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At least they increased the divi by 10% and as inforapound says and i agree,they will recover and at least they are making a profit,somewhat rare these days!

Glad i,ve got some after reading all that! Didnt realise they had such wide interests,look forward to results especially with the germans having come out of the doldrums before us,bodes well!

Not on cost that i,m aware of,on another one and not a problem as such just a bit an unneceesary dig when i was polite and wishing good luck,a bit silly really and i mustn,t be so sensitive i guess,point taken and support appreciated,cheers mate

Been a bit pre-occupied with my cost and hawk but on jpr,sold and bought back in yesterday but not making a big deal about it after someone launched a rather immature attack for having sold,bizarre really! Any share is up for sale at any time and in my opinion its only ones that pay a decent divi or are in loss that shouldnt be sold unless you need the money for something else,have i missed something there? Didnt address the issue as i feel good manners always is the best approach when people try to provoke you,clearly the fear/greed expectations can change peoples character and i think it,s best to reality check yourself every now and then that we are only playing here with money and not livelihoods.Well thats my opinion anyway and i try not to take myself too seriously and be polite in my postings! Sorry to have gone off on a tangent here SQSers!

A penny is a penny! Morning chaps,glad to see its still slowly creeping up!

Sounds good to be able to totally get away,watch the weather though and hope you have a good time,catch up monday

I,ve just averaged "up", broker says pretty much everything we,ve said here and some "moving forward" stats which went right over my head,might have to trade these ones in the t-10 dep. on some other projects, ideally like to keep all but time will tell

I think some people cant manage their fear/greed expectations and take these things too seriously. The majority of shares i hold, i hold if they pay a dividend or i think theres a good chance of further capital growth,this has both,if they,re dodgy i trade them and sometimes i worry about them, i,ve never worried about this one!

No worries on this one mate,totally sold on costain as the pick of the recovery litter and since it was only a week or so we were whooping about getting to 30, cant see any reason to worry, we,ve only lost the rise of a couple of days if that and i suspect we,ll see a stabilisation here as investors realise this is just a solid share that goes up steadily on growth rather than up and down like a you know what. As we predicted a while back if the specultors get hold of it, volatility will follow,so we want the shorters and short-timers to hurry up and do their thing and then bugger off and leave us believers to our steady,boring and upwardly mobile profitable company that has a progressive dividend policy and will quietly creep up over time. To use a gardening analogy, we,ve planted a tree that will bear fruit progressively year-on-year,rather than bought one from a garden centre with a few apples on it already but with no decent root system in the ground that will make a better tree than the one we grew from a seed and nurtured.

S.P. all over the shop,as long as it stays over 30, i,m happy. Very much a longtermer for me and from what i can see on the results, i,d rather be invested in a company that makes a profit than not and if they use some of that profit to set aside pension deficits etc,then that smacks of a sensible company and good house-keeping to me and if the city doesnt like it then they are only creating volatility to make money afterall. Thats my take anyhow.

As i mentioned earlier,depends whether the results are in line or better i guess,all the indicators are the latter with the size of the order book and this sector seems to be lifting generally,my carillion and balfours are doing okay and balfours shot over £3 after their results and seem stable about 3 and a half quid,thats my way of thinking anyway and the fact this has been tipped in so many places in the last 6 months as" the pick of the litter" must be a good sign,nothing definate obviously but good luck eh

And we got excited when it breached 30! Roll on 40+,catch up tomorrow!

Volume over a million traded,ticking up nicely towards close ahead of tomorrows results,looking good and as long as they,re not just "in line with expectations",hopefully a bit more movement,good luck all and fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Agree,this is a decent hold. My dilemma will be whether to sell if/when they go over a couple of quid as i pretty much hold most yielders for income verses cash in the bank no interest and i need the liquidity as i run my own business and cash flow is everything. The gambling came into being after bank shares dived and decimated our pension plans and by and large,active trading has got me back from ground zero but have no issue sitting on paper profits on the tates,nat.grids etc which i got into at the right time but anything a bit penny-ish have no delusions its gambling rather than investing. Interesting to note you have the turnover discipline and havent fallen foul of holding shares for almost sentimental reasons. The split holdings i,ve only recently got into and it really works,a tad more on costs but very good creating a discipline,i kind of "hide"a few non-yielders in my investment portfolio as i,m less likely to knock them out on a rise or a whim. Always learning but appreciate the feedback from yourself,jellyboy and a few others on these pages and its great communicating with those of us who do this as people who dont have shares seem to have short attention spans! e.g.my girlfriend,bless her!

Target buy and sell ranges on less than 10 dealing stocks,consolidated bets,good idea. I came a cropper trying to have too many companies but with tiny holdings before so going more your way i think. Seem to have done okay with the 20p-50p stuff if jpr was anything to go by but with the pennies,except lonr and to a lesser degree,mwa,normally cant wait to get out and learning patience the hard way! Came away from stop losses on the gambling ones as the volatility can kick you out at the wrong time,do you agree?

And i,m not even going to mention those bloody cosalt things which have been an averaging down excercise from the day i bought them including an 00,which gave me a brief profit on take up but didnt sell as my broker stiil hasnt got the stock and therefore not worth the risk,do you still have yours jelly and i assume you took up the 00?

Sorry,had to cut in on this one,got out of jpr yesterday and someone had a pop but didnt want to mention my base holding was at 15p,a few weeks ago,that would have been immature! Gkp,what a surprise daytraded that for a couple of hundred quid recently and sold at about 12p,oh for the benefit of hindsight! Very much into hawk,pmk,sdy,moni and cost at the moment but cost is a holder,have split the pack for base and extra holdings to play with. Bought some vog yesterday as a total punt,holding onto ray come rain or shine,trp similarly,lonr and mwa forever,leaving the yielders alone,that includes this one,any thoughts guys?

Good finish!

Like you say,a slow burner but as long as it keeps creeping up and that div gets paid,i have no worries on this one. Thanks again for that info on cost,james, have put those teg on my watchlist by the way,do they have a yield,now or historical?

Thanks for that mate,interesting........could be a useful guide to building up a bigger holding with a few trades along the way to increase funds.......