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Mon 15/07/02 at 22:22
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Any of you lot got any shares?

No matter how good of a invester you are, any shares you have at the moment you have probably lost money. I have anyways :(

I could have sold my HBOS shares for £8.50 a few months ago but now they are about £5.50 :(

Could be a really good time to invest at the moment...Anybody got any good tips?
Wed 30/07/03 at 12:42
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Hmmmmm, i dunno....They are climbing again! up to 522 now! really tempted to sell them!
Wed 30/07/03 at 12:31
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"The mighty GE90-115"
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I bet you by tomorrow abbey nat shares will be down to around 485
Wed 30/07/03 at 12:30
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Or†ega wrote:
> God damn, wish i was up this morning. my Abbey national shares jumped
> up 9% when the market opened! Would have sold them for sure! Just
> under 520 @ the moment so still quite healthy though.

They hit an amazing 539!!!!!!!!! from being 489 yesterday!!!!

If only Id known... Im on a sinking ship at the moment BAA
Wed 30/07/03 at 12:04
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God damn, wish i was up this morning. my Abbey national shares jumped up 9% when the market opened! Would have sold them for sure! Just under 520 @ the moment so still quite healthy though.
Tue 15/07/03 at 09:21
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"Cigar smoker"
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Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Any money the company has is either profits or money from selling
> parts of the business. Either way as part owner you are entitled to
> part of that money.

NB : I'm sure catie is aware of how the dividend process works. I think you need to go and re read her post. She has asked why a company would distribute "ALL" of it's profits as a dividend to shareholders.

This is a company giving away all of it's money that it's made, which in my mind is a very bad practise because if for any reason it fails to make a profit or starts to struggle for a couple of months in a row, it will not have the resources to pay bills, ie WAGES and will subsequently collapse.
Tue 15/07/03 at 00:46
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Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Shame bout the Voda shares though Ortega. Too much profit taking in
> the markets over the past 2 weeks.

Aye, although Vodafone was in the top 5 buys of the day (most bought by IMIweb users) today.
Mon 14/07/03 at 13:48
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catie wrote:
> is there a business brain out there who could explain why a company
> would distribute all it's capitol to shareholders in the form of an
> interim dividend?

When you become a share holder you become a part owner of the company. If it makes a profit then you get some of that profit.

Any money the company has is either profits or money from selling parts of the business. Either way as part owner you are entitled to part of that money.

Shame bout the Voda shares though Ortega. Too much profit taking in the markets over the past 2 weeks.
Mon 14/07/03 at 13:41
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Abbey National are rising like mad this morning :)

Up to £5.0525 @ the moment. I had a text alert set up with a upper limit of £5 and was most pleased when i got the text @ 11:34
Wed 09/07/03 at 19:54
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Jive wrote:
> catie wrote:
> I know that there is an industrial tribunal claim impending against
> them.
>
> Then I would suggest that the company you work for knows that it is
> going to lose it's tribunal case, is going to be slapped with a
> massive massive fine and is therefore offloading all it's money so
> that it can't pay out.
>
> You could find yourself out of a job as I'm sure that is illegal and
> the receivers could be brought in to pay the debt. :(
>
> If I was you, I'd be asking questions within your company, ie people
> who are a bit higher up than you about what is going on.
>
> Sounds very worrying.

Thanks. I will investigate further.
Wed 09/07/03 at 15:47
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catie wrote:
> I know that there is an industrial tribunal claim impending against them.

Then I would suggest that the company you work for knows that it is going to lose it's tribunal case, is going to be slapped with a massive massive fine and is therefore offloading all it's money so that it can't pay out.

You could find yourself out of a job as I'm sure that is illegal and the receivers could be brought in to pay the debt. :(

If I was you, I'd be asking questions within your company, ie people who are a bit higher up than you about what is going on.

Sounds very worrying.

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