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Hello, have seen you around a few bbs. Just to let you know I sold first thing this morning. Hope it keeps rising for you but I'm going off on holiday and had another personal reason to sell. The divi here is no longer worth the wait these day. Only thing that has seemed certain about this share over the past couple of years is that, if it falls under £7, it is never there for long. Don't take it personally that you have had no reply from Mick/Old Joe. I don't think he engages in dialogue on the lse bbs. There are a few like that about. atb

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/vision-for-5-million-sports-direct-store-in-lochee-unveiled-1.854287

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/25/sports-direct-backstreet-outfit-mps-parliamentary-inquiry

As always please excuse the typos. lol atb.

Hello, retail management eh. I put something on my cv which alarmed the interviewer when I tried to step up from Saturday girl to full-time retail management. Said my interests were philistine. Meaning only that I wasn't really into opera or ballet except mainly Spandau Ballet at the time. The interviewer asked me if I knew who were the Philistines enemies were and I didn't but thanked him for the knowledge. Previously listed company A J Goldberg & Son - relatively few cash transactions mainly 3 months interest free or 9 months credit for purchases. Faired better with M and S on the milkround but had to be prepared to be mobile like the more senior ranks of the civil service so not for me. Got a young relatively doing very well from a risk management education with Primark. I'm an amateur psephologist these days. Come up with a fourth theory that in addition to voting with the wallet, the heart and the brain, people vote with the boot. Well I suppose all shares go up and down, spd being no different. As long as neither you nor I bought any here at £9 or did you say £11 then we're alright jack.

You see - not a cheep from anybody and I put a to for a too, a their for a there and a your for a you're and appalling sentence structure in that last post in the hope of getting somebody to say something. Nothing. Best chance you've got is to say £7 by Easter or £5.50 by the end of the week. Did you not hold Apple shares as well. You see there are some folk tend to think if they and other foreign based companies paid more tax to the UK then we might be able to afford to give all our students free tuition and a student grant and they might not be so dependent on part-time jobs in cafes and shops with hours to suit the business. If you ask the students though they might say a job with some hours is better than no job with no hours. Not really sure what's new in all of this. Not be the first time I've been in a restaurant where the staff have been sent home because it was quiet on a particular night or heard of the waiting staff who got a call late on a Friday night to say don't bother coming in at 5 in the morning for the breakfasts as there is no wedding on in the hotel that weekend and therefore not 60 odd tables needed served over a short 2 hour period for a £2 share of the tips. Have you tried the joggers from spd btw.

Soundinvestments as a former big wig in spd, you'll be all to aware of the fact that there are not vast quantities of individuals or parents can afford to be too image conscious. In fact, if you buy your kid an away top with the number 10 and Tevez name on it, he is likely to stick out like a sore thumb down at the astroturfs and be taking some ribbing from his mates who are wanting to know if they are going to be invited up for caviar for tea. Said kid might not even be appreciative either telling you that he wanted a home shirt with the no 23 and Vidal name on it but it costs quite a lot to send these extortionate tops back to posh retailers and your stuck with it and the thought that buying something like this as a Christmas or birthday treat might not necessarily be turning your child into a nice person or even one with character. But seriously, though, you had a well paid job at sports direct and you and your wife bought vast quantities of shares in the company, the fact is that there are very few people out their with loads of savings who are going to benefit from this tax break for savers announced in the budget - not with interest rates where they are and is there any point in looking at a new cash isa - something banks, building societies and investors are probably pondering right now. Saturation point - new concessions going into Tesco and debs so maybe some extra customers from that route. Just felt you had gone to a lot of bother and your posts deserved a reply. Retail management then the thing to be in if you have the time and money to be concerned about long and short positions in stocks. all the best.

As Ian Davidson, the chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee once said in Parliament "Who cares" or as Charlie Kennedy answered recently on Question Time when asked about the most recent Clarkson of the beeb incident "Frankly my dear, I don't give a " Gone with the Wind style. I don't hold here but am mildly interested in the points you have raised. In fact, I have just won a bet that there would be no early reply to your post I can only assume that nobody is bothered about the lack of a divi here as they were in it for the capital growth like you, your wife and Tilly or that people see this as a trading share and so the lack of a divi is neither here nor there.

Just you be careful. The Americans got their hands on your Dairy Milk and the Swiss or the Belgians might be after your other choc bars lol. I thought it was the end of the world this morning then I remembered the eclipse. Good views of the Aurora Borealis here but better in Iceland that's why mum's go there lol. Funnily enough there is to be an organised star gazing night on my next holiday. Might encourage the kids to dust down their dad's telescope in the garage and nobody at the back to annoy and no light pollution. Nice one here for you Bonz xx.

on my classic plus account I should have said.

on my classic account being maintained now. ?

Really! I would doubt any of that given that there is a divi and possible takeover or sale of non core assets to come here. I guess you have finished on the fres bb.

I'm Old Joe.

Miners are just like the supermarket sector or any other sector for that matter: there's not a single bb poster was able to predict with pinpoint accuracy how low they wold go or when the falling would stop. If you get yourself a chunk of the middle ground then you are doing well in my books atb.

Did trade the volatility here last week fairly easily without being glued to the computer and going out and about to celebrate a family birthday. I remember first taking an interest in fres when its shares were exchanging hands at over £16 not too many years ago. Should anybody have been buying then: probably not. Best time to buy a share: usually when there is blood on the streets. ATB

From time to time with all the various links etc. some with positive and some with negative perspectives. Wouldn't be capable or want to absorb a fraction of what is written. Simple fact is, as I have posted here before, fres rarely stays below £7 for long. Will this time be any different?.

I think I had better leave this bb free for anybody still invested here to comment on the results. The divi is back as promised. As you know from elsewhere, I have diverted some of my investments into spending on my kids. Lego has said on what used to be our favourite bb that it is all down to luck. I agree to some extent but I think you can make a few intelligent guesses as well sometimes and can be pleased if you read 9 out of 10 share prices correctly in the short term and, if you have chosen wisely, chances are the tenth will come very good at some point which kind of fits in with your own school of thought. Happy to know that I have learned when people are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of others on the bbs and elsewhere and would never be in a situation where anybody would take the rise out of me again in shares cyber world. ATB PS Car delivery soon - driving instructors not struggling for business and unwilling to travel 15 minutes down the road to gain an additional pupil.

Played out as I thought - to infinity and beyond lol . Well done!

You'll be wishing you were a wee bit older for the Pensioner's Bonds lol. I gather the website was so busy it crashed. Have had all kinds of problems with N S I Children's bonds both new applications and maturing ones in terms of id, direct transfers and other requirements. My sister bought them for the kids for years ago but she is no longer allowed to apply. No such problems with Children's isas with the Scottish Friendly Society and free toys and gift vouchers thrown in. You are probably right about an old banger being too scary for a new driver. Braces on teeth = no more thorntons. Foreign holidays with friends though my signature is still required, family holidays and I am not too sure what time there will be left to learn to drive over the summer so maybe I should hold onto my shares with last night's news! Not traded rbs much since the consolidation and - with no divi - trading is all you can do with it , gave up on Lloyd's in the 70s, hsba more scandalous than some of the retailers I have been courting and barc's quarterly divi has been better than a poke in the eye with a stick as somebody used to say. Have a good weekend.

I have a classic plus account here - 5% interest on balances of up to £2000 which is as much as I would want to keep in a current account the majority of the time. Like to moan a lot but like to give credit where it's due as well and was on the receiving end of good customer service here last month. Didn't hold the flotation shares as you know and am about to sell the only bank shares I hold (not Santander fortunately) as son might want a course of driving lessons and an old banger in the summer. All so complicated these days with the theory test which draws from 3 or 4 separate publications instead of just the good old Highway code, throw in a few resits of both the practical and theory test and you can see why I am selling some shares to fund the whole thing. We can't all afford three Rollers in the driveway and garage like you you know. Guess your old colleagues will be enjoying the fuel prices at the moment atb.