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Also like Dunelm which I hold and am building up, not clothes but nice stuff, though Boris would absolutely hate it.
Good service and prices too.
Like Ray-Bans too not sure you can get shares in them might look, (not for sunglasses either), just their frames.

On retailers, which I very much go for clothes stuff I like style and design of. I even scrolled through Boohoo range before I bought, and also liked what Matilda got. My current little fad is Joules, I haven't done anything about them yet, partly as I thought had missed the boat they have risen a bit since put on watch. But looking back further they were a few years back nearly 400 so maybe there is room for more. I am rubbish and lax DYOR, but I will do some on them and maybe go for it. Will report if I do. Anyway maybe you be wary of my gut here I hold MKS, not sure about them at all. I also have PUMA which has been wildly succesful, totally based on product and noticing following of youth and football ( was back in 2012/13 I think).

On BOO there is a lot of ethically bad stuff gone on. Not easily forgiveable, my daughter hardly buys from them anymore.
When they first issued I got some, I think a bit under 50p, then a whole bunch more at 22.All based on her and her friends at school enthusiasm. Ended very well for me selling out in 200's before all the scandal, doubt I would buy back in now!

Good morning everyone. Good job I had to travel to London this morning so did not buy CWR at about 9 like planned.
Gone further down when I had a quick look just now so need a bit of time to look and decide I think!
Need to look at rest of portfolio's yet to see how day has begun, fingers crossed!

Not bad recovery for me today though still a bit to go just to even up yesterday. BARC and CRDA doing particularly well.
My daughters little p/f did best overall at nearly 2% gain despite hers being the one with the notorious GSK.
CWR continued to fall, might get some of that tomorrow, bought nothing today.

Thank you R, don't worry I did not even realise you existed, till you were mentioned in dispatches today!

Hi all, for C mainly if you still have GSK and anyone else, who like me have some.
I read an article from City AM that activist investor Elliot is involved with Glaxo.
The main point of article was that activists often seen as the enemy can work out for shareholders benefit.
As in case of GSK who have disappointed lately on no C19 vax etc., they will shake up company to get more result.
Sometimes they might get CEO or directors kicked out, not always a bad thing even if a bit mean.
There is some action (strategy meeting/announcement or something) with CEO lady in charge, coming up I think June.
Seems like this could be a pivotal occasion for GSK future and so share price??

I want to put a bit of a rider on my feelings about interactive investors. I have just gone through a transfer of my wifes portfolio from her ISA on EQI to ii. EQI were going to do this anyway later in the summer, so did earlier as ii offering a £100 intro (to me as already a/c owner) and free subs for a year (to joiner) to join. It has been a longwinded process whether taht is ii, r EQI, or both or just the process I don't know. ii always said it would be lengthy, so cannot complain to much at rthat. However it all goes over in dribs and drabs, so I kept secure messaging to check on certain things. The only reply I got confirmed they had agreed dates with EQI, but did not tell me dates, I asked for them but was not told. It has all now completed from a start point late in March.
They also managed to sell our european holdings by mistake but they fixed that problem and let me know most of time about that, so was happy in end, though worried it could happen!??
So maybe this is the way all transfers go, but if ii had been more communicative I would have been far happier, when you have best part of £70k being up in the air it is stressful.

Pretty awful day for me, did not do any trades, just watched pretty everything in my p/f's crash, with my star being CWR at 13.5%. Was thinking that was a good buy as I only got £500 in March and a reg invest top up £100 in April and already was making almost £100 profit, now that's gone and some! Bit of a hydrogen bet, maybe the good day for oil added to fall.
Lost over £2k overall maybe I should change my name to ECSDI, the E standing for extra, and it would be a vowel initial as a bonus,
Knezlob

Have put a bit into BARC for a week or so trade at 177. Can't see why it should be hit for 6%, should probably have waited till Tuesday am, but it's a long weekend and I just don't have the patience!
Portuguese GP this weekend see how the Red Bull and Merc battle goes. Also how my local team Williams improves, if they can stop crashing!

M, did hear Barclays figures and Jeff Staley getting ecstatic this morning so had hoped for some up in shares. It is typical though when we see good figures, expect shares to go up and of course at least half the time they don't! I suppose banks have all had such good figures this week that BARC's are looked at as disappointing. I have noticed in past FGP and BARC prices often seem to sync, maybe in part as they sit alongside each other in p/f. Anyway today they haven't, though I was still in FGP too early to have benefitted yet.

C I do like F1, but never been to GP, must be fabulous, though shame the noise has gone. Have been Le Mans a few times but in 80,s and 90's. Would love to go to Spa, have been there when on way to Cz. but not when racing.
Morning all of you I am later than ever, no strategy today, bit zonked, will wait for inspiration!

O, I bailed out of JLP maybe 12 years back, it was in my early days of trading and just a bit of speculation on platinum, I liked the idea of at the time. Surprised they are still going I felt it was all a bit dodgy at the time.
I also see you posted a bit on N91, which I hold, got through Investec, have a good feeling about N91 even if director is a bit crazy, I like a bit of crazy
INVP has had a stellar month if you are in them?

Funny old day for me comfortably up earlier to being a chunk down by tea, bit of football and cricket vernacular, not rugby union like this board might like.
Footie is more me you'll have to put up with me being a pleb., and not a vowel!
Anyway sold HSBA at 257 having bought at 224 inc. costs Monday, so happy with that. FGP doing the opposite, Treacle tips would have told me that. Luckily only put in half of what I had in HSBA so loss still below gains on short term stuff.
V, thanks for that idea of reposting the Treacle stuff, read it and liked, particularly rule 10. one I often follow, more with dithering than decision. Need reread to fully absorb all!
Weird I have found today quite stressful knowing I will have to report to you lot at the end of it all!
I know that's a bit mad, and is a little exaggerated, but it does make me concentrate so no bad thing.

Morning everybody, thankyou all for the welcomes. Another benefit here is you will make me get up earlier, I have been entirely missing pre 8am recently. It is a lovely day here so good to be up and enjoy it even if a little late. No plans for today except sell maybe some HSBA I bought on Monday as my first foray in dayish trading. Have £900 in that and hope to see that make £950, it's close already. I used to use Avast antivirus years back as freeware, I liked it. Company and cyber security must be very different now but if I have a good experience of something I often like to get some shares in it.

Hello, I have been nosing around this board a few days and might like to join in. I have not done day or even short term trading before unless I fluked it. But I would like too, I have more time now than when I started investing. So I would like to hang onto your shirt tails or perhaps braces. Today I bought some FGP, which I already hold. I sold some a month or 2 back at 88p got some today at 77. They might carry a special divi (perhaps 30p) from the sale of US biz recently, I am taking a chance on that. I will sell if they bounce a bit or hang on with rest if don't.
As Nick Bris is here as N, if I gain acceptance you could call me K. which is for my real name, could be Knezlob, but it isn't!

Blimey you two are successful!
Anyway just to add I think you can at least with some ISA's take money out and as long as it is redeposited in same tax year not effect your allowance. I think this is called a flexible ISA, I remember my wife's shares with EQI had something like this possible.
Hope I am correct here as not absolutely certain!??

This is something I have trouble with. Not always a bad thing as keeping shares through thick and thin pays with most.
I often buy quite well, and so have most of my portfolio well in positive territory. However when I buy badly I never manage to sell without an enormous amount of delay. Okay you can stop los, but I just don't like it! Okay you can target a percentage down, but I am more likely to use such taregts to buy and try and average down.
While I have money tied up in some rubbish non performer there are many opportunities going by.
I seem to believe I should never sell unless in profit and waste more money trying get there.
I remember reading somewhere, some investor sold all his shares once a year and started with a clean slate?
I just don't know when to do it, sell that is.
Has anyone got some tips for a prevaricator like me?

There is a new trading broker page on last tab on here. Read through that, I was with Halifax for while (through Motley Fool) I liked them but that was 8 years or so back. Motley Fool then changed supplier to Interactive Investors. They are okay and am happy with them right now, but still feel Halifax was better when I was using them. ii don't charge an annual fee. You need consider how much trading you might be doing, whether some might be international, or regular small amounts, then feed all that in to see which is best suited to you.

If we knew this we wouldn't be mucking about on this chat. Why small stocks? You can make good gains on all size (priced and MC) stocks. I would take care not to put complete faith in posters here or anywhere else for that matter. Be wary as soon as people start posting things like "MM's playing with a share", "wot no RNS's" or "will be RNS soon" and other things trying to justify share movements. If you want look at some young companies that might take off, like in green energy, tech, anything innotative. Read lots, notice things, listen to Radio (4 for me but any not playing just music). If you get some good service or like the idea of things, see if you can get shares in the company and then do a bit of thinking and maybe buy some. Don't over commit, gain experience by winning and losiong but in small amounts.