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Damn. I was hoping for a much better rise today on England reaching rugby world cup finals. I'll never understand markets.

Nasty Gal 50% off everything sale and BooHoo 60% sale (including stuff already on sale) is on and the prices are ridiculously cheap. I doubt there's a teenager in the country that hasn't heard about it. Online is the way these days. This is gonna crush retail and send revenue soaring next update. I don't know how they make any profit on these items but I guess once you have a registered consumer buying loss leaders you can bombard them with future offers. SP good value right now and due a boost - happy to wait for £3.50.

Made loads buying and selling this over the years. Great dividends and a nice little earner.

Hey Realist1 - Tesla up 17% yesterday on results announced. Lots of positives. Care to comment?

Just doubled up on the positive vibes. Good to see some sense returning to the SP. Dead cats don't tend to bounce this high. Any comments from ItsToast?

Went ex divvi today. Very buyable at this price IMO

I'm surprised the SP hasn't fallen 8% at least on today's results and outlook. The markets never cease to amaze me. The words "declining", "challenging" and "uncertainty" are usually euphemisms for future gloom. And they can't keep blaming Brexit for their bad management. Oh well, I guess we'll give it time for the bad news to sink in and the SP to go sub £38.

No, never been burned thank God. If it's a major player then it should be doing a helluva lot better IMO. I've no particular axe to grind but CCL has been on my watchlist since 2005. I instead went for CPG which is up 771% over same time period. As to the future nobody knows but I know where I'd feel safer putting my wad.

Sorry, but what value is there here???? Down 75% in 3 years. Also, SP lower than it was in 2005. Ever thought there might be a reason for that? Yes, because the company is a total failure. Nowadays, any profit they make is being wasted in buying their own shares at inflated prices. Great idea. I wonder where the SP would be if they hadn't been buying their own shares. Wouldn't touch these with a bargepole.

The good thing about Aldi/Lidl competition is that my local Tesco is a lot less busy than it used to be - I can whizz round the aisles in no time, there's never any queues at the checkout and I get to park really near the entrance. The downside is their food like the current SP is overpriced.

I bought a few of these at 84p two years ago and still holding them. That's 2 bad decisions. Glad I only had a small investment and didn't average down. That's 2 good decisions. Never thought we'd see them at 35p ... and falling. I'm now tempted to just sell and take the loss like everyone else seems to be doing. I guess 35p might look like a good deal in a month's time.

According to the research house, while Britain’s supermarkets enjoyed a welcome return to growth in the 12 weeks to September (up 0.5% year-on-year), Tesco’s checkouts became that bit quieter. Sales there dropped 1.4% in the period, dragging its overall share of the market 0.5% lower to just below 27%.

Kantar’s latest release underlined the devastation the German discounters are wreaking on the former monopoly of the Big Four grocers. Sales at Aldi rocketed 6.3% in the three months while those at Lidl jumped 9.2%, in turn dragging its market share to record highs of 6%.

The likes of Tesco can expect the bricks-and-mortar disruptors to continue their stunning ascent beyond the near term too. For one, they are likely to continue on their programme of aggressive new store openings and site refurbishments well into the next decade. And in the meantime, worsening economic conditions in the UK look set to drive cost-conscious shoppers through their doors in ever-greater numbers as well.

mrcautious - you're wrong - the NAV has been steadily falling since Woody gated the "unrelated" (ha ha) WEIF back in June. On the rare day the NAV increases the amount is usually minute. I am down over 50% on these but I reckon when they appoint a new manager things will pick up. I feel there are some underlying investments that could do very well over the next 6 months. I also agree with poster who suggested removing the now tarnished word "Woodford" from the fund name - that must be a another factor causing the rush of sellers.

Nah. Just made it a better Buy price.

Down another 100 today

I see the SP touched over 277p today then it pulled back a bit. However, we're nearly back to the highs of (post trading statement on) 5th Sept. Suggests to me lots of positives and maybe the last chance to get in at these levels. Perhaps the recent broker upgrades Liberum (320), Peel Hunt (350) and Jeffries (325) have helped the move upwards. Motley Fool also had a BUY rec last week and mentioned the unique value of BOO's Instagram presence : "Currently, Boohoo has 6.1m followers, while its subsidiary Pretty Little Thing has 11.4m followers. By contrast, Next has 1.3m followers, while Superdry has 0.52m." The Winter Love Island will air in Jan/Feb 2020 to add more sales in a quiet period so I'm just sitting here waiting for the next spikes up over £3. All this rain surely means people are shopping online rather than going to the city centre. Ramp over ... see you at £3.

So they sell Costa and buy their own shares at a hefty premium. Dumb or what? I expect SP to fall a lot more. Get out while you can.

Sadly SP back down to January's 2160 levels. Any bounce has very much failed and direction is definitely heading down now. To think these were £34 just two years ago. Still, good to see Steve Bruce get his first win against Man Utd after 22 attempts.

Another one bites the dust. No recovery from here IMHO.

OK thanks - yep ex div will be it - I hadn't noticed that massive divvi.