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I'm generalising here but I assume your average poster is male and between 40 and 65. The chance of this average poster knowing how the ave Bohoo buyer thinks is pretty slim. We seem to have the blind leading the blind and coming up with numbers plucked from the sky, just as long as it fits their narrative.
There is a whole lot of guess work being bandied about here. Hope nobody gets taken in by this blatant coordinated negative posting. Atb

I think this comment from Ezzy is a year out of date.

There are a lot of people on this chat taking great joy in others losses. Very sad state of humankind IMO. Best to ignore them. Constructive negative comments are always welcome but not the sort I am reading here.

IMO, fear of inflation tearing into profit is being taken advantage of by people who have shorted. This will turn eventually and patience is key here. If this business remains profitable even in such conditions, it bodes well for the future. I have been accumulating steadily under 100. DYOR and Buy when others are fearful and be patient. These principles have served me well so far and I am happy to back myself and not be intimidated by stuff posted here. All the best LTH's.

Well done Stockready. You have taken some negative chat on the chin and stayed positive throughout about prospects here. I'm glad you were right!

Well done Nomad. Spot on.

CR888, I have 25% of my portfolio in shel so will be very happy to see 2400 in 3 months too. Although OP is much better than pre-pandemic, consumption is still lower - so we ought to keep our feet to the ground for now. Looking very promising for a 2-3 year sustained performance so hopefully it will get to 2400 and well beyond. ATB

Agree Nomad, sitting on my hands and leaving my shares in shel untouched is the best thing i've done. Very pleased indeed. Was considering a trim after 20 but i've revised my target as others seem to be doing too. Lets the good runners run....

Beatroot - agree entirely. The public are being goaded by the headline hunting media that only care about clicks. Any penalty to UK O&G companies will backfire as they will move HQ's to other location and then the UK does not even get the corporation tax. Shell and BP must be paying enormous amounts in tax - but the headlines only take of pre-tax profits. The fact that the SP is still about 25% off pre-pandemic levels and dividends are also lower is not mentioned. The fact we had to endure 18 months of decimated SP is completely ignored. Shareholders took the risk. That is the way of the markets. Seems the UK media wants to have the cake and to eat it.

It makes sense not to make a song and dance about profits in the current political climate. I hope we see debt reduction and share buybacks as the main thrust. A small divi rise is realistic but too much will attract negative headlines. Good luck all.

AHL departing will spook the rest. Bodes well. ATB and stay positive.

Daytradenovice, you seem to be coming across as a mean and vindictive person. I don't know what history you and Doug have, but you ought to change your name to Captainhindsight IMO.

Agree. Poor show from nofear. He/she is on several boards doing much the same. Not great.

Rupans, cheers :)

Thanks Rupans and JoeSoap. Reassuring.

The pandemic has made people cautious of cruises and we all remember the outbreaks in 2020 that caused the massive negative news stories.
What has happened since? Have the modifications worked? If yes, why are cruise companies not shouting this from the roof tops?
The slide in SP is a tad frustrating. I intend to hold long term but was hoping for better by now.

What will it change to?

Thanks Happy. Great post.
My thinking is the only sure winner from a conflict involving Russia and the west is China. Putin will know this. The other issue is although the people of Ukraine will suffer the most, Russian troops will die too as will Russian speaking Ukrainian folk. A legacy Putin will not wish for. He is 70 and his power will be on the decline, even if it remains very high still. All despots pass on or are disposed. A reassuring reality of life. Putin is no mug. He knows this and will want his legacy to remain the hard man who returned Russia to be a force and respect.
So for what its wither, my sense is there will be no war. Even if there were war, the 80% of BP that is not Russia dependent, will do rather well and overcome the any negative.
If war happens, Shell will do better than BP however I feel due to the limited exposure to Russia. It is the way the cards fall. BP have done very well with the income from Rosneft so risk of Russian politics is the downside that has to be accepted. I have maintained my entire holding in both at 50:50 and have no intention of changing this.
ATB.

I'm really puzzled by the negative chatter here. Honestly, we produce oil, oil price is going steadily up which means more income than anyone forecast, including Mr Market.
By all means sell if you want to, its your perogative. I'm staying right here.

Happy, thanks for all the posts. Some of us very much value your contributions, so please continue. Cheers.

Simply put, the CEO needs to go. There is no chance of justice until then. Turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Surely in all this time they will have found someone to replace him?

Long way of any significant actual settlement if any. I think by the time this happens, the world will have moved on and it will be a side show.
Why shorts are increasing is a puzzle of course but investors need to stay calm and carry on. Shorters will come and go. ATB