Share tips thread

[Skyedriver]

bad company said:

I sold Carillion around March this year, very glad I did. I think you would have to be very brave indeed to buy now.

My dilemma is what to do with my Provident shares. They have been very good in terms of growth and dividends but have been in decline since the recent profit warning. As we know there are often more than one profit warning, so sell or hold???

Read a bit of detail this morning, about mounting debts, pension funds etc.
Balfours were thought to be a buyer but have walked away.
Suggest you nail your blocks to the track

[limpsfield]

PotatoSalad said:

Could anyone a bit more knowledgeable shed some light on the price forecast of Sirius Minerals?

http://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/s...

https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/for...


For the last several years they reported higher than expected losses and I can't find any breaking news that would explain this rather high target price.

Ignore brokers forecasts - unless you find one with a crystal ball. Useless on the whole.

E.g.:

"Analysts' target prices rarely accurate, global study finds
The ability of analysts to predict future stock values accurately and consistently over time remains questionable and should warrant some caution"


http://business.financialpost.com/investing/analys...

[NRS]

limpsfield said:

PotatoSalad said:

Could anyone a bit more knowledgeable shed some light on the price forecast of Sirius Minerals?

http://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/s...

https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/for...


For the last several years they reported higher than expected losses and I can't find any breaking news that would explain this rather high target price.

Ignore brokers forecasts - unless you find one with a crystal ball. Useless on the whole.

E.g.:

"Analysts' target prices rarely accurate, global study finds
The ability of analysts to predict future stock values accurately and consistently over time remains questionable and should warrant some caution"


http://business.financialpost.com/investing/analys...

Not to mention there has been (many?) occasions where a company recommends a share with a good price forecast, and yet the very same company is selling large amounts of the same shares on the same day as the recommendation.

[Dan_1981]

Are BT doomed to continue their poor performance or is the new chairman a sign of good news?

Wife has a nice collection of shares bought through work via sharesave type things unfortunately the value isn't quite what we hoped.

[bad company]

Dan_1981 said:

Are BT doomed to continue their poor performance or is the new chairman a sign of good news?

Wife has a nice collection of shares bought through work via sharesave type things unfortunately the value isn't quite what we hoped.

I hold some BT shares, their isn't too much growth but worth holding for the yield imo.

Can't see that changing any time soon.

[Hyena]

bad company said:

Dan_1981 said:

Are BT doomed to continue their poor performance or is the new chairman a sign of good news?

Wife has a nice collection of shares bought through work via sharesave type things unfortunately the value isn't quite what we hoped.

I hold some BT shares, their isn't too much growth but worth holding for the yield imo.

Can't see that changing any time soon.

It's a typical mature blue chip, you are not going to see much growth on it. Plus BT Sport seem to be spending a horrendous amount.

[Countdown]

Hyena said:

bad company said:

Dan_1981 said:

Are BT doomed to continue their poor performance or is the new chairman a sign of good news?

Wife has a nice collection of shares bought through work via sharesave type things unfortunately the value isn't quite what we hoped.

I hold some BT shares, their isn't too much growth but worth holding for the yield imo.

Can't see that changing any time soon.

It's a typical mature blue chip, you are not going to see much growth on it. Plus BT Sport seem to be spending a horrendous amount.

The size of their pension deficit is a bit worrying....

[bad company]

Countdown said:

Hyena said:

bad company said:

Dan_1981 said:

Are BT doomed to continue their poor performance or is the new chairman a sign of good news?

Wife has a nice collection of shares bought through work via sharesave type things unfortunately the value isn't quite what we hoped.

I hold some BT shares, their isn't too much growth but worth holding for the yield imo.

Can't see that changing any time soon.

It's a typical mature blue chip, you are not going to see much growth on it. Plus BT Sport seem to be spending a horrendous amount.

The size of their pension deficit is a bit worrying....

That's also typical of other mature blue chips. With BT there are worries about the pension, Openreach and possibly overpaying for football on BT Sport. All in all I'm happy to hold the shares but will be keeping a careful watch on them.

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43034 said:

Countdown said:

DSLiverpool said:

Wish I wasnt in carillion this morning - very savage.

Me too !! Only bought in a couple of weeks ago.... Looks like no dividends for a couple of years either

And nearing another 20% down today!

Much further to go do we feel? It seems so at the moment

Nearly £3k down in the space of 2 weeks

I wish I'd done what I was originally thinking of and stuck it into VUKE but was tempted by the yield - serves me right I suppose.

[PotatoSalad]

It's been a good week with BABA, SNE and FB shares so far, I bought them on leverage and set a tailing stop loss level. All 3 gained a bit so I will have some profit guaranteed even if the stop is triggered, and the premarket prices look promising today.

I might cash half of that today and and leave the other half with a generous stop level in case they keep growing on Monday.

[MrJuice]

kicking myself about FB. I've been meaning to buy but need to set myself up with ISA etc.

[cavey76]

BT are ex divi on Aug 11th hence whatever you own will return you 3.6% or if you use drip it will gain you the equivalent extra shares. I hold a large holding in my SIPP acquired recrntly. I think most of the bad news is past so feel relatively confident over the next 12 months they will climb

[shopper150]

MrJuice said:

kicking myself about FB. I've been meaning to buy but need to set myself up with ISA etc.

I didn't think you could hold FB in an ISA?

[p1stonhead]

shopper150 said:

MrJuice said:

kicking myself about FB. I've been meaning to buy but need to set myself up with ISA etc.

I didn't think you could hold FB in an ISA?

Can hold anything in a stocks and shares isa.

[FredClogs]

Anyone holding INDV? They specialize in making a drug that helps to combat opiode dependence and announce results 27th July, certain areas of the us are in the grip of prescription and heroine misuse epidemics and sadly INDV look to be well positioned to take advantage, especially if Trumps rehash of Obama care continues to support people...

Stick it on the watch list.

[PotatoSalad]

Do you expect a good report from INDV?

[WindyCommon]

PotatoSalad said:

Could anyone a bit more knowledgeable shed some light on the price forecast of Sirius Minerals?

No.

[FredClogs]

PotatoSalad said:

Do you expect a good report from INDV?

Not for any educated reason.

[bad company]

FredClogs said:

PotatoSalad said:

Do you expect a good report from INDV?

Not for any educated reason.

Very helpful response.

[FredClogs]

bad company said:

FredClogs said:

PotatoSalad said:

Do you expect a good report from INDV?

Not for any educated reason.

Very helpful response.

Ha ha, what more do you want from me? I gave my reasons for watching it in the post above , if I knew anything else I'd say. This is a share tipping thread not insider information weekly. But you can use google and quickly find loads of information about the rise of opioid addiction in the US and lesser so europe. Watch "The Oxycontin Express"