******** The Investment club thread ****

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So how have the other Investment clubs out there doing over the last couple of month?

Ours seems to have finally stopped the rot, and we managed to take some Capital Gains on a few of our shares, enough to bring our value up about 5% over that time. Still have a long way to go. We agreed to put a small amount into Premium bonds (most of our cash float, equivilent to the value of the largest invester in the club, as we no longer get any interest - not that it was much anyway - on our bank account.) We now have 5K ready to invest Long on the short term. (We would love to go short, but just don't have that facility on our dealing account!) but the shares we want to buy just wont drop! The movement is very small, up and down in the same day. Oh well just have to wait and see. Anyone got any ideas, suggestions?

Maybe you should like at companies with high divs and go in for trading the divs

Ignore Ashley James for sure, see post 21 above

Shagnasty
I took the squelsh off to see what you had to say, but I needn't of bothered. I'm am a grown up - I can make my own mind up and I have not ignored Ashley James. Ains is just making a suggetion - which I did ask for. Your comment was NOT HELPFUL.

Ains

We have have been doing this, but I must admit have sold a few of them because the short term gain has been 5-10 times the divi! Too many of the companies were dropping 20% immediately after going ex-div reducing the value of the portfolio in the process and put the shares into loss, from a profit. In fact I have about 10 Blue chip high divi companies which I'm authorised by the members to buy when the drop to a specific price (which over the last few months - many have been well below) but they just won't drop! They aren't really doing anything. The movements are really small - both up and down.

It sounds like you are already playing them well :-).... maybe you need to widen the number of shares you play with .... I find monthly CD Refs handy as a way of filtering

you'll have to explain - what are monthy CD refs?

You need to look at the Hemscott site - its a CD with massive amounts of info and you can ask for companies with big divs etc via filters. its a way of seeing what is available in terms of fundamentals

little woman , listen to whom you like indeed, if you had taken notice of Ahleys 3300 FTSE forecast applicable to last week,disaster, he was wrong by
-(15%).
If you listen to ainsoph he has been wrong by 97.5% on his self confessed "biggest single share holding",although he called himself KDC at the time, and don`t be so rude you asked for advice not I.
Anyway the shares you mention are now moving into a Bull phase, and your best bet is to ignore paying `s for info. and trickle some money into a tracker
fund.
Stay grown up.

I am very interested in the share you claim is wrong by 97.5% ..... what is it?

ask KDC

Shagnasty - you are not giving me advice - just slagging some one off.

I don't believe in tracker funds - why pay management fees when there are no guarentees. If I'm going to lose or make money it because I made the decision.

I like constructive comments (not distructive which is all you seem to do.) Just because I'm in a discussion does not mean I am going to take up someone elses advice. If your going always make your comments so personal so they are not actually helpful please don't bother........

hahahaha, the little woman eh?

That it - get personal with me - you obviously know nothing!!!!!!

hahahah, I know nothing , that`s right little woman, nothing, whose getting personal,I never said a word.
Trickling money into a tracker at 0.5% is cheaper then dealing anyway, but hey I know nothing.

LOL

Like I (& now you) said you know nothing - 0.5% is not cheaper than dealing for our investment club. You presume too much!

Well if < 0.5% is your dealing cost including stamp duty you are dealing for free, don`t bother asking for advice is my advice, you have cracked the system already,

but hey as we both agree I know nothing!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not dealing for free - but then again as I've said before you don't know my situation and are still presuming too much.

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange said the following FTSE 100 (^FTSE - news) companies would go ex-dividend on Wednesday.

According to Reuters' calculations at current market prices, the effect would be to take 3.44 points off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND INDEX IMPACT

(pence) (points) BAE Systems 5.50 0.69 Exel (LSE: EXL.L - news) 15.30 0.19 Friends Provident (LSE: FP.L - news - msgs) 4.80 0.34 Hanson (LSE: HNS.L - news - msgs) 10.85 0.33 Old Mutual (LSE: OML.L - news - msgs) 3.10 0.49 Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN.L - news - msgs) 3.00 0.11 Tesco (LSE: TSCO.L -