Share tips thread (Vol 2)

[supercommuter]

NRS said:

Benbay001 said:

If i post a company i am thinking of making my first share investment in (stuck £200 in a fund earlier this month, but thats it), would anyone be able to tell me whether i have considered the metrics properly? Or is that frowned against on here?

Its a company that i looked at ages ago when i first looking into S and S as the price tanked one day, but the price just kept going down but i cant work out why, seems good value to me.

This would be a long term investment.

Let me know and i will drop the name.
Thanks in advance.

Drop the name - no one on here will move the market. However remember it is best not to try and catch a falling knife. Better to wait until it has turned. You lose a bit of profit, but much safer in case it keeps falling.

Share the name. let us take a look.

[Benbay001]

I was/am interested in Hansteen Holdings HSTN

FredClogs said:

Yes, we all want to find that gem of a company that is drastically undervalued by the market, post it already.

You know that wasnt what i was suggesting.

[Greshamst]

Have been so tempted to put a short on the FTSE... might as well make some money whilst everything falls apart!

[Zippee]

Greshamst said:

Have been so tempted to put a short on the FTSE... might as well make some money whilst everything falls apart!

I'm just leaving everything alone
Mine are in freefall, at present only paper losses so will hold long term and hope they recover.

[elanfan]

Aviva

Massive cash generator, slimmed down business, fantastic dividends. The CEO makes a shock announcement that he’s off and the price has crashed from high £4/ low £5s to today being at £4.16. Can’t see any other reason. Brokers were forecasting £5.80 to £6.10 dounbtless that’ll be revised down so they don’t look too silly. Even a 40p increase is just under 10%

[fellatthefirst]

Aviva share price has been in steady decline for a while though...

[K12beano]

fellatthefirst said:

Aviva share price has been in steady decline for a while though...

Agreed. I bought a few shares somewhere between the Friends Life acquisition and just after the FCA botched closed book announcement. Assumptions I made at the time were centred around the prospects for a business that appeared to be turning around under the current management, potential for the industry, good solid fundamentals - all rewarded by it shedding 17% (admittedly I’m conveniently ignoring divs). I don’t see what has changed today apart from the uncertainty of management change?

[Paddymcc]

What a cluster fk AST has turned out to be.

[Burwood]

Amazon being butchered. The invincible AWS is no longer King. Big surprise it gets usurped by Microsoft. $1,000 by Christmas? I personally think it has 60% further to fall

[xx99xx]

Paddymcc said:

What a cluster fk AST has turned out to be.

For existing holders indeed. Great price to buy in now though as they are bound to look for a take over now which will probably be at a higher share price than current (but nowhere near what it should be, if they'd have got their act together/not had to deal with a corrupt government).

Can't believe I watched it race up to 8p a few years ago and not sell for a great profit, and then watch it crash back to 1p the following day!

[7184c]

Is anyone else here in on Thomas cook? I could have sold when I had doubled money but held as long term. I’m thinking of going back in and topping up as in the 40s it looks undervalued to me.

Apologies if raised previously as I haven’t trawled through thread.

[ooid]

ooid said:

R B S

Has anyone seen the charts since last tuesday? I'd really like to repeat myself...

[MWM3]

5 Below over in the States. Basically sells a lot of the tat people buy off amazon at similar prices but with the benefit of being able to peruse and buy in the flesh, without having to wait around for delivery.

They have some bold expansion plans as well.

[Badda]

MWM3 said:

5 Below over in the States. Basically sells a lot of the tat people buy off amazon at similar prices but with the benefit of being able to peruse and buy in the flesh, without having to wait around for delivery.

They have some bold expansion plans as well.

A Poundland equiv?

[MWM3]

Maybe more B&M

https://www.fivebelow.com/

[Vyse]

BMN is the share to be in IMO. Fantastic prospects, along with the new China regulations in rebar strength and the need for vanadium in REDOX batteries. The price of vanadium will only go higher.

[elanfan]

You might be right or not but...

Vanadium is the 20th most abundant element in the earth's crust; metallic vanadium is rare in nature (known as the mineral vanadium, native vanadium), but vanadium compounds occur naturally in about 65 different minerals

[Vyse]

There are only a hand full of vanadium produces in the world. At the moment there is a supply shortage and will only get worse with the increase in demand. BMN also has one of if not the highest grade of vanadium sites in the world.

[gretsch-drummer]

Royal Mail shares are looking good. Bought some at £3.40 and now £3.68.

They took a hit while floating around £4.70 when RM released a profit warning (a week before RM staff could sell their free shares tax free given to them by the company as a deal when it got privatised).

I bought my shares through 'Saxo' but now I've learnt about the $100 inactivity fee if no trades are made for 180 days and the 5 euro 'custody' monthly fee, Hmm. Should have done a more thorough comparison with other companies.

[Jambo85]

gretsch-drummer said:

Royal Mail shares are looking good. Bought some at £3.40 and now £3.68.

They took a hit while floating around £4.70 when RM released a profit warning (a week before RM staff could sell their free shares tax free given to them by the company as a deal when it got privatised).

HL quoting the dividend yield at 6.5%, which is incredibly good but without doing any research I guess there is a hunch (or fact?) that the dividend will be cut in line with the profit warning you mention?