told you was a pile of turd.

still holding, no doubt i'll have no teeth by the time that these come good

I'm considering buying this...only about £150 worth, but it would surely be a nice little gamble? 25,000 shares or so in this could potentially be a great bet.

i've got a load in my SIPP but unfortunatly for me i retire in about 22 years and still think they'll be going backwards until then..

How much would you have to invest in a dividend one to make it worthwhile?

Is retail safe?

I was thinking of doing a speculative portfolio as in try and predict where the country will be in a decade and buy stocks to suit that.

Well that's wrong you better do your research again.

Take the supermarkets since 2009 the recession has helped stores like aldi increase market share.

But a store that has always been regarded as expensive (waitrose) has also increased.

Recessions may hurt many people but they also make others richer.

Don't write off luxury brands

There seems to be some confusion about what I meant. It also seems to be my fault because I can see how you got there. I didn't mean luxury brands like Waitrose or Ferrari etc. I am fully aware that sales of luxury cars/yachts etc have gone up and i'm also aware Waitrose is thriving. I live in Ipswich where they have opened a large Waitrose next to a large John Lewis (you can go into either shop and be in both shops, it's cleverly done). This local Waitrose is thriving and they plan on using the same style development in future based on the Ipswich model.

What I meant by luxuries was in the context of a bad recession/depression which I should have mentioned. So in the context luxuries was anything that isn't a basic need such as food, water, heat, light, petrol to get to work etc. All I meant was that I could see people tightening the purse strings and that high street retailers, like Argos, to take a completely random example would be something I steer clear of.

The stock in question is now up 4% on when I identified it. I won't be buying unless it drops down a bit. My strategy is future trends combined with good priced 'safe' stocks which will always have demand. This stock has made some very good decisions in the last year or so and looks very strong to me. Not willing to say any more.

Oh and by the way, regardless of some luxury brands showing strong sales, I still wouldn't buy them and since this game is a matter of opinion I don't see how I can be 'wrong' because of that. The rich will get richer, I agree, I still don't look on brands like Wairose as safe investments though.

And I did put it badly too as was not having a go at your personal choices.

9.77% f*#k sake.

Go on j2 what was it?

Tesco.

Had about 10 solid reasons to buy them. Missed the boat.

They are getting out of USA and Japan.

Tesco will get back the lost ground in my opinion. They have a lot going for them.

I didn't buy anything in the end. Just waiting on the sidelines.

I bought Tesco shares today when they fell to 364p.

Got 3 more on my buy list. If HER falls any more I might top up to 50,000-100,000 from my current tiny holding of 23,635.

Next on my buy list is actually another one under 1p. After that I will go for some safer ones. There's several I want based on what I think the future trends will be.


We should have a thread where we post what we hold and post every time we buy or sell something. Would be interesting to bounce ideas.

Agreed, just bought a small amount of Fastjet shares. 1p each.

It's quite funny how i'm now spending pretty much all of my disposable income on this! It beats the hell out of wasting it.

Now own:

HER
TSCO
FJET

I have at the min

Her
Rem (purchased after drink lol terribe move)
Snrp

My biggest investment is in jlp at the min they are fixed price for employees so won't go up in value but are a tax free way of investing bonuses and the dividends have been good.

get on FRR, KEEP FOR 12 MONTHS .