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elanfan said:
Wonder whether anyone has an opinion on Aviva plc?
New CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
Bought a small amount earlier this year on all the positive reviews i'd read, still in negative territory at the moment which surprises me, i feel the same about Lloyds, appears to be a well run outfit now but share price stutters along never getting to the 70p mark.New CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
mike13 said:
elanfan said:
Wonder whether anyone has an opinion on Aviva plc?
New CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
Bought a small amount earlier this year on all the positive reviews i'd read, still in negative territory at the moment which surprises me, i feel the same about Lloyds, appears to be a well run outfit now but share price stutters along never getting to the 70p mark.New CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
supercommuter said:
twinturboz said:
R8Steve said:
We should do a PH RTO into some empty cash shell AIM stock and rename it to something with blockchain in it. We'd all be overnight millionaires. 
Agree! It's a shame there isn't any options on some of these names, would be worth taking puts. Outright shorting the stock isn't available too, but even though this is obviously a mania that option is just far too risky.
https://wolfstreet.com/2017/12/28/im-in-awe-of-how...
Nice tick up on BOO.L - possibly a few New Years buyers as it seems to be being tipped heavily.
MTFB.L dropped quite sharply and slightly strangely with the sister listing in the US doing well. Still think this one will be my star for the coming year.
Taken a huge hit on my THX on the Canadian exchange. Feels like a seller hit the market with big volume at the end of '17 and maybe scared other PIs into selling. Lots of good news for them though so expect strong recovery through Q1.
Can see my 2017/18 ISA being 'down' in the new tax year, at this rate, but I'll mostly top up what I have as I'm still happy with the fundamentals and we're another year closer to news/ production/ delivery etc depending on what share we're discussing.
MTFB.L dropped quite sharply and slightly strangely with the sister listing in the US doing well. Still think this one will be my star for the coming year.
Taken a huge hit on my THX on the Canadian exchange. Feels like a seller hit the market with big volume at the end of '17 and maybe scared other PIs into selling. Lots of good news for them though so expect strong recovery through Q1.
Can see my 2017/18 ISA being 'down' in the new tax year, at this rate, but I'll mostly top up what I have as I'm still happy with the fundamentals and we're another year closer to news/ production/ delivery etc depending on what share we're discussing.
Edited by dom9 on Tuesday 2nd January 19:06
NRS said:
HarryW said:
Nice +30% tick up for ZIOC today, more of the same tomorrow would be nice...
Where is it compared to last time it was mentioned? 
IMHO it really has a long way to go to realise it's full potential...
HarryW said:
NRS said:
HarryW said:
Nice +30% tick up for ZIOC today, more of the same tomorrow would be nice...
Where is it compared to last time it was mentioned? IMHO it really has a long way to go to realise it's full potential...
NRS said:
HarryW said:
NRS said:
HarryW said:
Nice +30% tick up for ZIOC today, more of the same tomorrow would be nice...
Where is it compared to last time it was mentioned? IMHO it really has a long way to go to realise it's full potential...
See how long that lasts after a bullish h today with zioc
Pretty good update for BOO.L and 'only' 1% down now as I type.
I think you have to expect there to have been some people buying the 'rumour' (pre-results, price goes up) and selling 'the news' (today's update, price drops).
I suspect that's pretty much what we're seeing. The update seems to be pretty much in line with what was expected, hence no huge movements. Perhaps the market no longer expects BOO.L to hugely outperform (Vs. guidance), which is no bad thing as it should bring stability.
Still - look how they're doing in their sector in terms of growth and profit - amazing!
I suspect after last time there were some jitters about directors selling or the price dropping aggressively on news, so less bought in in the run-up and there have been less sellers on news, hence relative stability compared to previous quarterlies.
In reality; I am pretty happy if this ends flat today/ this week as it'll hopefully give people more confidence for next time there's an update that there aren't going to be huge swings so it'll attract people back to it for a longer term punt.
I think you have to expect there to have been some people buying the 'rumour' (pre-results, price goes up) and selling 'the news' (today's update, price drops).
I suspect that's pretty much what we're seeing. The update seems to be pretty much in line with what was expected, hence no huge movements. Perhaps the market no longer expects BOO.L to hugely outperform (Vs. guidance), which is no bad thing as it should bring stability.
Still - look how they're doing in their sector in terms of growth and profit - amazing!
I suspect after last time there were some jitters about directors selling or the price dropping aggressively on news, so less bought in in the run-up and there have been less sellers on news, hence relative stability compared to previous quarterlies.
In reality; I am pretty happy if this ends flat today/ this week as it'll hopefully give people more confidence for next time there's an update that there aren't going to be huge swings so it'll attract people back to it for a longer term punt.
elanfan said:
Wonder whether anyone has an opinion on Aviva plc?
New CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
Having checked I bought into AV. in March '13 for a shade under £3, and again in Jun '16 when they were sub £4, so I'm happy enoughNew CEO Mark Wilson has been in place a few years now and has trimmed the company back to its core operations, got rid of non essential stuff, bought and integrated Friends Life, made huge savings, fantastic operations ratio, started a £300m cash back, pays an improving dividend, now a cash generator/huge profit, £billions in reserves, an absolutely massive company etc etc
Yet the share price hasn't flown, why? Years ago CU (a sometime part of Aviva) had a share price higher than Prudential Ass and they are at £18odd.
HL has a selection of brokers tipping them at £6.50+ for sometime but the price just hovers.
Spoke too soon.... BOO.L back to taking a bit of a pummelling on big volume.
Wonder if people think £2 is just about the ceiling and are moving to others things for 2018?
Such a good business and although PE is high; profit and growth are, frankly, exceptional.
Think I'll just leave it in the drawer now and see what happens through 2018. It sits inside the ISA anyway.
Hoping 2018 is the year for MTFB.L as well but that seems to struggle to break the resistance at 42p. Still, I was in at 30p, which is nice.
Wonder if people think £2 is just about the ceiling and are moving to others things for 2018?
Such a good business and although PE is high; profit and growth are, frankly, exceptional.
Think I'll just leave it in the drawer now and see what happens through 2018. It sits inside the ISA anyway.
Hoping 2018 is the year for MTFB.L as well but that seems to struggle to break the resistance at 42p. Still, I was in at 30p, which is nice.
Anyone playing in Carillon?
It just seems a bit too risky for me, it was bouncing all over the place quite quickly yesterday (friday).
I watched it's %age drop from 20 to 30 to 40 %, I suppose I could have slid in there and made 18% or more at the right time but bottled it.
I don't know if they will still even be trading come Monday morning.
It just seems a bit too risky for me, it was bouncing all over the place quite quickly yesterday (friday).
I watched it's %age drop from 20 to 30 to 40 %, I suppose I could have slid in there and made 18% or more at the right time but bottled it.
I don't know if they will still even be trading come Monday morning.
speedyguy said:
Anyone playing in Carillon?
It just seems a bit too risky for me, it was bouncing all over the place quite quickly yesterday (friday).
I watched it's %age drop from 20 to 30 to 40 %, I suppose I could have slid in there and made 18% or more at the right time but bottled it.
I don't know if they will still even be trading come Monday morning.
You’d be better putting it all on black.It just seems a bit too risky for me, it was bouncing all over the place quite quickly yesterday (friday).
I watched it's %age drop from 20 to 30 to 40 %, I suppose I could have slid in there and made 18% or more at the right time but bottled it.
I don't know if they will still even be trading come Monday morning.
I knew it was a risk when I bought a 50p ish perhaps 12 months ago. Bugger. I’m going stick to funds and index trackers in future!
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