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Ifts

welwynrose wrote: »

How/When do people decide to sell their shares

You are not alone, it is often said its harder to decide when to sell than it is to buy shares.

Do some research into the company that you you hold the shares in, try understanding if there are further gains to be had and what future prospects the company has.

When I am undecided I go for the 50/50 option - sell half/some to get my original stake back and keep the rest.

welwynrose

Ifts wrote: »

You are not alone, it is often said its harder to decide when to sell than it is to buy shares.

Do some research into the company that you you hold the shares in, try understanding if there are further gains to be had and what future prospects the company has.

When I am undecided I go for the 50/50 option - sell half/some to get my original stake back and keep the rest.

Thanks I did just that - they are supposed to go up further but I sold enough to cover my original stake

longwalks1

Evening all
Just thought I'd ask and see what you guys think of Vectura (VEC) and Greencore (GNC). Hold both in my ISA and up a healthy amount in both since the summer, just wanted others views on either?
Cheers

Ifts

britishboy wrote: »

Vectura (VEC) and Greencore (GNC)

You may want to try posting over on The Motley Fool Discussion Boards too

dealsearcher

Dialight crashed this morning. Looks like Sabretoothtiger was correct. Now down at 625p. Looks like a few big investors have pulled out of the share. Something to do with delayed orders and a static profit figure. Big reaction though! It looks worth investing in now but such a big drop always makes you wonder ...

sabretoothtigger

After the fall, 18 PE ?
still one to tread lightly with. Volume on fall ten times usual



The computer thinks 425 is more like it but if confident in the company I reckon now is a fair time to consider though I gave up doing all in type bets long ago.
The market itself is elevated, its easier when overall gloom is apparent and likely overdone

Weak USA orders should be no surprise, I'd like to hear at least potential in Asia in growth markets. Japan also was swearing to reduce power consumption with LED use

[I will guess 600 as a buy over five years]

Vintageryan

I was nearly sick this morning when I saw it drop 25%. Went in to dilute my share at 645p was trading at 625p at the lowest.


Went out for 20 minutes and it has shot up to 690p lots of resistance at 700p just about even now.


Brokers have put a buy on it target about £12, still looks a good company to me.

dealsearcher

The last time the share price for Dialight was 425p was in October 2010. To fall back that far would be a really drastic fall.


It would seem that the company is a good one which has had some minor difficulties with order delays, which are coming through this year. They appear to be the leading company in low energy LED lighting for obstructions. It should be a company with a good future.


What seems to matter is how well the company is run. The delay in orders and a new sales force appears to have spooked large investors who have pulled out, hopefully temporarily until these orders come through and the sales force gets its act together.

Nick_C

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m0n3y_3

Regarding Dialight and any recovery play I hope it is useful if I add that I have learnt at my cost over the last few years that investing in recovery stocks although very tempting, is really risky because when sentiment is against a company the share can just keep going down and down, it appears to bottom, and often with little rises as people buy in trying to guess the lowest share price, CNA is a recent one that I hold after the first big drop a few months ago and keeps falling, and another recent one SRP I have that may have found the bottom and appears to now be going back up (for now). The thing with recovery plays seems to be all news is taken as bad news when people are jittery about a share. I will admit that when a new share moves against me I have made all the typical mistakes about not wanting to sell and lose money and keeping hold of a share for a long time hoping it goes back up to what it was bought at (luckily they have for me .... eventually, like BARC a few years ago). The trouble is companies who suffer big share drops are always reported in the news, you just can't avoid them today is typical Mothercare, Tescos, M+S etc but of course companies with nice steady rising share prices are not deemed newsworthy, and are often the ones with more upside than downside that can be a better investment.