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I'd take Vettel. Would be even better if they could get Hamilton and Toto Wolff in though.

35.31 is the 52 week low from 16th March, 2020. Looks like that low is going to be tested tomorrow.

The fact that Aston Martin will be in Formula One and receiving global television coverage should hopefully help to improve brand awareness around the world and drive sales.

Nice to see this steadily rising today following the Q1 Trading Update. The results weren't as good as I expected due to the reduction in petrol sales. However, I think Morrisons look in good shape to weather the storm and I also think there's good potential for them to improve their online offering going forward, which has reportedly been a weak point for them previously.

I do my business banking with these guys and think they're a decent quality bank with good service from a customer perspective. I've been on the sidelines for a while debating whether to get involved. This afternoon I've taken the plunge and bought £2K @ 78.98. It's a bit of a gamble, but I'm hopeful this bank can be turned around by the new management.

Following the loan misreporting scandal and then COVID-19, surely it can't get much worse for Metro. Assuming these events are already priced in and given such a low price to book ratio, there looks like there is lots of potential upside over the medium to long term. I also read that Metro were a potential takeover target due to the fact that they are small but established in the UK market and have a solid branch network.

Good luck everyone.

Have been watching this one from the sidelines for a while and finally decided to dip my toes in the water. Bought £2K @ 42.41. I'm speculating but I can't see the price dropping much further and I think there may be some positive news on Wednesday in terms of the order book and future strategy.

Great British brand with long history and lots of potential. I was also influenced by the fact that Toto Wolfe has made such a significant investment in the company. He is a clever guy and due to his contacts in the industry can effectively be considered an insider.

Good luck everyone.

I had a similar problem to this recently when I accidentally exceeded the annual allowance by £1.5K in my Stocks & Shares ISA. I had both a Cash ISA and a Stocks & Shares ISA and I put £8.5K into the Cash ISA and then made the mistake of putting £13K into my Stocks & Shares ISA. This was all in one tax year, so I held £21.5K across both my ISAs and was therefore above the £20K annual limit.

When I realised I had made the mistake - literally within 24 hours. I simply withdrew the excess £1.5K out of the Cash ISA, which was a flexible ISA. Whether what I have done to rectify is valid or not is another question. I called the HMRC ISA helpline to inform them I had made a mistake but they were no clearer than I was on what the rules regarding this actually are - i.e. is it valid to withdraw from an ISA with one provider and then put into an ISA with another provider within the same tax year.

They basically told me not to stress about it and that if it is deemed I had exceeded the allowance they would contact me about it following the end of the tax year and give me instructions on how it could be rectified. The ISA providers basically inform HMRC about your ISA subscriptions before the end of the tax year.

It may be the case that Lloyds were quite cautious when they calculated their bad loan provisions compared to other banks. RBS reported reduced Q1 profits today but have bounced again following yesterdays freefall.

I think the freefall today occurred due to a combination of the lacklustre results and a general retrace in FTSE following a few days of solid growth.

Other banks that did not report today such as Barclays and HSBC fell by around 4.00%. In that context, the relative drop of this share could be considered smaller. Had the FTSE been flying again today, the dip from the poor results would probably have been absorbed and yesterday's high may have held.

Medium to long term, I'm still optimistic that I've bought in at a price way below the book value of the business. I'm also satisfied that the business has avoided a loss despite challenges circumstances and made significant provisions for bad loans. Hopefully may see a bounce back up a few percentage points tomorrow, with punters cashing in and buying the dip.

Were this mornings results really that bad? Yeah there was a significant amount of provisions for bad loan losses, which was expected. However, my interpretation was that despite the current difficulties, they still made a small albeit reduced profit. At the currently discounted price, surely this share is a good medium to long term investment option.

Sounds good. It's going to be interesting to see the Q1 Trading Update on 12th May.

I would have thought supermarkets were a good bet given the current situation. The Morrisons fundamentals look in relatively good shape in terms of their debt and earnings ratios. The previous 1 year high is 221.50. Why isn't this stock rising faster in anticipation of what is likely to be a positive Q1 Trading Statement on May 12th?

Given that SAGA have quite a diverse range of products and are not just reliant on the cruise part of the business to generate cash flow, hopefully it should stand them in good stead to weather the current economic s***storm engulfing the world.

Thanks, Michael. That makes sense. Just bought in, this could be a potential bargain at 16 p.

I really like the SAGA brand and growing old is obviously a growth industry. I was tempted to buy in at the currently low price but I've had a look through the latest annual report published earlier this month and the company appears to have been making a loss in recent years and the equity on the balance sheet deteriorating.

Reading through the posts here, there seems to be quite a bit of optimism regarding this stock at the current price. What makes people think this is a potentially good long term position to hold?

You may be right. There's obviously a lot of uncertainty about what's going to happen over the coming months, but with the two banks I mentioned the rather simplistic calculation I made was that their share price is already at or near to its 2008 financial crash low, so it's not likely to go too much lower. My rationale for that is that the 2008 crisis was an existential threat to banks. This current crisis could become an existential threat to banks, but it probably isn't going to because they're in better shape than what they were prior to the 2008 crash.

Is this a good buy at 2.90 or is it likely to drop further?

I'm a newbie who's only just learning the ropes when it come to concepts such as Price to Book Value etc. However, my take on this one is that despite the uncertainty and current s***storm engulfing the oil industry, this is a long standing, high quality company that is available at a massively discounted price.

I'm trying to pick up good quality companies at bargain prices to start building up my portfolio. I picked up Barclays and HSBC earlier today at what seemed like massive discounts when considering their previous 1 year highs.

Thank god SauerKraut's finally out. It's been like a funeral parlour on here over the past week.