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Okay, I didn't know that. So you made a few quid gambling RDSB. Well done.
A serious question - Do you view this whole thing as a roulette wheel?
You can be honest...
Perhaps if you didn't have a nut sack, you wouldn't have so many kids to feed..?
I do love responsible breeders...
Who then gamble on the stock market...
As for your view on RDSB ...and correct me if I am wrong....You appear to think its an unsinkable ship with a time locked divi.
Mmm. Thats not what is being written by 50% of the RDSB forum. Many purchased at £26. I bought some at £9.10. The chance was there, yet you chose Tullow....
Oh - your an American...
Sorry, you should have said. Explains the slow pick up on sarcasm...
Happy to send you picture of the physical share certs and contract note....
You would look a bit of tit then though...
So you've bought RDSB right at circa £26, and you held Flybe shares? ....And you're calling me new..?
Do let me know what you go into next. A brick wall by the sounds of it
Grant
Ah, that's a shame. Understand now why you didn't like the fact that I bought two tranches at £9.10 and £10.20
Must have hurt a bit.
I hope you get back to £25 a share though, for my sake.
Did you buy Tullow at £2 as well?
Couldn't have happened to a nicer person caitlin
LEVIS:
Ive been looking at these posts you've been doing for a couple of weeks, and have now plucked up the courage to ask you if you could explain them to me in simple terms that I can understand. I am new on here, and I don't understand al the jargon.
Some of it looks obvious bug might not be. Just a few lines would be helpful. Also, where do you get this data set from?
Many thanks
Grant
What is it that you dislike about Boris Johnson and Donald Trump so much Char333?
You seem to have a strong opinion on their personalities, but I haven't heard much from you with regards to why you think they have failed politically and you give no examples of incompetence or wrongdoing. Of course, should you choose not to vote, then its unlikely the political literati are going to take you seriously, and it tends to void out your comments by default.
We can all read the front the page of the Daily Mirror and regurgitate on this site. But I am interested in those who can think for themselves.
I am guessing you didn't major in political science?
Agree with you luddite et.al
I like the Buffett approach. That, and I am only seeking income really. Whilst I don't want my stock to go bust, the shares are just an annuity to me. Yield is what I am seeking. My kids can work out what to do with the shares after I am long gone
I know this is nothing more than a quirky statistic, or a positive way to look at the sp, however:
To those that didn’t think Shell would rise or indeed, go over £20....
I bought some RDSB at £9.12. So that little lot of has risen by around £5.60. per share.
If Shell rose £5.60 again it would be over £20. Hence we are already 50% of the way there in just under 3 weeks!!
Anyone any thoughts on what RDSB might do tomorrow?
Mmm. I assume this might be aimed in my direction?
Funny thing to question. Okay so I've looked back at my Contract Note:
Equinity: March 18th - 14:24:04 (that's the time of the trade, in case you are having problems following)
Price £9.247
Sorry you missed out!
Grant
Thanks for that response,
I wanted to think over the week-end what I should do if Shells sp falls significantly again. As you rightly say, I have to take my own risk. It's confusing for a newcomer to make an educated decision on received opinion when the opinion appears so very equally split. In others words, I've done my own research, but still find it impossible to draw a logical conclusion.
A handful of other 100 companies have also lost more than 50% of their share price. Carnival Cruses..?
Once the virus passes, oil is still cheap and everyone wants to go back on holiday....Thats one argument.
Once the virus passes, oil is still cheap and NOBODY wants to risk going back on a floating Petri dish ...is the other side of the same coin. As you say, its risk and guess work to some extent.
Sometimes large companies worry me.
Whilst I don't want to dilute this discussion board with non Shell chatter, but as its a quiet Saturday, here is a little known anecdote from my uni days:
Sometime around 1998-9 - British Airways (well, British Caledonian, a fully owned BA subsidiary) leant a chap called Stelios two aircraft. He painted them orange, stuck big telephone numbers on the side of the planes and called the company EasyJet...You know the rest!
Big old companies, sometimes need glasses too, I guess.
Hi there,
I am really new to all this and enjoyed your post. I don't mind what peoples opinions are, I just distrust people who are dead certain of what they post, or only post with one attitude.
I wanted to ask you - or anyone else a couple of simpleton questions. Ive recently bought into shell at 3 different price points, low £9.20 - low £10.20 and £1370 ish
I can hold or loose the shares. it won't be the end of my world. I purchased some in Imp Tobacco and Nat Grid at the same time. I only have the 20 year chart to look at, and the papers to read to form an opinion regarding Shell, so I want to believe you are right, that Shell is very cheap, and like you and others I've held cash back that I can invest if the SP goes lower. In the end I am looking for income, I don't need capital so much.
But...what is to stop companies like shell - enormous operation that can't always adapt and change quickly going bust?
I think back to Marconi -GEC etc...
Of course we all need oil and gas, but its not the only oil and gas company in the world, Europe or even the UK?
Would just like some opinion as to why Shell won't go under...however unlikely that is.
Thank you
Grant
Pokerchips
I just want to say thanks for this post . It sets out, details and explains things in a concise clear way to people like myself, who have just joined this forum, and do not understand all the terminology and complexities involved in market movement.
It is also written without over inflated self importance and doesn't contain reams of certainty that would involve some sort of Mystic Meg capability. There are a few on here who seem to predict with utter certainty. Surely if that could be done, we would all be ridiculously wealthy. So it can't.
I have no ego on this board. I am a rank amateur with some spare cash, who can afford to lose it. I just don't know how to invest very well on my own. My father was a Merchant Banker for the now defunct Singer & Freidlander, but I didn't follow in those shoes. However, somethings do come back to me. Such as "This is not a gambling table. It's an investment club with risk. Can you afford to loose all that money"? This was back in the 80's but thats what I am coming here with. I wish he was around now . He would probably tell me I've not diversified enough yet, but here is to learning.
This is what I wanted when I signed up.
Please keep it coming
Grant
Pmoran1969:
Thanks for this. this is the first time I've purchased oil stock. I am looking for income, and less worried about capital growth. I have got a little money that isn't going to change my like in any way , so I've invested 60% in shell, roughly 25% between Imp Tobacco and National Grid. I have a little knowledge but not much. It would seem that even if these dividends halved with all three companies I am still getting a tidy income after tax. Ive kept 10% to one side to see what happens next.
It feels like a different version of Brexit all over again. SO many people claiming to know what's going to happen, when its obvious to the man in the street, that's it impossible to call. although it doest seem obvious to char333 that if you climb over a glass wall, you won't see anything different on the other side.
However, I agree, barring a massive scientific breakthrough, we will need oil in some format for at least the foreseeable.
Sorry, shouldn't rant..its just that people who spout certaintity and damnation within their posts seem to have religious undertones !
Do you hold Shell? Have you done so for some time?
Ive joined and am looking for some good quality info regarding RDSB and other super majors.
Would be grateful for any info from those with experience ...not ludicrous opinion.
Ive checked the last two weeks of posts, and so far, Ive learnt some woman and her daughter sarasutton are arguing with a grown man (well I say grown he writes like kid) She just ****s him off and he rises to the bait (on a share forum?? Where are the mods??) Another Sara (are they the same Sarah/Sara?) does nothing but predict doom and asked us all a week ago if we will be smiling in a weeks time? Well its a weeks time, and Ive bought in at £13.69 / £10.12 / £9.10 So, yes, I am smiling. Is she? Apparently, she has got property and gold. Big wow. So have lots of us. My London flat is a mill stone around my neck at the moment, but I am grateful for the gold. The Char333 guy hasn't got any cash cos he dumped it all in Shell at £20 odd quid and is bitter as F' and previously lost shed loads on other crap shares
So - can anyone tell me if this is worth signing up to the premium chat? I don't want to know about someones daughter, a disaster trader, and a woman who can only bang on about the same thing.