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How on earth did this get to 48p last year? Will it ever happen again?

Up one step and back two all due to indicies in the US

may as well not have a UK market

every stock is a kind of skittle which more likely than not gets knocked over

Apologies to all but I bought some today. That always means one thing e.g.a fall to 225

There have been a lot of quite large buys in the last few days which might indicate institutions are taking a punt rather than MM tactics to keep trades going?

Yes most UK stocks are traded rather than treated as investments - since they're not. Can only make money if you trade the swings, but a lot of the time dips don't recover or at least takes ages to do so. One loser requires at least 3x winners to make up for it. BARC looks like a top up at 140 but then it'll probably go to 120!

Sold out today as the sp decline exceeds the dividend.

My thoughts are simply that the UK is a dead duck. All my UK stocks are in the red vs all my overseas funds (mostly US) being in the black.

It's really all about what the city thinks.

Sfor has fallen steadily at a rate of about 13p/month for the past year. Still think it'll bomb out in some way at around 6-10p.

Even Vodafone haven't declined at that rate. At least it pays a dividend. But again the city hates it.

Yes it looks like it's in or near top up territory. Maybe we can get back to 160 before too long.

I like boxthefox's approach but getting the entry and exits right is the challenge.

Well it might be bouncing off a low. Never know with TEP. The relationship between how the business is doing and the sp is almost non-existant. At leat |I can;t fathom it.

Looks like 400p is around the support level. So historically, this would be a good entry level. Mining out of favour cos of china woes probably.

Let's hope so. I'm also in SKG.

SMDS was well regarded by the market. Not sure what might have dented it. Minimum broker target has been 360 in recent years.

Decent dividend anyway.

I can't see any insti buy since end Dec??

Bought a small amount today. got them at 152. Looking at the NT site he paid 157.

P/E < 5. If that isn't good value for a steady earner which has a total monopoly I don't what is.

The enduring truth is that if I buy it will drop. Just the same for everything else. I've long wondered how that can be 100% the case - defying the laws of chance.

Sp is 20% down on this time last year.

Question is whether it will sink lower or come back? 38p or 48p in the medium term?

LLoyds isn't a growth stock and is a kind of bellweather for all the ails in the UK economy and more.

So what exactly will cause the sp to double?

Directors either know the sp will likely fall further or are being prevented from buying for some reason or other.

It seems to me that day trading is what keeps the sp at or around this level. Given the spread it's a gamble putting on a buy.

Yet the sp is back on a downtrend. SKG not getting anywhere either.

TEP is a company favoured by the likes of simply wall st and the Fool but which keeps suffering these big falls. Could it simply be a lack of investor interest an/or the fact that real profit growth is limited?