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Sorry to hear you're in pain there Was, I can only say what the old boy used to say to me when times were hard that it's bad but any improvement is something to build on,in other words stay positive bud,hope that helps. Troj, experts and predictions at it again eh. Oil price 150 to 28 and back to 50 in a year,plenty of opinions about that too and the only certainty is some will have made a load and lost a load along the way just like at the moment and those with their paws in the trough will no doubt be the biggest winners,as were the yanks after WW2 and the jerries who had their debts wiped clean for a fresh start!

Haven't really been following the old girl although are they returning to the divvy list now? Hold clln which are looking pretty sorry for themselves in that sector.

On paper although Glaxo and bp offset a bit.

Thankfully haven't got any house builders although was looking at Berkeley for the yield as a few have mentioned them. Last time I had persimmon was at a couple of quid and Taylor wimpey much less so haven't revisited! Early? You're up late!!!

Looks like the sub-60 opportunity presented itself today! On balance these held up well in the sell off and being ex too.

Interesting day marred by the drive belt on the tractor mower snapping and the small matter of losing a fortune on shares! Sold some Pearson which were remarkably up at that point and topped up on legal and general which dropped another 6p.....almost as annoying as the mower!

Yes they move about a bit,I thought that's what you meant anyway!

Saw a buy tip in this weeks IC on that with the chunky forward yield,London property always an enigma on values!

No worries mate,not sure why MCT not showing a div on here but it has paid quarterly irrespective of that. Also holding IPE and have had CLIG and ADM on/off. The Aberdeen Latins rebased last year but still paying quarterly as far as I'm aware. I've also got a load of PEW which have paid well as they were doing specials all the time but not sure whether they'll just pay the basic one for now,diversified utilities sector.

Rather than reel off a long list,the ones I'm heavily into including these are MCT,HFEL,ALAI,MYI and NCYF. All have quarterly payments,daily navs etc and up there on the income.

Agree totally in the sense that industry/business provides the bucks that pays for the public sector.....since we're sticking to the serious debate!!!

I worked in a local environment and kept it local as that kept everyone fed and happy and I resisted dealing with out of town types particularly factory conveyancing as it upset the local food chain but whether those principles apply to bigger businesses I don't really know enough about it. My view has always been to support the high st that gives me my livelihood.

We can't change the past but we can learn from it.....and that's as serious as I'm getting on this one!

I'm buying my next load from Poland then bud!! Hope everyone having a good weekend,weather better so no excuses for not doing the garden?!!!

Lurking on here again lol. This was such a good yielder from the resolution days if you timed it right good on the SP too.

Cheers,you too. I'm a big fan as they pay quarterly and spread the risk and it's a great way into some stocks that would be a bit pricey on an individual basis,especially the foreign ones.

I've had some of them as long as these,biggest difference is I'm less than 50% down here,just! My view it's a bit of a wildcard on the holdings unlike here which are more shall we say stalwart, spread wide,lightly traded,div and nav both interesting nonetheless. GL.

BLACKROCK COMMODITIES INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST PLC ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND QUARTERLY INTERIM DIVIDEND 14 June 2016 The Board of BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc is pleased to announce the second quarterly interim dividend in respect of the financial year ending 30 November 2016. A dividend of 1.5 pence per ordinary share has been declared by the Directors, payable on 22 July 2016 to holders of ordinary shares on the register at the close of business on 24 June 2016 (ex-dividend date is 23 June 2016). The last date for receipt of mandate instructions for those shareholders who wish to join the Dividend Reinvestment Plan is 1 July 2016. Enquiries:

Good to see a bit of that going on. Hopefully the dividend declaration next week too.

Nothing specific on the newsfeed but the recent bounce in some of the largest holdings like shell and blt plus historical proximity of the next interim announcement probably dragging it up from the bottom.