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SD

''I have decided to sell out

When..''

I am now obviously glad that I kept 25% of my one and only purchase and let it run and run and run.

I wonder if 'Action' will be floated in the future and whether 3i can make find another investment with such a similar outcome.

Sd

''Who is dcb?''

Best known as Deadcatbounce. After having about 130 ID's for some reason admin (must have given in) has let his 'StickyToffeePudd' ID run. Using this ID. he has put up a facade of being a Lloyds investor to legitimise disrupting that board as he has done in all the time that I have been on this site. He has followed me onto other boards just for the delight of irritation, as seen in his complete nonsense of a post a few days ago. He has made such a post purely because of my mentioning how well 3i have performed since I purchased at 188p per share which I have mentioned on this board years ago.

The fact is he also has other Id's in the background.

Becoming ridiculously low - the closing auction more than doubled it.

3i Group reached yet another all time high at over £34 per share

HFD up

MARS currently up again

Lloyds still trading at a low valuation

Oil

''with even Lloyds benefitting over the past year once it was clear that they would be taking over''

you may need to go on the stupid list

Although the last Tory NI cut started in January.

We have a Socialists government, so we don't yet know how quickly they would implement any tax grab.

67s

Always a good idea to pay off a mortgage before retirement.

Tax changes normally start at a new financial year.

A1

your mind has gone haywire again.

67s

DCB (stp) has other ID's in the background

Bb

''If results are positive 150 is possible in the short term ''

That would still be below the 52 week high - progress had been made on net debt - it would be good to see further progress with that in the coming results.

Saga is the sort of stock that could double or treble in price from here with the right tailwinds. Market cap is very low in comparison with what the possible net profits could be in the coming years. There were large impairments and restructuring costs in the last results. Hopefully they are mainly in the past.

3i Group at yet another all time high

EZJ up

HSBC up

MARS well up

SAGA up

Lloyds STILL at a low market valuation.

Brix

you have NO Lloyds shares

Osg not osd

Osd

''Is there any definitive reason for the falls?''

Do you think it may have something to do with the oil price dropping from near a 100 dollars a year ago to near 70 dollars and the recent strength of Sterling.

Those who were concerned about 'profiteering' from war can now sleep a bit easier

At about 383p - pushing my average up to about 290p

67s

''isn't that the same thing as a weighted moving average?''

weighted moving averages is data that some may use as a forecasting trend of a share price. An algo is not forecasting a trend but simply purchasing within pricing constraint based on the previous 5 days trading average price.

HI

''Announce immediate end to buybacks and increase fixed dividend by 50% NOW.''

Not a good idea

67s

''It's maybe not as daft as it sounds, to speculate that the buyback operation is being geared down because of the political implications on 30th?''

The main driver and extent of the Algo operation is pricing and trade volume, and obviously with a rising price and low volumes there will be constraints.

We have had a number of consecutive days with no purchases at all with no immediate explanation price wise, which has been subsequently been followed by a number of consecutive days with heavy buying on a falling share price and higher volume.

67s

''Yes I think they expect to be a target and therefore anticipate to be able to spend the remaining £500k at a lower share price''

The code in the Algo used by MS doesn't 'anticipate' a future UK government budget and the potential consequences. We have had 3 days of no buying in the last month - on those particular occasions most likely because of pricing limits.

If MS thought that there could be a crash in share price then they could have completely switched off the Algo until 30th October.

Erik

''like the Poles whose grandfathers made up the bulk of spitfire pilots in the Battle of Britain. We owe them our freedom.''

what ballax.

There were 2,353 British pilots in the Battle of Britain and 145 Polish.

The Polish were given the opportunity to continue the fight against the enemy that invaded THEIR country - end of