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Not a good day unfortunately everything is showing red today, hopefully 2023 will be a better year, unless you believe in father xmas and your expecting a xmas rally, you never know, it's been thank goodness for dividends topping up the portfolio this year

Compound, i think it was all the somethings brewing here that bumped you up on the ramper list last year, we just have to hope the new CEO and board of directors can make the right decisions to reduce debt and increase profits here

Of course it's good to have a positive outlook on life as Daniel says, nobody wants to talk to some some miserable git who moans all the time, but also you have to get f**king real as well, nobody's going to be jumping with joy here if they are losing thousands of pounds so expect some mixed feelings , but don't buy in here unless you think this will get better in the next year or two and maybe better to do it in a few stages as I'm sure everyone must be aware this can drop further yet
gla

Hi Dan, you better stay here and motivate us then, and no slacking, i am number 6 ramper you know -;)

Done my bit just added some more, did some one say god help us lol

You won't get on that list if your easily offended for sure, not a place for the faint hearted, come on rampers get this share moving up

Cheers android, but i can't see yourself on the list, you may have to put more effort in lol

I must be on that top ten list, but not sure if I'm a ramper or deramper lol

Chickens not eggs, but never mind lol

denfos, you know what they say, don't count your eggs until they have hatched, i expect this will probably be over a £1 some time next year, but right now nobody knows if it has further to drop, if we did everyone would be buying now

Hi soton, i agree with you, but as you know with hindsight we could have sold off some of those shares when they reached there peak last year and bought them back for a lot lot less this year, if only we could have a peek into the future ?
but back to reality i would be surprised if we get a repeat of the same highs and lows next year, so it's hold on tight for me at least until we see things getting a lot better
but of course everyone one must do what they feel is right for their circumstances
best of luck all

Hi Devon, don't get me wrong I'm not complaining about the current sp, this is currently one of my best performers
with lgen coming in as number 2 others dlg/mng/lloyds and vod in that order
just saying i think come April when most are going exdiv, I'm not expecting any fireworks with the share prices and expect it will be a time for holding and taking dividends for some time yet, assuming and hoping the dividends don't get cut of course then the income will be a good help while we are waiting for a meaningful improvement in share value

Dan, get yourself back here Amigo, the board has been taken over by a bunch of accountants who think they know how to run the company better than the current board of directors, well they could be right of course ?
If you and Mikey have just given up here, then god help the rest of us as another poster put's it
so come on Dan & Mikey we need your opinions here now

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not expecting much increase in the share price for this April exdiv, due to the state the country is in, but my biggest hope for now is that all my shares keep paying full dividend until inflation etc, and the economy in general is looking more prosperous

Hi Compound, thanks for those useful tips, best thing i did this year was sell off a lot of underperforming funds and bought more dividend paying shares when the prices were low, so far they are all still paying full dividends and providing income when the share prices are down, with hindsight had i sold off some of my shares when they were at there top price last year i could have bought some of them back at a lot lower price, will have to keep looking for good opportunity's and potential growth
cheers

Hi Fleccy, i always have to give you 10 out of 10 for your positive thinking, but of course everyone's circumstances are different and it depends on how long term you want to wait to get your return of capital
This has been a difficult few years for making profit from shares or funds and i expect it's been the same for most investors unless you were lucky enough to invest in something like the oilers at the right time, below is an article i have just been reading with hl
In September 2022, about three quarters of the FTSE 100 constituents failed to provide a positive return, with almost half generating negative returns of over 5%. It’s unlikely that even the most diverse UK share portfolio would avoid a drop in value in this scenario. We call this ‘market risk’, the risk that the entire stock market falls.

The second type of risk is stock specific. The individual company you own could run into problems. Perhaps because its competitive position has weakened or it’s particularly exposed to high inflation and interest rates

I have 4 shares i could name all paying good dividends and although they drop just like anything else, you can be pretty sure your capital with be returned at some time each year, then you have the more difficult shares like Vodafone and Lloyds , several years later and they are still in loss, it does make you wonder just how many years you have to wait to get your capital returned on some shares, even my best performing funds have lost around 40% of the profit they built up in previous years
thankful i I'm not in any rush to sell, but a bull market would be more than welcome

theluckyguy, for anyone who's owns these shares at a higher price it's pretty obvious this is not good as they will have lost more of their capital than they have received in dividends, this is always the danger with investing in individual shares
as the saying goes it's not how much you can afford to invest it's how much you can afford to lose, unfortunately it's not a very nice experience when it happens, and most of us will end up in this situation at some time or other
everyone has their own opinion, but i don't think anyone knows if this is the bottom or not, the possibility of a dividend cut could be a game changer, but there will always be winners and losers, anyone who gets in here at the bottom will most likely make a good profit when things get better, and good luck to them that's what we all try to do
unfortunately though you do get a minority of posters who just want to mock others losses, a bit sad really
best of luck all

nothing wrong with being a trolley boy, much better than being a gutter boy ?

Welcome back to the vod board Compound, nice to get your valued opinions here again

Good luck mikey, i have sold off my recent top up up at 91p for 90.46 took a small loss, but too risky here at the moment
Gla