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On 26/02/2021 at 11:07, SilverDrum said:

Almost forgot this second delivery, fully took advantage of the BullionByPost referral code. Four free ounce's of silver with a best value sov 

 

Congrats to an amazing deal! May I ask where you got the referral code from?

18 hours ago, Peterheat said:

Ive just bought this 64 Kennedy half dollar from a vintage shop and was wondering how much you guys think its worth just out of interest ,theres a couple of dings on the edge Any advise is welcome and thanks in advance 

http://www.coinflation.com/coins/silver_coin_calculator.html

2 hours ago, 5huggy said:

IMHO- "follow Warren Buffet"! - get out of any part of the banking sector 😉👍

Yes. And get back in when their shares are dirt cheap 👍

Waiting for:

JP Morgan £20

HSBC £1.50

Goldman Sachs £45

53 minutes ago, AndrewSL76 said:

I have spent a few too many hours trying to learn about the ins and outs of basic trading. I am still struggling but having fun with small amounts of money in some of the usual suspect accounts. One thing I did scratch my head over was the difference between Class A and Class B shares in Shell. All about Dutch Tax, it seems - though their website seems to suggest UK residents can claim the 15% back..........

https://www.shell.com/investors/retail-shareholder-information/information-on-shares.html#:~:text=Class A ordinary shares and,see note 1 - Taxation).

Can anyone with more experience and knowledge put this into simple English? I have not bought into Shell yet and may not - but any thoughts would be very welcome; recognizing that it would not be financial advice, of course!!

If it is obvious and I am being an idiot - is there a website that explains this - to save you the time and pain of typing!!??

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/28/3-things-to-loathe-about-royal-dutch-shell.aspx

Living in the Uk, that's why I bought B shares.

19 hours ago, KDave said:

If you like banks why not HSBC - share price is at a 25 year low, 7%+ dividend;

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4366974-hsbc-extremely-cheap

Compare to JP morgan. Looks pricey although you said you are waiting for second lockdown and further crash so fair enough.

Too big to fail I like that, but I am not so sure its such a thing. That said I may have to rethink banks and add HSBC to the dividend/diversification list probably buy early next year when funds are available. I hate banks as gen-z hates oil, its just how I was brought up 

Too big to fail certainly applies to the largest US banks. They are "system-relevant." That's why I choose JP Morgan.

HSBC is losing and will likely lose more money in their asian markets. At £1.50 and lower I will consider buying. But they need to do some serious restructuring to get into decent profit area. I do not like their dividend covers:

https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/h/hsbc-holdings-plc-ordinary-usd0.50

2019: 1.00 (they paid out all of their profits! non-sequitur)

2017: 0.94

2016: 0.14

Ridiculous dividend policy of theirs - borrowing money to pay the shareholders. WTH?  As a comparison, JP Morgan has a dividend cover of 3.0 for every year. These are much more healthy numbers.

I like JP Morgan - too big too fail. Not a whole lot of dividend, but look at the dividend cover. Above 3.0 every year 👍

https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/j/jpmorgan-chase-and-co-com-stk-usd1

19 hours ago, KDave said:

I was hoping for some £9 shell but had resigned to not seeing it again, my average is £11.16 a share now.

I have some BP and Repsol left to buy, then in October I am hoping to be buying gold again but if gold price goes against me which is looking likely now, then fingers crossed by Kmans chart I may have the opportunity to buy some more oil. 

I still can't believe how cheap these companies are, the market hates them. 

If there's a second lockdown we will see shell trading way lower than £9. 

But even without a second lockdown the stock market will be made to crash and the blame will be put on Trump so he doesn't get re-elected. Loads of more buying opportunities ahead I am sure. Probably around October/ November. Looking to buy BP, Shell, Prudential, British Am Tobacco, Jpmorgan and Goldmansachs at a fraction of today's prices.

3 hours ago, Stacktastic said:

I can't see why they won't eventually put it back to what it used to be or near enough, when they are in profit? Having said that I am happy with 4.4%. The real risk long term is that they wont adapt to greener options very well, or get outcompeted by newer companies & tech that they just don't understand or get into in time. A plane just went over my house, so for the time being I cant see how it can stay that low for much longer as i get the impression the barrels are starting to move from storage? Its still looking very horizontal though. if the stockmarket tanks & there are no lockdowns, then the share price should certainly increase, especially if there are any large wars in the interim. I am new to this but it really feels like a good shitstorm asset to own, especially during inflation. 

I don't want my eggs in one basket, so will buy some world covering dividend ETF's soon and cost average unless it crashes again. 

Don't see any competition for RDS yet on "green" technologies. And if they do pop up, RDS has enough capital to buy them up. If their management is smart enough they will make sure they stay one of the global players. And they are already investing heavily in wind and solar, coming up is of course hydrogen as well. I want to buy more RDS shares as I think they will be around for another 100 years+. RDS will be one of my income shares (as opposed to growth stock).

BP I don't like for one reason - in the past 5 years their dividend cover was below 1.0 for 4 of these 5 years. If a company has to borrow money so they can pay a dividend.... ouch!

Also made a tiny purchase of 30 shares of RDS B today. When price drops lower, I'll average in. If the shares double in value over the next 20 years and pay a yearly average dividend of 4% I'll be happy.

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