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Tonnes of fish...not tinnes of fish! LOL

@TomBeef I doubt Nike etc. would ever make an offer to buy-out any retail company. Typically the people and mindset of manufacturers (materials, processes etc) are different to teh people and mindset of retailers (sales, marketing etc) . Completely different beasts really.

Does a sucessful fisherman who lands tinnes of fish every other day want to open a series of seafood restuarants on the high street? Probably not for the same reason. Different attitudes, skill sets etc.

Would a father who makes tools (a toolmaker) ever seek to show his son the door to become a politician or PM? Er, hang on... Lol!

@TomBeef - Good feedback. The most popular retail shops are usually located in retail parks and major shopping centres in cities, not so much on the high streets. That could be the reason...also 4pm Wednesday (hump day) is probably the grave-yard shift! Lol

@Adon30 Agreed. A very sound summary.

@Pokerchips I know what you mean - it's the younger/now/it generation.

It does make for a more interative website, and appeals to their target market.

Who knows it may influence Taverham's 71 year old relative to try on a Nike hoodie!

@Garonne. Sorry maybe I have mis-read your posts/intentions. You have always seemed seriously worried about the ups and downs of the Prudential share price. I had you down for a young lad of about 20-23 years who is very impatient and anxious i.e. always moaning/cheering about the woes/hikes of the share price movements, without adding much in the way of value. My apologies and feel free to carry on.

@Garonne With comments like that, you ought to sell ASAP. This is not a stock for you. Whatever your Prudentail buy price is (at a guess I would say cica £6.85), then as soon as it hits that, sell. I would add too that with your jittery investment personaility, you ought to keep away from the stock market and put you pennies into a Term Deposit with a reputable bank instead.

The stock market is not a 'get rich quick scheme'...far from it. I know 'investors' who have gambled and lost it all.

I too have been adding while the JD Sports share price is hovering around the £1.01 mark. When Santa comes, and the younger investors receive their pocket money, no doubt there will be a surge upwards between Christmas and New Year and maybe thereafter. At the moment, I view this as a very nice entry point.

JD Sports will consolidate their acquisitions made recently and look to streamline synergies and all aspects of operations. This stock should be a very, very good prospect going forward.

I always thought that the drill would not start in Q4 with Christmas around the corner, finance to be arranged, equipment to be booked etc. CH realised that pretty early on, so provided an updated RNS to state commencement in Q1.

Personally, I am confident that in line with CH's RNS updates that the drill will be fully funded and the drill will start Q1 2025. I am happy to wait until the end of Q1 and/or drilling results.

If at the end of Q1 progress has not been made, then I will look to ask questions. No doubt so will the investor, who has financed the drill to the tune of USD$7 million. That said, if the results were not favourable, the investment would not have been agreed.

I will add to my investment in Zephyr significantly as soon as the drill is underway and some updates are known.

I expect that by the end of Q1 the results will be there for all to see, and the share price will take off. Hopefully I will have the chance to add before the share price takes off like a rocket.

@Garrone. Well just remember that owning stocks is like driving on the road. No road runs in a straight line upwards. There are ups, downs, twists, turns, bumps, hills, pot holes, rubbish, traffic lights, round abouts, bikes, trucks, country roads, motorways....you get the idea! You have to take the rough with the smooth....cripes, another analogy!

Definate 'buy' theme in play for Prudential...

Barclays broker views (last updated 4 December 2024): Prudential Plc has 11 buys, 2 neutral, 1 sell.

https://research-centre.barclays.co.uk/shares/prudential/broker-views/

@Garonne - To be honest, I'm not sure that Prudential Plc is the right stock for you. If it keeps you awake at night, best to sell. IMO

As predicted a while back, more institutional investors have started to 'wake up and smell the coffee' and are now starting to invest in Prudential Plc.

Barclays raised Prudential to a 'strong-buy' rating in a report on 15 October. Others have Prudential as a 'hold' or 'sell' ('rocks in head' comes to mind). However, it matters not.

The 'proof is in the pudding'. When institutional investors add/increase investment in Prudential with real money (not empty words), then you know you have invested well. Follow the money trail. Pretty simple stuff.

Next up, we will see analysts write-ups and recommendations to buy Prudential. See it all before. The early bird always catches the worm though (which is where JO is already at)! Lol

See link below (published today 11 December)

https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/point72-asset-management-lp-acquires-shares-of-69100-prudential-plc-nysepuk-2024-12-11/

@Garonne Prudential Plc will continue it's slow and steady rise between now and mid-late February. But you do seem impatient, so you may want to sell as soon as you break-even (or when you are a few pounds in profit like ypu mentioned a day or so ago), so you can look at other 'faster' (i.e. risky) investment opportunities. Jut a thought.

@winklebelly. You could take any reference and make it look good or bad. For example, it's far worse if you look at the 5 year chart (i.e. 5 years ago vs today). Whereas if I look when I purchased more recently at circa £6.00 to £6.05p it's up to current levels circa £6.75p so is fine for more recent investors like myself.

Historic charts have a place but can be easily used/manipulated to fit anyone's narrative/message. Far more important to look at the 'here and now'. Prudential has strong revenues, strong profits and the forcast is for this to continue. Buybacks are back on. As I've mentioned previously, this stock is a slow burner, however, the share price trajectory is clearly on the upswing and for good reason. This share price has a huge ceiling, so plenty of room for the share price to continue it's run. If you're a patient investor, it's a very nice stock to own.

I won't predict the Zephyr share price 12 months out as anything can happen. However, I am confident that in line with CH's RNS updates that the drill will be fully funded and will start Q1 2025. Once the drill is successful, needless to say the share price will rocket..and all the patient Zephyr shareholders (includes CH himself) will be richly rewarded. IMO & DYOR

On a macro level, Trump has made it absolutely clear he wants to drill, drill, drill! He makes no bones about it. Trump is pro-business and pro US - all of which benefits the US consumer. Zephry is perfectly positioned to benefit from Trump's polices and administration.

I never watch highlights of interviews (always poorly edited by main stream media to support their own agenda), so if you want to hear Trump himself talk about drilling, click on the link below (interview recorded 8 December).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b607aDHUu2I

@TomBeef - Great, please update - much appreciated.

BTW York is a fab place to visit!

@Lordlucan. I didn't count the number of checkouts in either store. However, I know that all checkouts were open at Horwch, and only one checkout appeared closed at Trafford centre. All were really busy.

I know it's the lead-up to Christmas (i.e. peak season), however, other fashion retail stores were very quiet in comparison. JD sports sales will definately be up over the peak season.

As an aside my son always (22 years) shops at JD sports (he's into Nike trainers, shirts, jackets etc) and he easily spends circa £200-300 per visit, 1-2 times a month. He is a big fan and has been for a few years now. He would be JD Sports target market age range and profile (i.e. 'upwardly mobile' in terms of employment, lifetime spend etc).

JD Sports share price is currently very cheap, so I plan to continue to add in the dips. I will build my investment to £250,000 initially. I plan to hold for 2-5 years.

Possible sale of Prudential's 'Eastspring Investments' may be underway. Eastspring HQ is located in Singapore, operates in 11 Asian countries (as well as North America, Europe and Europe) with USD271 billion funds under management, circa 400 employees, and is valued at circa USD3 billion.

Prudential may sell circa 30% of Eastspring to realise USD1 billion. The windfall will most likley be used for further investment and further share buybacks and/or dividends.

To me, it makes perfect sense for Prudential to sell a minimum of 30% stake, if not all of Eastspring at the right price.

https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements/prudential-mulling-sale-of-stake-in-eastspring-investments---report--18294545.html

Whenever, I invest in retail, I like to check out the stores and have a quick chat to employees there. I took a quick trip to JD Sports stores recently...

I visited JD Sports in Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park, Horwich, Greater Manchester (Retail park store) and it was very busy in the afternoon on Sunday 8 December in terms of customers in store (about 50) and queues at the checkout tills (about 10 at any one time). Other shops nearby were no where near as busy (for example Tog24 etc).

I visited the JD Sports in the Trafford Centre, Manchester (Flagship store) at about 11am yesterday Monday 9 December. The store was very busy probably about 70 customers inside at any one time...but most importantly, there was a further 15-20 customers at the back of the store with items to buy (5-6 checkout tills were staffed and in full time operation) and it seemed as one customer was served and left the store, another customer entered the queue.

In comparison, I visited Superdry - different store I know, but still retail a fashion store of sorts - about 6-8 people looking at the clothing racks, and no one at the checkout tills.

While at the JD Sports store in Trafford Centre I noticed that JD Sports had some serious signage in the store/s adjacent, so obviously an huge expansion and fit-out are underway to the current store. After a quick Google search, this was confirmed and I have attached the link below:

https://www.rocconsulting.com/projects/jd-sports-flagship-store-trafford-centre-manchester/#:~:text=Sports%2Dfashion%20giant%20JD%20Sports,access%20to%20the%20main%20unit.