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cheers but not my bag thanks. i,ve always gone on gut-feeling and living by the seat of my pants. vive la difference as they say.

gosh,thats sounds really technical mate! hope it works out for you when you climb aboard

a narrowing spread is sometimes a good indicator granted but i for one paid 147.2 earlier against the quoted price here. i guess it could be an interesting ride when it happens. have you an entry price in mind?

nothing,s a sure bet and i find it hard to believe people would undertake a serious investment purely on somones opinion on a chat site! i,m just saying what i,ve done here and since this company is showing a healthy balance sheet,albeit slightly down,its a fair punt. if the yield is maintainable then its one for my divi-collecter pile. i have a similar view with bt and tate and lyle which is why i,ve cleared out a load of non-dividend paying tiddlers today at varying profits and gone for yield and capital growth secondary. if they take another hit i,ll consider averaging down again s.t. other funds elsewhere in my mixed bag i.e.portfolio, if they bounce then i,ll consider knocking half of them out straight away. well thats how i do it and i,ve made some good investments this way and some total disasters which i,d rather not go into! by and large playing the percentages game, i,m up. good luck if and when you climb aboard

i know what you mean about the falling knife,but surely if you want to keep a holding like this for the longterm,averaging down and then trading out will get you to the hold price quicker? well thats what i,ve just done anyhow.

the buy/sell ratio would indicate a bounce. had a small punt on these earlier as my broker grudgingly agreed they might be a tad oversold,or maybe he was just trying to get me off the phone! no seriously,they look good enough for a small stake and if they dont go up,theres always the divi at some stage as a consolation prize,works for me on others i could mention but wont! good luck all

hi mate,clambered back into this one earlier at a shade over 20 and glad i did now. its more of a longtermer but if theres a spike,theres a temptation,see what happens eh. havent topped up on ray yet but nearly

cheers for the input. havent got time to research this one today so will watch unless i catch it sub.20,which for you lot i hope it doesnt!

i,m watching this one carefully and dont have a position currently. are these the people who supply m&s sandwiches, if that is the case,has this dramatic rise and fall got something to do with that contract do you know? i.e. i,m looking for an entry point

i,m happy with yesterdays and todays (so far) steady rise and will hold on till at least 5.50 before i trim down. the yield isnt massive, c.3%,but more than many i could mention. problem with fast risers is they get noticed,bumped up and then brought down again by speculation alone. i bought some bae systems a couple of months ago and am happily sitting on a small profit with a view to holding longterm for yield and similarly bought some dignity at 5 quid recently as with vtg,were at pretty much their 12-month low which was my motivation to get in. i trade a lot of pennies and small caps but i see this as an investment over a gamble. good luck all

so its a bit of a retrace then. cheers for replying. to be honest i,m happy to sit on these as i dont think people will ever stop eating sweets and chocs and these are a household name

thanks for that,there goes the aircraft carrier theory then! lets hope the results are good and they climb back from these lows then eh.

i bought some of these yesterday as they were around their 12 month low and as i seem to remember some news discussion about 2 aircraft carriers that may or may not be ordered,kind of a bluechip punt really. any further information would be greatly appreciated

just had a little dabble with these. anyone know where the drop came from?

me too

well it didnt bounce today,did you average down or are you sitting this one out mate?

got paid a small divi on this one recently,always reassuring for any small share. any further comments anyone?

i,ve bought these twice now and its always had a wide spread from what i can see but not as wide as some of the real pennies. even my father has got a load of these and he never invests outside the top 250,thats why i bought in after he showed me the chairmans statement etc and the spread didnt deter me. not looking to sell below 60p and even then i would dither due to the product

going up,any reason you know of other than market sentiment?

i agree,a well kept secret,till now maybe................................could well see this back up to 60p+ soon if oil stays in favour. have you checked out the chairmans statement etc,makes me want to buy more!