they have!

I admit I was one of the sellers when this hit 200p - but I doubt I will be back in at all - for me I will be staying well clear of companys like Capita, after having carillion and owning capita from the first profit warning, I may look back and wish I didn't sell but would prefer not to loose all my money again. I don't think Capita will go down like Carrillion but the rights issue will be a black cloud over this share until information comes to light as to price.

I'm out bought at 400p - bailed, await further decrease to then possibly get back in.

jeez, nice loss on these now - increasing as time goes on - time to bale - can't see any improvement going forward, as much as I want this to succeed - been in since 35p! - I am getting to the point where I now have little faith in management - we hear nothing, can't see any dividend being paid, resulting in this share not really doing anything!

Good update, pretty much as expected I think, not sure what the market was expecting, but only dipped 2% so not the end of the world, onwards and upwards, maybe some were expecting a bigger dividend hike, although to be fair, I am certainly not here invested for dividends. Been here since the brexit vote - and superdry have been on my radar a long time before then.

wow - beaten down again, starting to think I will never get out of this share at this rate (without a loss). Starting to get tempted to buy more, but bought these when they dropped previously, and they dropped further, CLLN has kept dropping ever since I bought them. Maybe I should sell up then yhou guys might actually see the share price rise!

Don't forget though Barratt don't do much with the london housing market, Same as companies like Redrow, Just to even things out, Hargreaves Lansdown today stated that they don't see a issue and that there could be more help for buyers priced out the market, of course this may not happen, personally if rates don't rise it will be quite amusing for me.

I don't think there are many dividend chasers here - I have made a bit of money out of barratt over the last 4 years, got my last lot just after brexit at about 470 a share. The big sell off that was predicted didn't really happen yesterday, some got out, but I have held, got the dividend, even if this rises to 670 it will then be sold. 200p a share on my small holding pays for a holiday. I am no way a Mr Bigshot, until my little one is out of nursery (1 year to go) that costs 800 a month, only then can I seriously invest cash in shares.