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I have been holding this for about 5 years. Easily my worst investment ever but it's now worth so little that it's not even worth cashing out...
The question I have for the more active posters is: what do you think needs to happen for the volume of trading to increase? I'm not talking share price, but simply volume.
We have RNSs, we have results days, we have big government announcements, we have vaccine news... we have an average of about 6 trades per day!!
It seems people are generally disinterested in the company, and therefore no great rises, nor collapses, regardless of any news coming out.
I'm holding and will hope to get somewhere back near my average in the coming years, even though the better play at this point would probably be to cash out at a loss and invest elsewhere - I'm emotionally invested (and live near Coleshill so want a local firm to do well..!)
I'm enjoying these war stories.
Trading since 2014 - in all that time I'm about even so as it's been mentioned before - I'm not sure it's worth the risk (but with 0% interest rates, it's a more fun way of breaking even!)
Best investment, 2 years ago I bought myself some AMZN shares as an Xmas present at 1400 USD per share (now at 2680 and the saviour of my Covid-hit portfolio)
Worst: THIS ONE. My average here is about 80p so heavily down and not selling due to stubbornness and the faint hope that it recovers somewhat..
Also, most regretful decision: I was working at a competitor of Blue Prism (LON: PRSM) and they floated. 120p share price (although I believe it was slightly lower on first day) and I asked my CEO what he thought. He said "they've floated because they're going bust and gave out a big chuckle". Obviously I avoided the purchase.
PRSM are currently at 1,116 as of right now - a would-be ten-bagger!!
Listening to the radio this morning on drive to work at 8ish (Radio X) and AA ran a Smart Breakdown ad using the Red Dwarf characters. Must have cost them a bit to run that campaign and they reiterated the message of "we can diagnose 80% of all issues before we arrive"
Could be good but I do wonder whether people will pay extra for this service?
If I were with the AA I'd be thinking that diagnosing the issue before you arrive is a cost-save to you, the company. Why should I pay extra for it as part of my policy?
Knowbody - like you I bought in high and my average is now at around 60p. Not sure that the company is demonstrating anything that makes me want to put any more faith in them to average down further... Good money after bad? Also, when Microlise took a stake, that diluted the number of shares did it not? Or did they purchase from the Management Team at a discount?
Can someone explain why someone is proposing a Guinness boycott? I googled it and found no info other than a 2014 boycott after they sponsored a parade. They dropped the sponsorship and it seems all went quiet... what's happening?
now they have a 20% stake in TRAK, can anyone see them pushing to buy them completely in the not-too-distant future? Or have I missed something there?
In my world (software), SAGE bought approximately 20% of Fairsail in Reading in 2016 before buying them out the following year...
Dipping a toe in the water?
I have shares in this so I guess I have reason to be glass-half-full but it doesn't add up to me...
Not long ago they felt they were financially healthy enough to expand and open new premises. Now we have people on here saying that they will need to raise funding.
Yes, the contracts have been cut or not rolled out as expected but surely it hasn't swung that far to the red? As far as I can tell, the number of connections stayed broadly the same?
Hi Nosugar - yeah added approximately a further 50% to my holding today. Bought at 63p and HL processed it at 60.77p so that was a bonus.
Takes my average down to 96p so I'd like to think we'll break a £1 and stabilise there by final year results in 2019. If so, I'll continue to hold long but will be happier knowing it's not a red blot on my portfolio!
Anyone care to hazard a guess at the share price close of play tomorrow?
Gut says there will be a drop due to profit-taking but will it be enough to warrant selling up and hoping to buy back in?
Background - I've bought and held this since earlier this year so doing OK with it and definitely want it long-term but a day like this makes day-trading tempting...
According to CNBC, they believe the results jump today is due to the 5G potential.
Article here: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/bt-earnings-q2-2018.html
Still, happy days and as GP apparently said today: "Consumption of data is increasing about 30 to 40 percent a year ... 5G is a much more efficient way of delivering data"
Nice to see they have a plan to increase revenue going forward...
Yes quite possibly. She's meeting the backbenchers today and we've also had the NAO saying that the customs border is going to screw anyone moving physical goods across the UK border.
All the consumer goods firms and utilities doing well along with insurance so yes, defensive stocks doing well today.
I work for a SaaS company where recurring revenue is key and I have to say I'm amazed by the drop in price over the past couple of years. I've been in since 2016 and obviously 'lost' a lot (although i'm in for long term).
To me, the premises expansion and the big-brand contracts would be cause for celebration at my company; instead the share price has dropped by 75%!
I still believe that they are well-positioned in a growing market; the auto industry will need more and more analytics in years to come and so will the insurance sector.
Only concern to be honest is they get bought by someone for less than I paid for the shares 2 years ago!!