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Investors can look ahead to 2024 with optimism and expect further gains from this FTSE 100 miner

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investors-look-ahead-2024-optimism-060000537.html

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Rusty said it would be an eventful year (or something like that), well he delivered on that one.

northernmuppet

" it told me that they were going to move out of certain investments - fossil fuels, tobacco, armaments"

in the last few years i have messages aviva about this and giving away my money to citizens advice and stated that as i shareholder i disapprove of these policies (mostly esg ones, but should not give away money without a vote) and if the staff at aviva want to push political virtue signaling policies they should do this in their own time with their own money. bot times a got a polite response but not proper justification for this policy. here is an extract of .the response.

"aviva is fully committed and proud of its record on supporting climate related issues and charitable organisations that share our values and purpose. we are convinced that using financially material environmental, social and governance (esg) information in our investment processes leads to better-informed investment decisions and better risk-adjusted returns in the long run; which is in the best interest of aviva and its shareholders.

aviva cannot be successful in isolation and commitment to protecting the planet and supporting the community in which we are based makes good business sense. section 172 companies act also supports this view in requiring boards to consider the needs not just of its shareholders and customers but also its wider stakeholders. our current ceo, amanda blanc, has set out her strategy focusing on growing the business, putting customers at the heart of everything we do, improving efficiency and ensuring the sustainability of the business. since her appointment from 6 july 2020 to 6 december 2022, the aviva share price has increased by approx. 56% against some really turbulent economic conditions. we returned capital to shareholders through a £1 billion share buyback programme that finished in march and returned £3.75 billion to our ordinary shareholders through a b share scheme in may. as previously announced with our half year results, given our strong capital position and prospects we will be further providing return to our shareholders as we anticipate commencing a new share buyback programme with the 2022 full year results (subject to market conditions and regulatory approval).

with regards to the queries you raised in your email -

in october, aviva pledged £7m and £2m to citizens advice and the money advice trust’s business debtline service respectively over the next two years. as people across the uk struggle to cope with rises in the cost of living."

after the latest sexist and ****** attack on older men being one myself i will never use any of avivas services again, they are now too political and it will cost us shareholders.

Just sent complaint to FCA about TT, not expecting them to act but we will see.

AngelsOneFive

Not sure if you will able to buy on NYSE, I had the same thought as I am with II and get the dividends in USD and considered using these to buy DEC but I checked with II and they said they only offer the UK version of Diversified Energy Company PLC as this is the primary listing of the stock. Not sure I understand this as I thought this was a duel listing and both equal, this duel listing has posed a number of questions, where is the US stock coming from as no new stock has been issued?, if from LSE (where else) how is this done, can you buy on LSE and sell on NYSE if broker trades both, if not who is moving it and how do they decide how much to move, the only answer I can think of it is between MMs on both markets in which case they will be making a huge amount of money when there is a difference between LSE and NYSE prices.

May consider selling just before XD and buy back after avoiding the 1.5% CCY conversion charge now there is no stamp duty on DEC with II.

Dividend declared 0.7p (unchanged), ex divi date 28/12/2023 payment date 12/01/2024.

Serco makes a profit and pays a dividends and has done for a time, it has contacts into the Conservatives Via Rupert Soames so deserves a higher rating than CPI.

If BB do not manipulate the share price how is that possible, it is inconceivable that if you BB a lot of shares the price will not be affected, perhaps the issue here is you have to prove intent and you can say they are there to reduce the amount paid in dividends.

I see this many times that BBs are stated as a way to return money to shareholders, as they are not getting it in cash then it must be in an increased share price.

In DECs case with a yield at one point exceeding 25% and interest rate on loans less than 10% it makes no sense not to BB as many as possible. I cannot buy into the idea that DEC has suddenly found a lot of cash behind the sofa which only appeared just before the US lising and crash in the SP.

Not matter what Andrew "Out to Lunch" Bailey says he will cut rates once he realises the FED have cut the rates, he will always follow the FED after a delay as he cannot think for himself but until then he will continue to trash the UK economy with it is not time to cut can't tell you when it is likely to happen and may need to rise if problems.

HHH81

You have got to remember that Andrew "Out to Lunch" Bailey (as he is known by Mark Carney and others) is a bit slow, the man who does not know his own salary. He said inflation was only transitory so no need to increase rates when it was rising fast and we all knew it would take off due to endless money printing by BOE and guess who charge of that.

Interest rates are stated to take a time to take effect, up to 1 year so "Out to Lunch" kept rates down as inflation soared and was well behind the FED and now inflation is falling fast he leaves them at the highest level in this cycle and no guidance (unlike the FED) on when rates are likely to fall.

Hi notrex Trek

In total agreement about BBs and like yourself have also been banging on about this and had an interesting discussion with Jim but he does make sense in a number of his other posts. Like Trek I also sent a couple of messages to IR urging them to up the BBs, looks like Rusty came on board a little after US listing announced.

I also added to PHNX, great dividends and results but most of my fire power is going buying Uranium via YCA and considering Camaco with my $ Dividends from DEC in II, have done much better than my Gold and everything else except GLEN. Up about 2.5 times on my first Uranium purchase from 2 years ago and after the Niger situation has been adding with free cash. There is a World Wide shortage of Uranium and price just keeps rising and is predicted to get worse as more Nuclear power plants are built, not advise so DYOR.

II and IWEB are no longer charging stamp duty but HL still are, we know IG have never charged stamp duty, don't know about any others.

"Trading suspended ?"

NO, I can Sell or Buy on II with no issues, more scaremongering.

Clued

Another thing about GG we have learned is that he has no sense of humour.

Out before US market opens can only be a good thing.

SP now at half the price of the last placing but you will have some dividends, just when you think it can't get worse ...

JonnyGee

I totally agree with you on Grey George and have on many occasions stated he is best ignored otherwise he will not stop as he gets the attention he craves.

However

"US political mud slinging provides nothing useful or informative either"

This whole report is about US political mudslinging along with creating opportunities to short the shares.

If you want to see how America works look no further than BP on the Gulf Oil spill. Obama tried to bankrupt BP so it could be taken over by Exxon, gave BPs money to any American who said they lost out. BP did not own the rig but was owned and operated by Transocean and Halliburton responsible for the cementing both had only minor costs compared to BP.

Russia was far better to BP than America has been even with the sanctions. It is not Russia stopping BP get Billions of pound out they are owned from Rosneft but our own UK Government.

Mulder

"The FCA need to investigate whether the aforementioned parties had PRIOR knowledge of the Democrats inquiry and privileged information "

They should but they won't, not interested, as far as they are concerned it is not their job any more.