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Terrific share, love all those diggers.....champion performance over 2-3 years; keep on digging!

Still worth hanging on to SMT unless you need the ££......good buying opportunity, look at 3-5 chart. lucky enough to buy earlier at £8 and £9 approx. I have bought DIG, MNKS and BNKRS- steady, unspectacular. Chrysalis and Fidelity China a disaster. Best ever is AHT, but bought low a while back. Wil look at FUNdSmith and PAT; happy picking

Yes, the chart shows a rising low, I bought back in yesterday, about 20% value of my current SMT holdings, I think it has bottomed out, well worth remember that unless you need the money, the falls we have seen are only paper losses. You will only have lost if you sold, so I think this is a buying opportunity.

Well I bought at 426 and 371 2020-21, on basis of Telegraph or Times article,so considering whether to sit it out or cut losses, currently 22% down might take years to get back to parity, timing is all......do they bring in much dividends?

Yes I think further falls likely, £8-9 would be a good buying price. I bought at £6.50 in 2016, then again at £4.50, so current SP is more than good. However I should have top sliced 10% at £14 in 2018, and at £15 in 2020. Classic chart- look at falling highs to sell or sit tight, and rising lows to buy. Or sit tight as Warren Buffet would do- take a 5-6 year view It's a great Inv Trust, we just need to trust the managers to do their job; currently falling highs......depends on whether you bought at £9 or £13

I think you have to take a 2-3 year view on the performance, and I always think that if it had good fundamentals when you bought in, then you shouldn't panic if the price drops. However I understand that those who bought at or near the 1300-1400 high, then you will be a bit peeved, whereas if you bought at 600-800, as many of us did, you will be quite satisfied despite recent falls. There was an article in the Telegraph recently, advising an investor who was nursing a paper loss of 20% to sell- I couldn't believe it; a good buying opportunity was my thought, and the price has risen by 6% since the article was published. The share price has doubled in the last 2 years, despite recent falls, and I'm sure the excellent management team will be adjusting the portfolio of holdings to suit current market conditions. I note that the Directors are still buying the share- always a good sign. I will hold and continue to buy in the dips- never selling. Too much focus on Tesla, there are other holdings which I believe will provide a steady upward performance.

Absolutely Sorros, those with doubts should study fundamentals, directors' deals, and share chart 1-5 years, not week to week changes, any drop is a buying opportunity if you bought at £13-14, a hold if you bought at £5-7

If you look at 2 year chart, a reasonable time to see peaks and troughs, we have (all approx) 525 April 2019, 600 Jan 2020, 450 April 2020 (this was a low), 1400 Feb 2021 (this was a peak), 1050 Mar 2021 (this was a trough), 1181 early April 2021, 1216 mid April 2021 (now), it seems to me that it is a long-term hold, buying in aliquots at about 1050 or thereabouts, never sell, the fundamentals of this Investment Trust are sound, as are the directors' strategy, that is my strategy- my adventurous nature would like to place my entire portfolio in SMT, but human nature tells me to invest in other Trusts and equities- other favourites are Ashtead (think of all those diggers on building sites), Bankers, Blackrock Throgmorton, Fidelity China Special and Greggs (think of all those veggie sausage rolls selling like hot cakes at service stations)- all good fun...

Looks close to a peak, will recover, brilliant company all those diggers on building sites, look at fundamentals, I might take 5% profits for capital gains allowance, then hold until next dip, then buy buy again, difficulty is judging what constitutes a dip, or a peak........

Yes if you bought in at £4-8 you're still onto a winner, the fundamentals of this Inv Trust and its management team suggests a strong hold, as always take a 2-3 year view, if you have a look at the performance sectors on any comparison website with quartile analysis you will see that SMT is top dollar over 1-2 years, and top of the pops over 3 years, you have to trust the management team which I do, I haven't got the time time to look at individual equities, apart from Ashtead......

Not sure why everyone seems to be selling, classic non-Buffet mistake, great buying opportunity...

Yes I bought at£22 just over a year ago, problem is to know whether to take profits without eroding value of holding, I'm tempted just to sell 10% only

My investment platform is showing value as zero even though I had £5000 worth of shares on Friday, I hope the platforms can get their maths together.....

Absolutely taff, interesting that there are more sellers than buyers, like lemmings off a cliff, don't they know about running with an equity that has sound fundamentals, rather than making a quick profit ie Buffet wisdom; my DD is going in there every month..

I have taken some profits at previous peaks, no more than 10%, but this seems a nice dip to buy in again, I will dip in again at 1005, dips are usually brief and short, can't see major crash but if you already have substantial holdings , won't be a problem- good share to take a 3 year position on.....

It's interesting that after a few days/weeks of setbacks people get worried, this is a cast iron investment trust with a fantastic portfolio, look at performance- 3 mths 10%, 1 yr 24%, 3 yrs 76%. If you look at one week or 1 mth, you might think oh dear it's dropping; I don't look at anything less than 6 mths. I don;t think people understand the market- you need to take a 3-5 year view. I will buy 5% of holdings at troughs ie 20% loss approx, and sell 5% of holdings at peaks ie 20% gain approx. As Warren Buffet says, buy low, sell high........amazing that people sell when SP falls- have a read of James Bartholomew, Diary of Private Investor, Telegraph Money!

Yes just bought £1000 worth at 780, keep buying in the dips. Forget coronavirus; also looking at Scottish Mortgage, Bankers, Mercantile, City of London and Witan- all fabulous buying opportunities.

Yes buying tomorrow morning £1000 worth, if you look at 3 year chart you'll see why- fantastic investment trust- or even 6 months, much lower than today. This is the time to buy in, in 3 years time we will wonder what all the fuss was about coronavirus and the SP will be 850 approx. Actually I wonder if any of today's news will be relevant then.........I will fill my socks with global, European and USA investment trusts, and Greggs

Will buy again at about 560, great investment

Bought at 950 few months back, solid inv trust, recent directors buying = good sign, this is one to buy at dips and hold for income and take modest profits at peaks, need to take 3 year view, tempted to buy another tranche at this price