UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

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JonnyBravo wrote: »

Time to get excited?

:j

no, I don`t get excited about shares. They are just part of a wide ranging portfolio

I try always to stay objective

Cool, calm, capricorn me

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thesuperman wrote: »

any tips at the moment?

In the early days I was swept along by tips and that was the only time I lost real money. Hey you live and learn and I never follow tips as such. I might have a look at the charts and can see pretty well at a glance if something is worth the risk/reward

sabretoothtigger

Tips can be good for info but ignore the price and timing mostly as thats your business as you must weigh risk reward yourself. Never jump in

Questor has been good in recent months I think or at least I agree with alot of the conclusions about prospects

Tips off an internet board is about as low as it gets, apart from this one If it gives you ideas then great but it has to be your own idea so assume the worst

Added randgold and standard chartered to my long list. both have been in questor but I was watching stan.l anyway
Probably wont ever buy rrs but if i did want a gold mine..

stan.l was a buy any time under £10 but now they arent likely to drop that low or deserve to, well worth reading up on it seems.
drop is from some amount of fund raising, this is a positive (or the best kind, false negative) as long as the money is well used and I strongly suspect this is the case as there is a few opportunities available due to fallout over the last year

next wed ex div

Insurers were lower, led by a 3.5 percent drop in Legal & General (3166.KL - news) after it halved its interim dividend to conserve cash while it posted a 12 percent rise in first-half profits. Aviva (LSE: AV.L - news) , Friends Provident, Old Mutual (LSE: OML.L - news) , Prudential and Standard Life (LSE: SL.L - news) lost between 0.8 and 1.8 percent.

sl are ex div tommorow

William hill are partners with ptec and have fallen 10% today

JonnyBravo

kittie wrote: »

no, I don`t get excited about shares. They are just part of a wide ranging portfolio

I try always to stay objective

Cool, calm, capricorn me

Well I try to...... but if this comes through as expected.....

:dance:

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sabreteeth, I like stan. Used to have the shares and have the sub perp bds now

I bought them at 67p so they have a yield to me of 13.45% in perpetuity. Divi dates are 1/4 and 1/10. They cost 112p now but are still great for a good solid yielder and a great money making machine

http://www.collins-stewart.com/Downloads/FixedInterest/Leading%20Prefs%20&%20PIBS%2029-07-09.pdf

Easy to buy for the sipp. I just rang sippdeal

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JonnyBravo wrote: »

Well I try to...... but if this comes through as expected.....

:dance:

Jonny you`re being infectious, down boy!!!

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I just want to qualify re the sub perp bds above. The maturity call is after 2016 and that is the worst case scenario. On that date I will have had all my capital costs back plus 60% profit, plus whatever value is still in the bonds. This is in my case a win win scenario. The best case is that the bonds keep on providing dividends. You need to do your sums

http://www.fixedincomeinvestor.co.uk/x/analysis.html?cat=Analysis%20%26%20Comment&type=Bond%20of%20the%20Week&aid=84

JonnyBravo

kittie wrote: »

Jonny you`re being infectious, down boy!!!

he he he

come on kittie.... another 10% or so today.... heart beating just a little faster yet?

:j

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You`re a happy bunny then JonnyB. :beer:

sabretoothtigger

Do you guys intend to sell quarter of your position on the way up at any point to sort of capture profits. I ve seen day traders/speculators often do this to offset their stoploss being below entry point price

Im not involved but Im almost always tempted to just sell some of profits I have. The cool head prevails thing Kittie mentioned is totally correct, snap decisions are not my forte

Private investors cut their profits short too early and let their losses run far too long, I do that a bit too much.