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Hi Armani Its been a while... can catch up on the old GS board

This was taken from the news on here and it appears that BP are conflicted.

Maybe these wishy washy investors are selling up. Then they can invest in other green companies but not in oil.

As PANG said earlier this could be causing some of the drop

Nearly 50 major investors in the firm called on bosses to let them vote on potential plans to scrap its climate goals recently.

The group of investors, which includes Scottish Widows, Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers and Royal London Asset Management arm, wrote to BP last week to say they expect a say on any plans.

A spokesperson for Royal London Asset Management said it is "concerned about the company's continued investment in fossil fuel expansion".

It appears odd as the Gold spot price dropped like a stone from 2 pm onwards and I can’t see any news that’s caused it. Apparently its profit taking after hitting record highs.

Irritatingly its dragged PAF down with it.

A happy share to tuck away in the ISA if you are an income seeker but..........

Legal & General results predicted to see share buyback surprise

Published: 16:05 20 Feb 2025 GMT. ............. Its hardly going to be a surprise with it plastered all over the internet

I can’t see this getting anywhere near 26p this share is still in an uptrend and has been up trending since January 2024. Its been a bad week that’s all. It is still holding above support 1.

The whole stock market is in a state of stress at the moment. People are very edgy and press the sell button on any bizarre news.

We have seen it all before.. Subprime … Covid Ukraine. . Even the Nasdaq 100 has taken a massive dive today and they are all Tech shares. There is no need to worry shares go up and down it’s the nature of the market.

SP looking better.. Gold up on Trump tariff worries

Looking at the end of day share price it’s more or less the same as yesterday but looking at the size of the daily candle it looks like there was less selling today than yesterday. A sort of a mix but looking at the volume there were more buys than sells but I suppose some of the sells were big sells. So we end up back were we were yesterday. Technically we are sitting on support 1 level. Its certainly very oversold now and we can hope that most people who wanted to sell have done so.

On a positive note Pan African Resources PLC (PAF:LN) PT Raised to GBP0.55 at BMO Capital

Raj Ray

Feb 13 2025

BMO Capital analyst Raj Ray raised the price target on Pan African Resources PLC (PAF:LN) to GBP0.55 (from GBP0.45) while maintaining a Outperform rating

Ive been in and out of this share many times and its always done very well for me. I am back in again today. This is worth a watch from 15th of February https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1066295/pan-african-ceo-on-gold-output-expansion-icymi-1066295.html

Congrats Matt The B on your retirement . let us know how your P/F is going ?

Armani ive been watching you on the Barratt board .Ive been in and out of that one a few times and thanks for your list of holdings.

Gs Hope your new job is going well and your P/F. let us know?

My cash currently still generating 5.47% pa In virgin bond accounts used for monthly income.

Holding Shell in the ISA at the moment Ive been trading the Nasdaq and Dax and Euro Gbp.on leverage.

Upgraded my car to a Audi Q3 so all in all not too bad GL all

Thanks GS for Comp results. Congrats to Matt the B for KRI an astonishing recovery from October 23 onwards..

Patting myself on the back for RR also a stellar performance but sadly for me i sold too early to benefit from all of the rise but got some of it. Commiserations GS for Deltic I also had high hopes for Deltic I but lost touch with it.

Currently i am in the cave and sweeping it out but its freezing cold in here.

Have we paid the gas bill GS or are we on a heat pump now?

No sign of Armani too cold for him i suppose or lounging in the heat eating sausage rolls and Greggs pasties.

My entry for this year is Manchester & London investment trust MNL it’s an AI tech trust with Microsoft and Nivdia the two top holdings.

Keep it real guys and good luck all

I all got stopped out of my shares during the summer on the last big drop .

I had high hopes for my wife’s holding in her Sipp with the advent of the NYSE listing.. Ha ha what a bunch of morons the directors of this company are................. Sold the entire holding for her just now..

I now have the cheerless task of going to tell her how much money she has lost on my recommendations.

Happy Christmas everybody HA HA

Hi Guys good to see Armani posting... All looking good for now....... I am only in LGEN and EPIC. Epic should exchanging our shares for cash at the end of this month in its cash return.. Its been a brilliant monthly divi payer so I will have to find something else.

I added more bonds this year as i need income more than growth.and happy with that as no risk

I am currently managing my wife’s Sipp, sadly its underwater hopefully next year will be better. DEC Diversified Energy has just had a 20 -1 share consolidation and is about to join the NYSE so I will be keeping an eye on that .

I am still day trading F/X and commodities two or three days a week with varied results but still active daily going long or short and making a few quid now and then.

Happy Christmas to all lone cavers and some special mentions ……Firstly to GS for keeping the faith and organising the competition plus the lights on and cave open well done GS …. To Matt the Brave for his extremely helpful and useful advice on pensions to me this year and his share thoughts in general.

Lastly to Armani as he is often in my thoughts when I walk pass Greggs and trip over the queue of people snaking around the street all eagerly awaiting to get in …. I myself wishing I had some … no not a sausage roll or a pasty bus Greggs shares lol

Sad to say I was Stopped out today ..As a long term holder its very disappointing indeed. A hefty loss to boot

My balance is going in government bonds currently paying 6.2% P/A with no risk..... Good luck all holders

I am in a similar situation to Simon paid with averaging 78P had dividends yes but still in a loss and even more so if you account for inflation.

The RNS says Following the announcement of its Strategic Review on 16 March 2023, the Board of Ediston Property Investment Company plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement for the sale (the "Disposal") of the entirety of the EPIC Group's property portfolio (the "Property Portfolio") to RI UK 1 Limited (the "Purchaser"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Realty Income, for cash consideration of £200.8 million, prior to agreed deductions of approximately £4.0 million (in aggregate, the "Consideration").

Ok so its bad enough that £4 million immediately disappears so shouldn’t that leave £196 million but then they say after completion they expect to have £152.2 million so using simple arithmetic £200.8 million minus £152.2 million equals £48.6 million so where the hell is that going ?

£48.6 million where is it going

As per usual with anything to do with money and the markets, money just vanishes and the shareholder who has loyally stuck by the company losses out.

Hi Guys, caves full of tumble weed and not a lot to report but still here and trading the market every day . It seems to get harder.. Good luck all cavers

Hi guys Is the market broken? Yes I think it is… temporally at least.

FTSE goes nowhere… too many Financials and Oil and gas that hold it back and not enough Tech!

It’s just in a mess at the moment. Plenty of good dividend shares but zilch growth.

I have parked up all my cash in Virgin and Wise account… Wise give me 4.22% on GBP 4.79% on USD and 2.83% on Euros.. I hold and exchange real money in this account and I use my wise account as any other normal bank account. There are no restrictions and I get my interest every month which is great for income.

I am holding some dividend shares which I now use for income…

Has investing and trading worked for me long term? A resounding yes but it’s taken a great deal of my time needed a huge amount of attention and switching back and forth etc.

Good luck all

Couldn’t agree more re Legal and General Matt and even cheaper now. The market is crazy.

You can pick up Marston’s for 30 p Vodaphone down at 75 P ..... ITV 70 p... 888 at 70 p .. Purple Bricks at 4p

Just noticed that iEnergizer has delisted. I use to trade them around the £5 mark dropped to 50 p before they delisted.

Is the market broken?

I’m holding a few stocks but mainly trading F/X and bizarrely it’s become slightly more predicable.

GL all

Share drop last week……. Nothing drastic in my view...... Nomad change and a director change.

Some unnecessary pre jittery fat finger trades dragged it down.

Hanging on….. Good luck all

IG had it suspended for a while with ''In Auction'' symbol at the side of it.

Its back to normal trading something happened but dont know what yet

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