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west didsblue said:
It’s become a third because it’s done so well. At its purchase price it would be about 8%.
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Out of curiosity, is it volatile? Or is it masking poor performance in some of your other holdings?

If the answer to either of those is no then sounds like a great position to be in
 
west didsblue said:
That’s the tricky bit.
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I had a share that went up exponentially over a couple of years having nothing for the previous 3 or 4. On 2 occasions I have now taken the equivalent of my initial investment out. It's still up over 400% from first purchase. It's a controversial company that I wouldn't newly invest in now. I don't regret or even think about taking that cash out when I did as it paid for our recent 6 week Thailand holiday with biz class flights. It was basically a gamble that probably was no more than 0.5% of my portfolio.
 
chris85mcfc said:
Out of curiosity, is it volatile? Or is it masking poor performance in some of your other holdings?

If the answer to either of those is no then sounds like a great position to be in
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Yes it’s fairly volatile but taken over a period of years it’s always done well.
My other holdings are a bit of a mix. Until recently US investments have outperformed the rest but I’ve eased out of them a bit due the US becoming unstable. Currently slowly moving from growth to income stocks because it’s difficult to decide what to sell and when.
Can’t complain though. Over decades I’m typically beating 10% per year with recent years being the best largely thanks to GGP. In spite of a horrendous March, I’m still up 50% over 12 months.
 
hampshireblue said:
I had a share that went up exponentially over a couple of years having nothing for the previous 3 or 4. On 2 occasions I have now taken the equivalent of my initial investment out. It's still up over 400% from first purchase. It's a controversial company that I wouldn't newly invest in now. I don't regret or even think about taking that cash out when I did as it paid for our recent 6 week Thailand holiday with biz class flights. It was basically a gamble that probably was no more than 0.5% of my portfolio.
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That’s what it’s for. To pay for expensive things you wouldn’t normally pay for out of everyday income.
Did something similar a couple of months ago. Biz class to Asia followed by a two week cruise and biz class back. All paid for by giving a couple of my holdings a haircut.
 
hampshireblue said:
FTSE up over 2%. I hope those that sold out of the markets a few weeks ago have not missed the boat to get back in. Amazingly it's back to within about 4% of it's record high. Let's hope for some progress towards a peace in the next 2 weeks and some stability.
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I hope they have missed the boat, and deservedly so for shitting themselves and thinking so short term!
 
west didsblue said:
@M18CTID
@One Fan Clapping

Check GGP in the morning. Has almost hit £8 on ASX, boosted by new RNS and TACO.
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Yep, saw this earlier. Kind of expected it to open higher after the news overnight but wasn't expecting it to be as high as that!

I was contemplating putting some of this year's ISA allowance in but was holding back on the Iran news. I'll wait to see if Trump crashes the market again before committing ;)
 
M18CTID said:
Yep, saw this earlier. Kind of expected it to open higher after the news overnight but wasn't expecting it to be as high as that!

I was contemplating putting some of this year's ISA allowance in but was holding back on the Iran news. I'll wait to see if Trump crashes the market again before committing ;)
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I’m transferring £20k worth from my general account to my ISA. Could have done with that going through before the price jump but I can’t really complain.
 
Looks like shares associated with the travel industry are the stand outs today. Pharmaceuticals are also. doing pretty well. The losers are the oil companies but the drops in those are more than made up for by everything else.
 
M18CTID said:
I've got a shit load of my SIPP invested in NIO - too much really - and it's way down on my average buying price so I've just got to sit tight. If it ever returns to the all time high of around 5 years ago then I'm quids in and they did achieve their first ever quarterly operating profit in Q4 2025 so hopefully that's a sign of better things to come. As you know, I've also got some invested in GGP but nowhere near as much as in NIO and I'm contemplating sticking some of next year's ISA allowance into GGP next week because from what you've been saying it could go way higher and they have the figures to back that up.
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I bought NIO at three and a half dollars a share….and chased it all the way up to fifty five dollars a share.



……..and all the way down to ten dollars a share 18 months later….and sold, lol.
 
hampshireblue said:
That's a bit harsh. Everyone has a different attitude to risk and where they are in the investment/retirement cycle.
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Appreciate that, but they're gambling and chancing the market looking to make a quick buck

I personally dont see that as a different attitude to risk when investing; i see risk as having a portfolio that is more/less volatile depending on your appetite

Chancing or trading the market isnt investing IMO
 
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