Excuse the pun. And my question may be naive. But book retailer Ottaker's is causing me conern. I'm new to shares & investing but I did some solid research before buying up a portfolio and at the turn of the year Ottaker's was tipped as a BUY by numerous brokers. And shares magazine. Furthermore this BUY was reitterated just before Ottaker's Xmas sales figures were released. So I bought. At 391p. 3 weeks later and the shares are hovering around the 350p. Do I panic and cut my losses ? Do I hang firm for a while ? Is it a good idea never to listen to buy recommendations from brokers ? Help. Please ! I'd like your advice as I'm on a very steep learning curve and my knees are starting to wobble.

pb

some good old fashioned common sense.

you had to be very fast this morning to make any meaningful money out of this one !!