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I invested in Cathy Wood’s ETF ARCX. It has Rocket Lab as second largest holding 8% and obviously other Space stocks. With Musk launching his IPO Space X this summer and the industry taking off (literally) as well, this seemed a worthwhile investment. I prefer not to commit to one stock, particularly as so many US stocks are volatile. Please take a look and let me know what you think. It’s on HGL

Hi Mystic, you were the only one who responded to my post - thank you for supporting my positivity. Well for a change I got it right, although of course the market has a habit of kicking you in the teeth suddenly… anyway, I called out that the market wanted NW to do share buybacks and the results said they would be considered - hey presto! Todays RNS confirmed buybacks, did someone hear me shout…… joy and happiness since

Hi everyone, I hope you have a wry smile as a result of this post, which I can assure you is 100% genuine. Over the years of investing, whilst trawling through stocks, particularly whilst enjoying a cup of coffee and a biscuit - I often key in family names or animals in the vain hope of finding something interesting and of course profitable to invest in. I made a small profit out of Blackbird, before it collapsed, as I enjoy birdwatching. I enjoyed profits in Northern Bear, lost on Kingfisher = you get the idea. I have invested in blue chip too, but enjoy being somewhat radical. However, my late father - Ken, has his name in 3 stocks - Kenvue - which I am considering but can’t find much information on + Kenmare Resources - which I sold at a loss a while back, but am now taking a second look because in the last month it has gained a little after falling off a cliff for years. However, I put a small amount into Kendrick Resources last month, without too much analysis because it was so cheap and the ticker is my Dad’s name . I followed the adage - only invest what you are prepared to lose. I haven’t even looked at the damn thing until yesterday and could not believe the jump. I logged on again just now and amazingly it has jumped up again, leaving me 207.5% in profit. Unbelievable. Will I have the nerve to leave it there? Hopefully, but probably not, as I am not the best in that respect. Having subscribed to Simply Wall Street, which describes this stock as 536.4% overvalued ….. what a good job I didn’t pay attention to that forecast…I now find myself thinking, just how far can this go? Bitget predicts 2.32 but no analyst has called this one. I wish you all success and profit. All feedback welcome!

I think it just has….i am delighted to say

Not many investors gave this a second glance a few years ago, but with the meteoric rise, many of those that did cashed in their profits this month, which is one of the reasons for the fall. Keir’s instability another, in fear of a tax on banks should PM change and other banks dropped too. The market would have preferred NW did share buybacks instead of buying into wealth management, but the results were amazingly good and even stated buybacks were a future option. If you read the results carefully, you will see growth across the board and no other bank comes even close to this performance, which hasn’t been recognised yet. The dividend is very generous and again, please look back to see how much it has increased each year. The main difference however for me is the improved strategy and very positive feedback on the results from Hargreaves Lansdown who are always astute. Taking over Sainsbury’s, Metro mortgages, now Wealth. Understandably the market wants evidence that these were wise moves, which will take a year or two, but I am confident that will materialise. So = I predict the usual volatility which is more likely now NW are no longer government owned- wow! What a game changer that has been. The SP will obviously rise as we near ex dividend date, but this will go well over £7 - it’s only a matter of when. This is about as rock solid as you can get in the FTSE100, with growth and yield very appealing. All feedback welcome, GLA

Sylvania is a solid established company. We know it’s down today because of the metals drop last night, but for me, this is a wonderful opportunity. Tipped by many for a great year and beyond

Sometimes the market overreacts

Aviva crashed a week ago to £6.19 and is now recovering. I have bought more today

Managed to grab a bit more yesterday before it went over £1.20. With the news this morning I will be amazed if this doesn’t jump up again. Platinum and Palladium prices playing catch up with Gold and Silver. Investors Chronicle promoting this as one of their top tips for 2026 as well, let’s hope the good news continues. Like to think the dividend will increase too. All feedback welcome

People are simply taking profits, following the many multiple increases in the SP. Next set of results due 13 February and with dividend increasing each year, this will jump up

Since the chat here is about trading, I am pleased to say you can trade with Trading212. Especially with Gold being so much in demand and not looking like that is going to calm down for quite a while, I think this is a good investment as the price has gone up since all the last posts

I can’t find the date they announced it last time, to understand how many days before ex dividend date, do you know at all?

Many thanks Cardinal and DD77

I sold Redrow a while back just before they got taken over, but can’t complain as I made a tidy profit

I bought WNWD at £2.70 sold at a loss and have dipped in and out a few times since

I only have a small holding now, but believed it was to reach £2.70 again

Will mull it over some mulled wine

Happy Christmas everyone

Great news but what are the options?

We shouldn’t sell all our shares because the price can’t drop further than what is now as the bid has been announced?

We each get a cash payment?

We keep the shares and their value could continue to grow?

Windward changes it’s name?

Please can someone explain as I and am sure others don’t understand

Thank you

Hi everyone,

I understand Rolls will start paying dividends again but can’t find an article saying when, have they committed to a date please?

Thank you

Appreciated

So this guarantees good business for Rolls in the future but plenty of hurdles to jump over before then. Interesting that one of the issues is governments inheriting a long term commitment, with the risk of it not being supported

Fascinating to learn about different types of nuclear power as I am sure like many others, I was blissfully unaware

The radio link doesn’t work, what did they say please?

Hi UserSteve

I am also looking at broker ratings across my stocks, will let you know how I get on

However, HUW was recommended by Simon Thompson investors chronicle and with a c.15% dividend forecast next year and 2026, plus the rise in last 2 days, I am amazed this board doesn’t have more comments

Watch this space!

Confident update in todays Daily Mail. Midas usually results in an uptick and with more to come here, that should hopefully be before Christmas

Hi everyone

Saw this highlighted this morning and took a punt, small investment

Listened to the interview, didn’t understand it but referred it to a close friend who is more knowledgable

They think it has plenty of potential

We all know at this price it’s a gamble, GLA

Please can someone tell me when the next results are due. Thank you

Hi aspers

Trying to keep this really simple

I read that if Trump wins oil SP’s go up big time

However, as it’s very close and if anything Trump seems to be slightly ahead in the polls, I am surprised that all the oil companies have fallen in the last week, as since Trump has a real chance of winning they should be higher