Alanos - We were all new here once upon a time, bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of enthusiasm. The experience hasn't been good, with many obstacles seemingly recurring, management competence has to be questioned. It's a shame, when as you say, the raw numbers should be more fruitful for investors.
Selecta6 - 'Shambles' is a good descriptor. Their performance is so far from their mission statement it's a joke. I think even with my appalling luck and questionable judgement I could have picked a more profitable selection for the fund. Frankly, a lit more contrition from the Chair and BOD wouldn't go amiss. Their statement really doesn't instil much confidence.
I decided to add some into my ISA today. I can't help thinking that a new Labour government will want to start with a splash and embark on various civil and social engineering projects which would be a great fit for Costain. Housing ought to be a priority, surely? Our general infrastructure is creaking under years of lack of investment. Taxpayers like to see some of their contributions being spent for the benefit of the greater society. Anyway, fingers crossed that Rachel Reeves will put some business our way..
A couple weeks back, I emailed investor relations regarding the reliability of fuel supplies in Kazakhstan, with a veiled concern with respect to their northern neighbour. I also asked if they had a hedging policy for forward fuel.
No reply received at all...
Meanwhile, Russia has requested Kazakhstan make provision to provide refined products as their own refineries are being degraded.
i also follow the 'this **** can't just ramble along' philosophy, making it a coin-toss scenario. however, are there sufficient bullish factors to sway the odds, in the next year or so? i'm neither buying nor selling today..
To add, don't get me wrong, I'm up for all views. I think many of those day traders will look at their cash and decide to blow it on food, booze, fuel, personal interests...' and I'm ready for that. I'm all about diversity ;)))). OTOH, we can make a guess as to where the really smart money goes.. :)
MILAN, April 9 (Reuters) - Shares in German defence company Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) fell more than 12% at one point on Tuesday after earlier hitting its latest record high as traders got nervous about the sustainability of its record-breaking run.
By 0910 GMT, Rheinmetall was down 8.7%, bringing year-to-date gains to 78%.
One Frankfurt trader said there was no immediate reason to point to and said profit taking was likely behind the plunge. Defence stocks have been among the best performers in Europe so far this year as investors bet on rising military spending.
Nigel,
Thanks for that insight. It may be that missing a better entry point for HOC may just have to be taken on the chin. The annoying thing is that when it was hovering around 98/100 I recommended it to a friend of mine and after he'd checked for himself, he loaded up! I kept adding to SRB as it seemed to have better opportunities to build at a decent average. I'm trending a bit more risk averse at the moment, so might go with either HOC or even CEY. Have you looked at the latter?