The Shares thread

[Zingari]

allied carpets are pretty hot at the moment

[Head Honcho]

allied carpets are pretty hot at the moment

Yer on fire today mate

[Zingari]

Yer on fire today mate

it's the old British Tommy Atkins spirit mate , we always laugh in the face of adversity , but that's probably because we're too fookin daft to realise what adversity means

[GUJJIFOX]

heard lots about spread betting. Does anyone have any links to something that explains how it all works in a understadable way?

[Hollism94]

Yer on fire today mate

Pahahahahahaha

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

The only shares I have, are my wife and my partner. One week with one, and then I am ready for the other' the following week.

[Daggers]

The only shares I have, are my wife and my partner. One week with one, and then I am ready for the other' the following week.

You are Anti-Ultra.

You two must never meet or you will both vanish from the face of the Earth.

Hang on a minute, thinking about it...

[Zingari]

If i had any money I'd snap up a few shares in Pilkington glass , they look like they are going to have full order books for a good while now

ps

if anyone takes my advice it won't be considered as insider dealing or owt will it ?

[DJ Barry Hammond]

What does everyone think about Lloyds?

Well I have a fair holding, but sadly bought in at 60 odd pence earlier in the year. What a fool, didn't thnk they could go much lower.

But seriously, as long as they don't go out of business I think you could do ok out of them. Thinking is 1) the government isn't going to sell it's stake at a loss surely? 2) there's some good news yet to come, such as the forced sale of a number of branches completing - there's surely no more bad news to come out? 3) they're so cheap you can get a larger holding easier

4) compared with other banks they're underpriced. Yes they've had their troubles, but they still returned a profit

Lack of a dividend could be a downside, but then again they may pay out a special dividend in a couple of years to appease the share holders that have stuck by them.

Another factor to consider is that this has to have been one of the most traded shares over the last 2 years - it's always in the top 5 volumes traded when look.

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

You are Anti-Ultra.

You two must never meet or you will both vanish from the face of the Earth.

Hang on a minute, thinking about it...

Nice one.

[coale39]

Well I have a fair holding, but sadly bought in at 60 odd pence earlier in the year. What a fool, didn't thnk they could go much lower.

But seriously, as long as they don't go out of business I think you could do ok out of them. Thinking is 1) the government isn't going to sell it's stake at a loss surely? 2) there's some good news yet to come, such as the forced sale of a number of branches completing - there's surely no more bad news to come out? 3) they're so cheap you can get a larger holding easier

4) compared with other banks they're underpriced. Yes they've had their troubles, but they still returned a profit

Lack of a dividend could be a downside, but then again they may pay out a special dividend in a couple of years to appease the share holders that have stuck by them.

Another factor to consider is that this has to have been one of the most traded shares over the last 2 years - it's always in the top 5 volumes traded when look.

They wont pay a div under EU rules, so will have to wait for the gov to sell their stake.

Was considering getting Standard life yesterday, should have done it!

Might buy bit of lloyds if it gets down to 25p, bit of barcleys and something like glaxosmithkline

[lcfc"weasel"]

Well, I turn 18 in October and hope to invest some of the birthday money in shares, I'll probably just pick a few countries at random and have a laugh with it, if I make money, great! If I don't, well, mehhh.