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I sold 100% of my wife's AZN today for a roughly 100% total return since August 2011.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
wow indeed. I just sold half the sipp azn holdings to wrap up profit, up 44% on buy price. Bought july 2013. You did very well GM with nice divis too0
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I included the divis my wife received, which were a decent bit of the return.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
Interesting talk right now that this will be an inversion which sees Pfizer, as a corporate entity, based in the UK. AZN put out a release saying they had raised concerns about Pfizer's plan to invert for UK tax domicile, although Pfizer were seeming to suggest this would just be a holding company for AZN.
There's a lot of talk in the US about their tax system keeping US companies from repatriating their overseas earnings. It would be big news for the US to lose one of their top companies to the UK.
Yes, interesting indeed. Some discussion about it here
http://blogs.ft.com/businessblog/2014/04/pfizer-astrazeneca-and-the-uk-as-an-offshore-tax-base/
I suppose if Pfizer did plan on doing this it would help get the UK government onside.0 -
I bought at the same time but I've decided to hold for now.gadgetmind wrote: »I sold 100% of my wife's AZN today for a roughly 100% total return since August 2011.0 -
Me too, I also bought August 2011. Comes out at around 98.5% profit. Not bad for less than 3 years!gadgetmind wrote: »I sold 100% of my wife's AZN today for a roughly 100% total return since August 2011.0 -
I bought at the same time but I've decided to hold for now.
I'd normally have held but I'm using CGT allowances and moving unwrapped holdings into ISAs when I get the opportunity.
We normally have more spare cash than will fit into ISAs, but 1) currently we don't have as much spare, 2) the S&S ISA limits will go up soon.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
i'm pleased for you guys. i wish i was onboard. if i was, i'd be staying on, at least for now.0
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Sounds like a plan. I would not be surprised to find AZN dropping back while Pfizer struggles to mount a hostile bid. Longer term, I am optimistic about AZN, though.gadgetmind wrote: »I'd normally have held but I'm using CGT allowances and moving unwrapped holdings into ISAs when I get the opportunity.0 -
i think you might be right. either they will stay higher, and things will progress quickly, with Pfizer keeping the price up through to the deal being completed (as per Vodafone). or it'll fall away, the price will drop, i'll buy in (happy to keep, but suspect Pfizer will come back and take it anyway)0
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