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It's a difficult one... part of the public appeal of Ben & Jerry's is the cool, socially aware, vaguely hippy view of the world. This action is very much in keeping with that brand image, but not such a good idea when it is part of a conglomerate like Unilever. It seems an odd choice; there are many other things wrong in the world that they could have taken a stance on without annoying a big consumer segment.

It'll be declared on 28th. Bookmark this site for future reference: https://dividenddata.co.uk/ex-dividend-date-search.py?searchTerm=gsk

4th August. There's a lovely little website for this info... https://dividenddata.co.uk/ex-dividend-date-search.py?searchTerm=LGEN

A Finance director... not usually known for splashing the cash unnecessarily!

Yes, it's boring receiving regular dividend income from a solid business in good times and bad. I suggest you stop following the share and just buy some. Tuck them away in an ISA or SIPP and review them at most every quarter. By the sound of it you probably have much more exciting growth shares which could go to the moon (or possibly not). Expend your daily energy and fretting on them, while knowing that DLG (or one of many other "boring" shares), will be earning you a nice income.

Now what? Down another 5% for no apparent reason.

Last year they issued an update on 28th July. I haven't seen any mention of an upcoming date, but would assume around the same time this year.

It kind of makes sense, each transaction obviously has a buyer and a seller on each side. If the price was struck below the mid price the impetus or compromise came from the seller, above the mid price, the buyer pushed for it to happen. Not an exact science I agree, so it shouldn't be used as an indicator in a trading strategy in my opinion.

Oh, it HAS gone over the 450 mark... I know 'cos that's when I bought in! ;-)

£3 or £3.50 are possible. At £3 the yield would be 5.85% and at £3.50 it drops to around 5%. Still not a bad return compared to other options. Also, if LGEN can continue to increase the dividend pay out then the SP should rise accordingly.

A share in the blue on ex-dividend date? When the rest of the market is very red? Nice!

I guess what's bad for the customer is good for the shareholder eh? To be fair, they have little option but to compete for new customers using the same tricks as pretty much every other insurer. It is infuriating to have to attend to it each year though. Hopefully we can return to a situation where you choose an insurer based on a combination of service level and price and can then stick with them knowing you are not being ripped off. Kind of kills the price comparison site business model if other industries start having to do this too!

Nice Twonko! I think it is sensible to sell all or part in the face of excessive "market exuberance", to buy back later when things have gone pop. However, I think we are a long way from that yet with LGEN.

DLG certainly do price walk, I've recently renewed with someone else because of exactly this issue. A 9% increase quoted for home insurance. I admit I must be a terrible risk having handed over thousands for various insurances yet never made a claim on any of them in 30 years. Tough industry!

Yes, LGEN seems to be caught up in the general market dithering. Hopefully the inflation fears will lift soon and we'll get dragged along on the overdue rise. UK markets still seem to have a nasty Brexit hangover compared to the rest of the world!

While they are not paying a divi, this is not a good investment hold. In the absence of a divi only a rising share price makes it a worthwhile investment and given the market judgement on these results, that ain't happening soon!

I suspect the next update will be decisive one way or another. We'll all be patting ourselves on the back and congratulating our stock-picking skills... or we'll be shaking our heads in disbelief wondering where it all went so wrong. I've only ever had one share go all the way to zero, but I'm getting that nagging doubt here too.

I fear that a lot of investors are pretty cheesed off with the SP of GSK. Many of them are nursing losses and if the share price does eventually pick up, there will be lots of individuals dumping them as soon as they get to break even. This could make progress very lumpy in the short term. A decisive move upwards however may convince them that things have changed and they may hang on for more.

Stocks that don't make a profit or don't pay a dividend are usually punished by the market in the face of rising inflation. Personally, I think the inflation worries are overdone - just think back to where the world was a year ago, are you surprised to see price rises from such a low point? So, I've put my money where my mouth is, doubling my investment in IQE at 48p today, giving me an average of 54p. Here's hoping that these inflation fears blow over and that IQE's next results deliver some good news!

In a Barclays ISA or SIPP it is £6. Hargreaves Lansdown are about £11.95 as I recall.