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I feel you pain JustForFun - I too was sucked into this horrible mess more than 10 years ago and despite foolishly trying to average down over the years, I'm still sitting on a massive loss. We only have ourselves to blame but I can honestly say that this share has been the worst investment of my life. All bets are now on Amapa and let's just hope Kiran & Co can pull this off so we can all get out of here with something.
Not guilty Sir!
Thanks LLoL - I imagine Elliots will be all over the valuations at the moment though. I just hope they're not looking to make a quick buck and flip their holding as this wouldn't be good for the SP short term.
I remember reading last year (sorry, can't find the article) that SMT revalue a third of the private holdings each month in addition to some adhoc valuations being carried out.
If anything, I think the latest US CPI report will cause nothing more than a temporary pullback. Rates will start to fall at some point - maybe just not as quickly as the market first priced in.
Apples and pears Dartron but each to their own. I see RCP is sitting at a discount to NAV of almost 29% - maybe give Elliots a shout and see if they're interested :)
May be a typo LLoL but CGT next year is £3k :)
Struv - I think you're way off the mark there I'm afraid. Even if you don't like Bannor, there is no denying he is nothing but a straight talker. So much so that if I'm just scanning and catching up on posts, his posts are the very few I actually pay any attention to.
I'm not convinced of Elliot's strategy to reduce the private equity holdings, including SpaceX. This is one of the things that differentiates SMT from its peers in that investors gain access to private equity as well as large caps. I can't seem to see the reasoning behind this published anywhere so I'm not sure of the logic here.
Elliot's may have the same motives as previously with ATST or they may just see it as an opportunity for the hedge fund to make a quick buck. After all, it doesn't take a massive price increase to make a significant return when your stake is 5% of the fund.
Interesting article LLoL - I also saw this positive take on SMT in CityWire today:
https://citywire.com/investment-trust-insider/news/hewitt-scottish-mortgage-on-the-front-foot-as-top-growth-trusts-recover/a2438689?re=118494&ea=1988161&utm_source=BulkEmail_Investment+Trust+Insider+Daily&utm_medium=BulkEmail_Investment+Trust+Insider+Daily&utm_campaign=BulkEmail_Investment+Trust+Insider+Daily
Yes, apologies - should be about SMT :)
I agree with everything you say here Tambo but people have had these freedoms since 2015. This was the reason I said ticking time bomb in my previous post as the implications have not yet filtered through to everyone.
I agree LLoL – the pension freedoms legislation of 2015 has given people the ability to manage their own pension funds so why should this be any different for public sector workers? It might still be a ticking time bomb though as more and more people become reliant on the state because they have burned through their pension funds too early.
Yes LLoL, I picked up on that too - almost as if they are moving the goalposts a bit :) Almost everything I read about the trust these days is positive though with the general expectation of globally falling interest rates over the coming years naturally benefitting growth stocks.
Interesting Trustnet article:
https://www.trustnet.com/news/13403996/when-scottish-mortgage-will-flourish-and-struggle
Yup, keep your Pecker up :)
Not exactly Captain - volatility is inherent with SMT, it's laid out in all the risk disclaimers and if this isn't for someone, they shouldn't invest. Much the same as you might not like to get in a car with the manic driver.
Nice work!
Tambo - my understanding is that directors can purchase on the open market (outwith any closed periods) as long as they don't have any price sensitive info, before it is made public.