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[mike13]

FredClogs said:

I dropped my investment in a Woodford fund last month, it just wasn't performing in line with my wishes or the general market, its all very well saying you're a contrary stock picker in it for the long investment horizon but i want my returns NOW!

Got caught by this yesterday, dumped Woodford fund last year, bought back in a couple of months ago, regretting that now!

[bad company]

mike13 said:

FredClogs said:

I dropped my investment in a Woodford fund last month, it just wasn't performing in line with my wishes or the general market, its all very well saying you're a contrary stock picker in it for the long investment horizon but i want my returns NOW!

Got caught by this yesterday, dumped Woodford fund last year, bought back in a couple of months ago, regretting that now!

The Woodford launch was all over hyped imo. I buy funds through Hargreaves Lansdown and they were making such a song & dance about Woodford it put me off from the start. I wonder if his funds will stay on their recommended lists (Wealth 150)?

[whoami]

bad company said:

The Woodford launch was all over hyped imo. I buy funds through Hargreaves Lansdown and they were making such a song & dance about Woodford it put me off from the start. I wonder if his funds will stay on their recommended lists (Wealth 150)?

As long as he keeps on paying.

[tpalmer]

Any opinions on Carillion (CLLN) ahead of Sept 29th?

[kencom]

A shot in the dark, but an acquaintance recommended an oil/gas exploration company that is currently wicking the water away to access the reserves (or something like that!).

Trouble is I've spent all day trying to find it, as I forgot (idiot).

I remember it the name was around 4 digits, one of which was an 8.

Been driving me nuts, any ideas?

[g4ry13]

R8Steve said:

g4ry13 said:

Anyone still sitting on Tesco or am I the only fool doing so?

I am, still got a large holding in TSCO alongside my other big long term hold IGG. I see TSCO in the £2.50 range Q1/Q2 2108 so i'm holding til then. Dividend should be reinstated Q1 2018 as well.

I thought TSCO said they would pay dividend in 2017. In any case, I don't mind so long as they start moving back up and going through £2.

Any target for IGG? I think around £8 and i'd be closing it off and putting the money elsewhere.

[FWIW]

tpalmer said:

Any opinions on Carillion (CLLN) ahead of Sept 29th?

I was thinking about this too. Bought at 50p but I'm considering some more @ 42p. It seems to me to be a strong company that had a 'glitch'.

[HarryW]

kencom said:

A shot in the dark, but an acquaintance recommended an oil/gas exploration company that is currently wicking the water away to access the reserves (or something like that!).

Trouble is I've spent all day trying to find it, as I forgot (idiot).

I remember it the name was around 4 digits, one of which was an 8.

Been driving me nuts, any ideas?

88E perhaps?

Not a recommendation, dyor

[kencom]

Not 88E unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion.

[HarryW]

kencom said:

Not 88E unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion.

Ok...

Assuming it's on the LSE then there are 35 companies with 8 in their ticker, see here https://markets.ft.com/data/search?query=8&cou...

[kencom]

Thanks for taking the time to look, but it wasn't any of those.

He did mention a share price of around 2p/share

[bad company]

FWIW said:

tpalmer said:

Any opinions on Carillion (CLLN) ahead of Sept 29th?

I was thinking about this too. Bought at 50p but I'm considering some more @ 42p. It seems to me to be a strong company that had a 'glitch'.

I sold all my Carillion and Provident at the first sign of trouble. Both will come back imo and I would be happy to own the shares again - but how long will the recovery take???

ETA- Provident up nearly 11% this morning.

Edited by bad company on Thursday 24th August 10:01

[tpalmer]

bad company said:

I sold all my Carillion and Provident at the first sign of trouble. Both will come back imo and I would be happy to own the shares again - but how long will the recovery take???

ETA- Provident up nearly 11% this morning.

Edited by bad company on Thursday 24th August 10:01

Indeed. Got in Provident first thing this morning, holding out for around 820 at the moment, watching Carillion with interest.
Game is doing very well this morning too, very tempting but may have missed the boat I think.

Edited by tpalmer on Thursday 24th August 10:07

[R8Steve]

g4ry13 said:

I thought TSCO said they would pay dividend in 2017. In any case, I don't mind so long as they start moving back up and going through £2.

Any target for IGG? I think around £8 and i'd be closing it off and putting the money elsewhere.

Apologies, ex-div will be October '17, i was thinking in terms of expected payment which will be close to the start of '18

Same target for me in regards to IGG, £8 i will reduce but they have a good dividend yield so will be leaving half my holding in there long term. I picked all of them up at 443 from memory so at 800 i'm close to 100% up, top slice the 50% and leave the rest is the plan.

[Nick928]

Anyone shed any light on JD Sports. Have the council tenants of the UK stopped spending or something?
Surely they can't go any lower.

[FredClogs]

kencom said:

Thanks for taking the time to look, but it wasn't any of those.

He did mention a share price of around 2p/share

its 88E, they've re opened some pressure testing in alaska, mentioned top of page, their sp looks like the big dipper ride, i've stopped punting on oil and gas discoveries but there is money to be had if you believe the testing or the drill rig will be succesful

[HarryW]

For those holding MTFB are you tempted to top up at current prices?

[bad company]

tpalmer said:

bad company said:

I sold all my Carillion and Provident at the first sign of trouble. Both will come back imo and I would be happy to own the shares again - but how long will the recovery take???

ETA- Provident up nearly 11% this morning.

Edited by bad company on Thursday 24th August 10:01

Indeed. Got in Provident first thing this morning, holding out for around 820 at the moment, watching Carillion with interest.
Game is doing very well this morning too, very tempting but may have missed the boat I think.

Edited by tpalmer on Thursday 24th August 10:07

Your day got better and better, well done that man.

[FredClogs]

HarryW said:

For those holding MTFB are you tempted to top up at current prices?

My average is about 27p so its getting close. To be honest no, I think greed comes before a fall, or something like that, its a binary share/company opportunity and while all the science and opinion points to success i dont think I'd sleep well on knowing i was over committed. Also the way things have gone i think it may be well into next year now before we see the real rerate. Buying post revive 2 early on the first kick might be the better move. Could go lower yet.

[g4ry13]

R8Steve said:

g4ry13 said:

I thought TSCO said they would pay dividend in 2017. In any case, I don't mind so long as they start moving back up and going through £2.

Any target for IGG? I think around £8 and i'd be closing it off and putting the money elsewhere.

Apologies, ex-div will be October '17, i was thinking in terms of expected payment which will be close to the start of '18

Same target for me in regards to IGG, £8 i will reduce but they have a good dividend yield so will be leaving half my holding in there long term. I picked all of them up at 443 from memory so at 800 i'm close to 100% up, top slice the 50% and leave the rest is the plan.

I think i've got too much money sitting around or i'm feeling a bit bored. I got the idea that I should probably buy some more TSCO and hang on to them for the next 6-12 months.

If i'm sitting on a large IGG profit I could be tempted to take it rather than hang around for dividends. Just depends what other opportunities are around at the time and anything else i'd do with the money instead.

As you appear to be into dividends, any interest in Oil shares? BP/RDSA?