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best way to get burnt is by investing because of what you think should happen rather than playing the market in front of you.
Your money should be fine here and who knows maybe will move, but I think there are much better opportunities out there and the last few months it seems most investors agree.
On the other hand this has moved 2p in the last 6 months and pays no dividend so basically the same as it siting in a bank account.
Shell, BP, Glencore, Ferrexpo, Evraz, Rio all up big in that time and paying dividends, and I don't remember any of them needing to take on more debt.
Like I said plenty of better options at the moment compared with online retail sector.

I doubt boo will be going more than about 10% in either direction from here in then next 3-4 months.
online retail is so last year!
Good company so will do well long term but no one cares about Boo, Asos, etc it's all about offline retail, travel and tourism and O&G and miners. Even Amazon is only up 1% since the start of the year.
If the figures are terrible it will crash but we all know they won't be, if they are amazing the market will just say we figured, and move on.
In a few months money might start trickling back here, but not until what is being seen as easy gains from opening up stocks slows down so July, August at the earliest.
All IMO of course and leaving some money in here as only a fool thinks he definitely knows what the market will do but the last 5 months is the trend and I don't see it stopping, even the Astra Zenica vaccine issues are being ignored

This morning is the response I was hoping for, I don't have a fortune here so maybe it's easier for me to let it ride but would advise some who have most or all of their portfolio in one stock to consider spreading it out

"Ukraine’s Covid crisis has deepened with record numbers of infections and deaths reported this morning. Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says 433 people died in the past 24 hours and 19,893 new cases were reported. The capital Kyiv has imposed a strict lockdown."

From BBC. This would be a bigger concern short term if they start locking down business

It's loving life

Hard to find a mining company not in a country with political issues, Ukraine, Congo, Chile, USA!
Part of why you get good dividends and with the amount of big infrastructure projects the US, China and Europe gave planned Iron is going to be hugely under supplied in the short to medium term.
DYOR

I won't be selling.
Could be famous last words, but given where in Ukraine our mines are, I can't see them being inside a conflict zone.

If Russia do invade, I can only imagine it would be to link the Crimea to the rest of Russia, not to annex half of Ukraine which would need to happen.
If it drops more it could be a good entry as it has run a lot the last few months.
For now I'll hold

The register date is the date the company actually register who owns what shares in order to share out the dividend.
For us as investors this date means nothing as what the company will register is who held what shares at the end of trading the day before ex-dividend day (that's why today is called 'ex- dividend' it's after it'.
The reason for the lag is to determine who exactly owns the shares. For eg if you use Hargreaves Lansdown as a broker, when you put an order for 1000 shares you aren't really buying it, HL are and adding it to your account. So the gap is to ensure there is no mistake between people who sell just before the close still getting a div, or people who buy just before not getting it.
Anyone selling today will still get the dividend and anyone buying today will not.

Hope that helps a bit.
:new-to-market the reason FXPO are down over 8% is because the total dividend amount has now been taken out of the company's market cap (because it's set aside as share holder money now not company money even though it won't be shared out for a few weeks). If the ex-div date was tomorrow you wouldn't be getting as low a price to buy in today.

@lucky
For the div you had to buy in by end of trading today.
You can sell first thing tomorrow and you will still get the dividend, I don't see that a valid tactic as share price will fall by same amount as the dividend (all things being equal which I know they are not).

BTW if people want to know more on 100 baggers the below YouTube is a very good top 5 takeaway.
youtu.be/cvSeEVuhmwY
One important thing is size,Boo is not a puppy anymore

I have to disagree power, I think you are in love with this share and that is just as dangerous to less competent investors as someone who is always negative for no reason.
I'm afraid you come across as someone who would have been standing with Jim Cramer in '08 saying hold Bear.
You say read F times every day and do research, which is correct, but then you yourself never act on that research if it says there are reasons to sell.
If your level is really 40p ish meaning despite your positive outlook you never added any time this dropped below 250 then maybe this could 100 bag for you.
At this level it's possible but extremely unlikely Boo will become a £400B company.
That would mean being similar market cap to Alibaba. Possible but incredibly unlikely.

That said I expect it will be higher than it is now. Currently it's cheaper than before we bought the latest 2 groups of brands so buying now will get those for free.
It could go low again as growth stocks are priced on future revenue which gets eaten away with inflation.
Personally I don't think we'll get very high inflation, current high cost of commodities I believe is more down to lack of supply then from money printing.
There will be spike in summer probably when countries start to leave lockdown behind and that may be when to buy here or other growth or tech stocks but the world has been doing QE since 2009 and yet US, UK and Europe can't even get inflation up to the 2% average they target.
DYOR

energy companies aren't sexy like biotech or cannabis stocks.
As said though this is a very good, solid company to have in your portfolio and no reason why the business shouldn't continue to grow

Especially as many standalone coffee shops will have gone under cutting competition

some guy who never did a day's work in his life, just waiting for his mum to die.
and his uncle is a paedo but we don't hear anything from the press because he's white and from england so doesn't match their reader profile (allegedly/not allegedly)

It really is impressive.
130m for the whole year to August last year.
100m in 6 months whilst all the stores are closed really speaks to a powerful online offering and very strong brand.
Not worried about the lack of dividend here as prefer at this stage for them to be growing and the board seem to know what they are doing.

I 'think' it is just tech stocks in general falling.
tech stocks are priced on future profits and now the market is getting worried about inflation those future profits are reduced.
If it was just us I'd be more worried, but nasdaq and other UK tech stocks are down the last few days too.
Don't know when the bottom will be, I don't see mass inflation but do expect there to be a spike when countries reopen so may not have a bottom for a couple months. Probably should have waited a bit before buying more here but looking to set another SP level so if it hits that I'll look at adding more as the company fundamentals haven't changed nor has the industry

I think you are right UncleJohn,
There doesn't seem to be any fundamental change here, the company and competition are the same as last week and even last year. Also a sector that is expanding.
It's always easier to view shares when you don't own them, so I know I am biased towards the up side as otherwise I'd have made a mistake buying in but I don't see any big dangers currently, still a leader in an expanding industry.

I 'think' the reason tech is selling off is the fear of inflation.
Tech companies are priced on future earning and inflation eats away at those future earnings worrying people.
I am not sure we will see very high inflation in UK because technology itself in deflationary (how much was a mobile or computer 20 years ago?) so added some more today. There's no knowing where the sell off may end but I we are in good value territory here assuming you're timeframe is a reasonable length.

Msoft has been out since mid last year so seems unlikely it's the cause of yesterday's drop.
I think it's more likely the US tech selloff being replicated here.
RPA is expected to grow very quickly and we are one of the global leaders so are well placed.
Also there was something in the budget about firms reinvesting able to cut their tax so I don't know if there was something else in the budget I missed but with current assets larger than total debt to me this seems well placed to be a success.
DYOR

it's a big drop and i don't like when there is no news for it.
My Avast shares dropped 3% so it may just be an anti-tech day and with the previous drop maybe people have paper hands.
I don't see there being anything too dangerous here, they have about 140m debt and the same in cash so no big risk.
Unless it jumps big first thing tomorrow I'll buy some more as by then i'd expect any bad news to be out

personally i wouldn't go into cine or RR either.
Both are reliant on decisions outside their control and I don't even mean lockdowns.

I think cinemas will struggle now movie companies, especially the likes of disney, realise how much money they can keep by streaming new releases. Also people in general have got used to streaming now.
I think cinemas will still be around but think there has been a permanent move away from them.

airlines can decide how many planes they use, schedules they run, etc so can adapt to slow downs in business but RR is completely reliant on them flying as much as possible otherwise they suffer.
RR at least has a strong moat as one of only 2 companies that make engines for bigger planes, but even there airlines seem to be moving to smaller, more efficient planes for more of their routes as engines improve the distance smaller (one aisle) planes can fly.

Just my own insight, obviously do what you think is right.

I'm looking at adding slowly to IAG over next few months as see it as one of the winners over the next few years given it's strong (comparatively) financial position and the likelihood more smaller airlines will fail allowing an increase of market percentage to be grabbed.