Carnival Share Discussion Threads

[pierre oreilly] 02/7/2023 11:18

Looks to me like someone, or some institutions, have run the numbers and finally realised big ships are real money spinners. Hence why all the standard 4 and 5 star lines are buying new massive ships, and the 6 star lines with 300 pax are charging stupidly high prices.

A week with all food, entertainment, fresh air, no washing up, mainly really great interesting people admittedly with the infrequent morbidly obese feral families, all for the price for a couple of days in Farty Towels in the rain with no food except a cheap sausage and black pudding swimming in melted lard. (I'm tempted to ask which most on here would prefer, but i'm quite scared of the answer!).

Cruises are the bargain holiday. No wonder most are now discovering that and the ships are sailing full.

[arja] 01/7/2023 18:43

is USA lead market for this stock ? Closed higher in US and I guess it means a firm opening on monday . Public holiday in USA on monday and no lead from there

[smurfy2001] 01/7/2023 09:30

Cramer’s Mad Dash on Carnival Corp.: We're still seeing revenge travel spending

[smurfy2001] 01/7/2023 02:39

Carnival’s bonds are drawing strong buying interest along with the stock

[smurfy2001] 30/6/2023 19:47

Carnival Stock Has Room to Run Even After Record Month, Jefferies Says

Cruise-line operator’s stock is up by a record 67% in June

Jefferies upgrades to buy with a Street-high $25 price target

[pierre oreilly] 30/6/2023 16:28

Even better if you sell while the angel's still flying.

[toffeeman] 30/6/2023 15:27

Fallen Angel only ok if you bought fallen

[smurfy2001] 30/6/2023 15:00

Be interesting to see the short position in the new few days. According to Yahoo it stands at 13.71% on the US listed shares.

[pierre oreilly] 30/6/2023 12:45

no probs kas.

[pierre oreilly] 30/6/2023 12:39

I know it sounds twee, but Fallen angels (i usually don't like terms like that) are a great way to make money long term. Jim Slater invented the term, and I've gained from that for donkey's years. It's in his beginners book 'Investment made easy' now ancient, but all you need to know, in my view, is in that masterpiece.

It's incredible how much big, out of favour, beaten to death stocks can recover once recovery sets in. You can reasonably safely build up big exposure as they rise.

So I expect 3/4/5 years out, if not taken over by the saudis, to at least breach its high, which is about 60 quid via a series of ups and downs of course.

The other slater idea which helped me was his warning never to buy companies who own a big hole in the ground in far away places

[the white house] 30/6/2023 12:14

Jeffries who did have a 9 buck handle on this (giving them no credence whatsoever) have just upgraded to 25 bucks making them clever guys

[sharetalk] 30/6/2023 09:42

Good momentum. 1500p next month.

[kasamavic] 29/6/2023 08:47

Pierre,I wasn't having a go at you.I was asking why you were so personal in your comments to Sam implying he can give up his driving job and live off 8 pounds trading profit.Anyway, we can all move on.

[pierre oreilly] 29/6/2023 08:41

Arja, there's been a series of big moves the last few days. One possible explanation, and this is my unbiased speculative view, is that there is some very large investor accumulating for whatever reason. The price had risen a lot over the previous several weeks. Then on results it took a big hit. In retrospect, I think that was a bit of good manipulation by the broker to get the price cheaper for their client, and probably hoped to get downward momentum. When down, the broker resumed again buying for their client without any real selling pressure generated, so back up went the price. The test for this speculation will come over the next few weeks and months. Got any more realistic theories which fit all the facts?

[pierre oreilly] 29/6/2023 08:30

Sam, unlike you I don't call people liars, which you have called me on several occasions, which explains my animosity towards you when you yet again hint at it, as in your recent sarcastic post. You called me a liar about the number of cruises I go on, and a liar about my selling all but 100 shared at the start of the pandemic, and a liar about the number of buys I've made since the drop, even though I post in real time not retrospectively.Not sure why kasa is having a go at me, your incorrect posts about me are far worse than my correct posts simply reposting what you have said about your trading.I realise our situations are as far apart as is possible, but that doesn't mean they are mutually exclusive.And could I ask you to please stop putting words in my mouth re traders, I have never said there are no successful traders on advfn, and neither do I have any problem with them. Please get your facts correct.I suggest we filter each other from now on.

[arja] 29/6/2023 07:46

I do not follow CCL much but noticed the chart breakout . But can someone explain why the big move yesterday when results came out on monday ? Sorry if it is an stupid question .

[jan-mar] 28/6/2023 21:22

Correct, I'm happy for anyone to make money in the markets, traders, investors anyone that can do it. He has a problem with that as it's his way or no way. His average is 10 pound, so he says, which means he has held some higher entry shares for over a year and been sat on a loss, now in profit, good luck to him. This has been a traders share for ages. It's all about percentages, some are happy with 15 to 20 percent per year, not a bad return.

[smurfy2001] 28/6/2023 20:06

This has been one of my best trading shares in years reminds me of Vedanta (now unlisted in UK) another share with decent volatility. One can trade in one portfolio and still have a core long term holding in another portfolio.

[kasamavic] 28/6/2023 19:43

Sam, he doesn't need to be so personal with his comments.It's a free forum. Anyone can say what they want whether it's true is another story.He certainly isn't the only one to make any money out of CCL. Whether it's buy and sell or hold it doesn't matter. You have to feel for those who bought at 40 quid+.There was someone on here stating they'd bought at 30 quid and has to wait to get their money back. If they ever do.

[sambuca] 28/6/2023 19:37

Pierre
To correct you it was not a long run of perfect trades which I stated in an earlier post it was one trade which made £52 and 22000 free shares in HVO other successful trades have been made in HVO and other companies including CCL all in the same manner as I have said before I do not need the money I trade with so I take free shares which is part of my pension pot.
I have made a small profit from 6 trades of HVO and more importantly I have added a reasonable number of free shares, where you have watched them go to a 900% profit and back to a 300% profit. Which method seems best?

Sam

[sambuca] 28/6/2023 19:28

Kasamvic
Pierre has a problem with any one who says that they have made money from their dealings in shares. He is the only person who has ever made any money as he quotes
"80% of traders lose all their money trading" and all 80% are on ADVFN so must all be liars, as the 20% who make a profit do not post on ADVFN.

Sam

[kasamavic] 28/6/2023 17:20

£150 of onboard credit to spend per stateroom on cruises of 14 days or longer£60 of onboard credit to spend per stateroom on cruises of 7 to 13 days£40 of onboard credit to spend per stateroom on cruises of 6 days or fewer

[pierre oreilly] 28/6/2023 17:08

Shareholder benefits are great, 150 quid or 250 dollars for a 14 nighter each. We do about 6 or 7 a year, so 1.5k dollars. Not life changing but certainly worth a 1k investment. Plus if you hold for a few years you 3x or 4x your money. No onboard discounts as far as i know - mind you, the stuff on board is either cheap junk or very expensive overpriced decent stuff (tax free! those words pull the punters in! CCL get the tax free benefit!).

Next cruise not in a Blackpool dinghy, Norway in 3 weeks, Feb cruise Qm2 Sydney to Singapore, bargain price of course, part of world cruise, 31 nights. I'm sure the 31 days we're away, CCL will rise more than the fare.

Much better than staring at a screen all day inventing phantom trades, or only posting the lucky trades and not the unlucky ones, or being honest like sam and admitting that a long run of perfect trades produces a 90 quid profit.

Ltbh is the way forward chaps and I'm certain you'll understand eventually. ( Learn about exponentiation, and apply that to the price and the divis and reinvest the divis and see what happens, after 10 or 15 years on average.).

[smurfy2001] 28/6/2023 17:08

Carnival CFO Eyes Debt Markets to Ratchet Down Interest Costs

(Bloomberg) -- Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp. may sell debt to bring down its interest expense when the opportunity arises, Chief Financial Officer David Bernstein said in an interview.



“We’re always looking at opportunities,” Bernstein told Bloomberg on Tuesday, adding that the company’s efforts to reduce its $33.7 billion pile of debt don’t prevent it from refinancing at lower rates, he said.

Despite the increases in interest rates in recent quarters, Carnival’s financing costs have fallen, Bernstein said. “The credit cost of our company has come down more than interest rates have gone up,” he said.