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Is there anyway that someone could check the short interest on RMG immediately after XD date to see if there has been any noticeable reduction in short positions on the stock?

So if the shorters have to pay the dividend, they will have to close their short positions before 26th July? And once they have done this and the share has gone XD, the share price should fall by the amount of dividend, so would not be worth them taking out short positions again with share price probably substantially lower at this point compared to what it would have been when they initially took out their short positions. So am I correct in assuming after XD date we could realistically hope that that would be a base from which the SP could gather some momentum in the short term and start to rise without much influence from shorting to curtail it?

nuri and princeofdarkness; I am a novice investor so can you please explain how setting a limit on your shares prevents shorters from borrowing them? If you do not give them permission they cannot borrow them so why do you need to put a limit on them?

After the fall in SP after the full year results were announced in March which were generally positive, I'm not looking forward to any news releases from tomorrows AGM which will likely be poorly received resulting in further SP fall. That is my pessimistic opinion!

FTSE 100 up this morning; why is the SP getting a mauling again?

Anyone any idea why the SP fell so suddenly this afternoon after good gains this morning? Seems that this has possibly been attributable to 2 RNS notifications made this afternoon just before the drop in price? Can anyone explain what information these RNS communications are saying?

Would any of you seasoned investors consider this potentially a good starting point to buy in long term? With the dividend now cut to 9 cents is this the total dividend for year? If so, what would the yield be on current SP? The talk is of returning to progressive dividend policy in 2020 so is it reasonable to expect it will not go down any further and will remain the same or increase annually? Anyone think the SP and dividend could go even lower before bottoming out? Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

So Trump the successful business man is the right person for the job! Well if he made a 10 Billion $ loss over a decade managing his own company, I dread to think what he will lose over a decade managing the USA!!

IMO given his track record of dodgy business deals and tax avoidance he knows exactly what he is doing and using his position to manipulate the markets for his own personal gain, so I'm sure he did short the market just before making the tweets and will no doubt buy back in big style just before releasing the news that a deal is just about to be made and add to his billions when he cashes in. Not a good image to portray as the President of the USA though!

I hit the wrong button so previous message was not completed! I see that clown Donald Trump has sent global markets into panic again with his tweets over the weekend! Idiot!

I see that clown D

Same British Bulls are today saying sell?

Davielad: Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. There seems to be no significant interest from shorters on Aviva shares, but frustrating that the SP is treading water within a narrow range with no sign of gathering momentum to move anywhere near the prices most of the brokers are touting?

There was an RNS issued this morning regarding notification of major holdings? It detailed the change in nature as return of loaned shares? Can someone give a quick explanation as to what this is all about (I'm relatively new to investing) and does it have any relevance at all with outlook going forward for the SP?

The RNS Statement promulgating this information was only officially released today; given yesterdays large fallback in SP, IMO this must have leaked out yesterday to those in the know!

I would not call today's movement "drifting down on no buying". Down 9p since 08:00 is not drifting down, that is hammered IMO? Looks like something out of the ordinary has spooked buyers today? Has the pork thing in China any bearing on this? Cant see how it can?

Anyone any idea's why the Aviva SP is getting hammered today? As always seems to be 1 step forward 5 steps back with the SP all the time!

I've looked at Fridays Notification of Major Holding statement issued but not sure if it is saying someone has increased their shareholding or decreased their shareholding? Can some of the experts enlighten me?