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Thanks T. I will certainly read up on all your suggestions.

Good evening everyone. A rare weekend posting. Hope you all had a good week, and having a good weekend.
Given the performance of the website (I wish they’d invest in a better server) I’m never to sure whether we’ve got better things to do than post on here, or posts go missing. Anyway, I thought I’d test the waters.

It’s gone half six and I’m sat here in the sun, in garden and having a nice cold beer. Can’t say I do that very often in September.

A while back I talked about swapping my Scottish Widows pension fund for something more adventurous as it had averaged just a 5% return these past few years. However, since beginning of April it’s gone up 6%, whereas my pf has treaded water, even aided by my short term/day trading. So, I’m leaving it where it is, as whoever is looking after it knows more than me!

Pf wise, this past week would have been bad, with sizeable losses increasing on AVON, JDW and Pfizer. These have been more than compensated for by EUA almost doubling. That can’t be a sustainable strategy and I want to unwind AVON and JDW asap, but they are in my maxed out ISA. Fortunately, I don’t need the cash so will hold out for now.

I was browsing on another bb a while back (can’t remember which one, but a heavy poster suggested to a newbie (I think) reading REBMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR. It was published in 1923. Ok, he was an American wheeler dealer without the transparency today, so a lot of it was irrelevant and I don’t think an individual can move the market like he could in the day, but the psychology of individual and collective thinking on investing was interesting and valid today. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60979/60979-h/60979-h.htm
If I followed what he said, I think I should sell AVON as it’s still dropping.
I can’t bring myself to though :)
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Morning all - thanks as ever for all the info.
Pleasant day and weekend ahead. Bought LLOY yesterday, but had to hold overnight to get into profit. A mere £50. I’ve topped up my GGP with a small amount, but will hold long term.

I don’t hold any house builders anymore. I know there are some headwinds, but very good Barratts results led to a fall. The market is a joke-

Morning all. Dull and grey here, but according to forecast warm and sunny from Monday.
T - glad you were able to get out of ROKU without loss
O - well done on those trades on stocks I’ve never heard of :)
Saw EUA pull back a bit, so sold the 10% of my EUA not in my ISA this morning for a 17% profit.
GLA

Morning all. Indeed, sentiment does seem to be positive. Well certainly compared with the last few months.
Insanely, I’m now in good profit with EUA. I’m resisting the temptation to sell as in my mind I’d written the whole investment off (as only a pipe dream). In any case, need to somehow recoup my big loss I’m holding on AVON and small loss on Pfizer.
Off to the allotment this morning, so have a good day all.

You’re flogging a dead horse here. The SP has gone nowhere in 20 years!

Afternoon everyone. Hope you had a good bank holiday weekend and start to week.

My EUA jumped 11% today (no real reason as far as I can tell from a bb, where everyone has gone stir crazy these past 6 months) Still leaves me well under water.

T - Did a trade on LLOY on its initial drop this morning. Was sitting on a £70 profit within a minute but wanted more - and then it was gone. Have had to wait most of the day and have settled for £50.

Looks like Israel is about to embark on 3rd jabs, and U.K. likely to follow.

Evening all. Good finish to a bad week. Hope you’ve all done ok
V - still a nice profit on ABDX though - nice one. And hurrah about GGP. I’m still 4% down, but reassuring to see the Newcrest photos of the substantial mine tunnel entrance. Hoping the price will fly in a years time.
I made a nice one percent on a buy and sale of LLOY today.
Hoping that the Fed announcement today makes the markets more buoyant next week.
Have a good weekend everyone

Morning all. Just checking in to say I hope everyone has a good weekend.
Share wise - Not much to report on that you don’t know already.
As T said, what is going on in the world puts some of our moans or gripes into perspective.
Cheers for now

Morning all. Overcast here too
T -like your ROKU, I’m still down a bit on my Pfizer held the last couple of days. Hoping to sell (again!) today.
I’m off to the allotment this morning to dig up potatoes. Probably more productive use of my time given the market.
Have a good day.

Morning all. Warm and overcast today. Bought a large amount of Pfizer yesterday afternoon on its drop. Was planning to sell on a late recovery - which didn’t happen. Let’s see what this afternoon brings.
GLA

Lovely warm and sunny day today.
Thanks for the info on trading platforms guys.
O - regarding politicians- someone wrote recently that capitalism isn’t the problem, cronyism is.

Disappointing end to FTSE, barely in the blue.
Hope you’ve all had a good day.
While I’m here - Is there an online platform that allows you to:
A. set a buy of a share at a series of different prices which partially fills until the full amount is scooped, or you bring the order to an early close.
B. set a series of sales at different rates of a particular share. Thanks.

Morning all. Warm and overcast. At least the proper last week of summer might be dry, albeit not that sunny.
Hoping for a better week after a near 4% pf loss last week. So far, so good. Sold CARD for a profit on its 10% spike today. Doesn’t appear to be a reason. I might buy back in at some point but I do have concerns about the boards flagging of a potential rights issue a couple of months ago.
T - you are right about AVON not going anywhere. If there was going to be a bounce it would have happened by now. I’m sitting on a 17% loss at mo, as I don’t need the money to trade. It would be good if they could issue a strong RNS about what plans they have to address the issues and confirm they have enough cash or borrowing facilities.
All the best with the ASC though.
GLA.

That didn’t last long. Just sold my housebuilders Bellway and Taylor Wimpy for an 8 and 5 percent loss. Can’t see them recovering any time soon and will continue drifting down. They probably rocket now! :)

T & O. Agree with your sentiments. I was toying with the idea of selling almost all my pf a month or so ago when you guys mentioned all the uncertainty until the autumn. I didn’t want to crystallise any losses and there was the FOMO given all the good news about earnings which seem to count for nothing at the mo. Hindsight is a wonderful thing :)

Morning all. Don’t know what is going on with the site, but I posted a reply to T twice yesterday and they disappeared.
Anyway, thanks T - 90 minutes hovering over the NVDA sell button wasn’t an ideal way to spend my time.
Pf wise it’s been bad this week. Time for a rest from trading today.
Have a good day all.

Afternoon all. My earlier post disappeared, reappeared and disappeared!
I’d like to thank you all for the fingers crossed. Just now, I was able to close out my my terrible NVDA position (down 6% at one point) for a £40 profit. Lesson learned for me here. Don’t put a huge wedge in on a binary market reaction bet during uncertain times. Now can you all do the same for T’s HOOD and our AVON. :)

Morning all. Dreadful start to the day market wise.
T - in after hours trading NVDA ended 4% higher than the closing price. If it holds on opening I ought to sell for a small loss and then keep my powder dry for a while during this uncertain period. You notice the word “ought” :)
GLA