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"Russia is ready to continue dialogue with the United States and NATO and is winding down some of the military drills that have stoked fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country's diplomatic and defense chiefs told President Vladimir Putin on Monday."
Does this mean the share price will rise again?

"I have been considering setting stop losses"

I gave up on those years ago as they were causing many more losses than they ever stopped!

Have an average of 266p and despite this already being my largest holding my finger is still hovering on the buy button.

"Relx PLC on Thursday fell slightly short of expectations for its 2021"

Over reactions are making it easier for the traders. Thinking about throwing in a few bucks although I'm more a long term holder than a trader these days.

No problem with seeing 10 years of chart data on Hargreaves Lansdown.

If anyone knows why it's down today then please tell.

"Time to sell that cheap top up from last Monday. Nice easy money."

I'm holding onto my recent ULVR top-ups. Thanks to the approaching third world war the are plenty of other bargains about at the moment. Will give it another day or three and maybe top up on some BP or RIO.

I was buying short while back when this was even further down and mentioned that it was easy money, to which someone replied there is never any easy money on the stockmarket. In normal times, I would have been in complete agreement. However, I do get the feeling that people panic and over-react more these days. Consequently, my portfolio is bulging. Thanks!

They have paid dividends five times over the last year (most recently 0.644p on 26 Nov 21) and the total amounts to 2.923p, so by today's share price the dividend rate is about 3.5%, and the share price has been increasing over the last month too. Also, it's worth being aware that the dividend is taxed 20% at source and counts as property income and so is not lumped with your other regular dividend income. I hold my shares outside an ISA, but I suspect you could reclaim the 20% on your tax form if they are held within an ISA.

"SP down over 20% in last 12 months is overdone imo."

Definitely overdone, which is why I've been topping up. Easy money, just like it was with BP and RDSB.

Own both GSK and ULVR, but 50% more GSK than ULVR so decided to top up here at 3668p. The share price is a no-brainer for recovery and the 4% quarterly dividend is a nice touch too.

Quite happy with my AZN holding. Capital up about 22% and lots of dividends received over the years. AZN is a long term hold.

Could be the beginning of the end for the pandemic, but it will take a while for people to realise, so as omicron spreads and becomes the dominant variant initially there will be panic and SP drops - followed by one almighty upswing in the markets once the numbers start to speak. Good news for those with cash who manage to time the bottom. All hypothetical but just looking on the bright side.

The new scariant is tempting me to try trading again after a few years of buy and hold. The latter strategy has worked very well for me over the last two years but I regret not buying more when covid hit the markets in 2020. However, I will keep my powder dry today and see what happens over the next two days. If we're still going down then I will certainly be adding as I believe this dip will be short-lived.

Just chill, AZN has always been a long term hold and has been trending upwards for about 10 years. They've announced many good products over the last couple of years, while everyone's been distracted by the vaccines, so expect this upward trend to continue but don't expect to get rich quick. With an average of about 6800, it's been a place where I like to park some of my safer money, occasionally adding, and that strategy has worked. This could be a good time to get in.

It's now heading towards the levels I was expecting. Hopefully, it will continue on its upward trajectory. We'll see what happens over the next few weeks. My gut says to add, but since it's already my second largest holding I get nervous about the possibility of it dominating my portfolio, especially if it continues to increase!

This is my third largest holding and with an average of about 6800 it's been good to me. The drop is definitely overdone but since I already hold a reasonable number I'll wait to see what happens next week and maybe add some then.

"I think anything sub 45 is likely to be a safe bet."
It's really not worth trying to time the market when you've found a share that is currently good value. Years ago I would spend a lot of time identifying good prospects and got them correct about 78% of the time. I know this because I keep records that boarder on an OCD level of thoroughness. However, I had a habit of trying to squeeze a little bit more out of the share price, which often resulted in the price running away from me in an upwards direction. The potential lack of profit caused was not pretty, especially after all the work I'd put in to identify the shares. When you're convinced something's good value just buy!

"Rio has been the best for me."

Likewise. Have bought a couple of tranches on the way down and will buy more at a measured rate should it drop further. That way I will be buying at least some near the bottom and will enjoy the inevitable ride upwards. And when it starts to turn down again I just rinse and repeat with the help of the dividends received in the meantime. The holding gets larger and ever more profitable.

Added another £16k's worth at about 4450p, so very pleased with that.