Direct Line Insurance Share Discussion Threads

[encarter] 08/4/2020 14:33

The divi will be back so well worth holding imho. And buying.

[porsche1945] 08/4/2020 11:21

Very little reason to own this dog anymore, shocking how quickly all these financials have dropped dividends, hasnt happened in the US or europe, all still paying, as usual shxthole uk suffers worse.

[p winky] 08/4/2020 07:34

Top up on the low down.

[superbarnet] 08/4/2020 07:22

Best to move to L & G as this will bomb today

[scobak] 04/4/2020 15:50

How long is a piece of string? Unknown unknown.

[risa5] 03/4/2020 21:52

Assuming the upcoming divi is safe here, could it be the last one given the current environment.

[encarter] 03/4/2020 10:48

Thinking of topping up at 247, tomorrow hopefully.

[essentialinvestor] 02/4/2020 16:55

Retest of the low on the cards? - any views appreciated.

[encarter] 02/4/2020 16:24

Thanks waranty. I agree DLG worth buying on the dips. will take a look at the others. I doubled my money in a few days with AIR and then bunged the lot into AFX which I hope to do the same. Some silver linings around all these clouds.

[eeza] 02/4/2020 10:27

Have a look at the CGT thread run by Gengulphus'
In the header find 'free CGT calculators.
1 - CGTcalculator and 2 - Stonebanks.

I used them for 6 years to make my own calculations - work perfectly & very easy to use.

[wolansm] 02/4/2020 10:15

Pete exactly

[pete160] 02/4/2020 10:13

Oh, to live in such a black and white world !

How can you automatically assume that the accountant is lazy - it could be that he was providing objective, best value advise?

Have you complainers considered that perhaps oldvic's accountant was suggesting it would be cheaper for oldvic or his broker to provide the CGT information rather than the accountant charging him to work it out ?

Perhaps you think that the accountant should do this work for free or do you think that the accountant should just do the work and charge regardless?

It might be that oldvic was complaining about the accountants fee and the accountant suggested that his client might want to source or do part of it himself to reduce the cost?

I know that it's quite easy to get this information if you have an HL a/c and buy sell entire holdings at once. Otherwise yes, use a spreadsheet or I have seen websites somewhere that will do the calculations where you buy /sell in parts.

ps. I'm not an accountant, I do have one though and I provide as much of the necessary information to him as possible to keep costs lower.

[warranty] 01/4/2020 12:16

Well encarter, for “safe” sectors, or about as safe as you can get at the moment, the obvious one is food retail, particularly the big ones but their SPs have held up well so they can’t be considered bargains and you may well prefer to keep in cash for better buys. One share that does look good is PZC who make hand gels and soap and although their share price is holding well it’s still in relative bargain territory when results come out. A few notable fund managers have also taken positions at higher prices than its at currently too. Obviously dyor as I know you will but it could be a nice one to pick up? Strangely enough I think this is way oversold too and could be worth adding to if it gets another leg down with everything else. Copper miners are also very sold off currently, for obvious reasons but I suspect once things pick up and the electric market sparks up again they should quickly bounce back. CAML for one looks a bargain right now and ANTO too.

[eeza] 31/3/2020 14:29

FFS, don't leave it to them.
My accountant got it wrong 5 years out of 7.
Do the calcs yourself, I used to use a free on-line program, and my calcs were always right - unlike the 'expert'.

[encarter] 31/3/2020 12:07

My thoughts too. Isn't that their job?

[scobak] 31/3/2020 11:45

Think a change of accountant is needed. Sounds like he is either lazy or lacking in basic skills.

[oldvic] 31/3/2020 08:50

slightly of topic but

my accountant has asked me to find a brocker that includes in their reports suite the ability to
include a calculation of capital gain or loss on each share transaction
help !
any body

[encarter] 31/3/2020 08:25

Wtf. Safe !

[encarter] 29/3/2020 08:29

Now that the buy back is paused they have plenty of cash so divi should be save. They might even give a bonus divi once the dust settles. DLG seem save and should do well. Any other companies or sectors that should do well also? Who will win from this mess?