St. James's Place Share Discussion Threads

[dexdringle] 06/11/2020 12:57

There are far worse UK stocks to hold than this one though. I bought these recently at £9.13 and then again at £8.95. They tend to swing a lot so a good traders share despite being a FTSE 100 stock

[tim 3] 06/11/2020 12:49

Agreed.Used the March drop to switch many of my uk investments into an S&P tracker which has recovered all of my losses this year.

[porsche1945] 06/11/2020 12:22

Almost as pxss poor an investment as aviva gsk etc, U.K. listed stuff just desperate, stick to the S&P.

[dexdringle] 04/11/2020 09:50

All aboard. Next stop £9.50.....

[dexdringle] 27/10/2020 09:19

Well at least, for a change, it isn't a ridiculous article criticising the service to, or charges paid by, SJP's clients. Too many businesses now are concerned only for employees and customers with shareholders (owners of the business) being a very distant third. CEOs have to work with the employees (so like to keep them happy) and deal with unhappy customers (so like to keep them happy) but can largely ignore shareholders who are remote and are mostly faceless investment funds who don't seem to care either as it isn't their money. And therefore shareholder returns are not forefront in the CEOs mind. He's still getting his £X millions so why should he care. Then cost control starts to slip. Workforce becomes bloated. Lots of sub departments (mini empires) are created. Inefficiency creeps in. It becomes a jolly vehicle out of which everyone makes a good living except the shareholders. I am 100% behind Primestone here. They have nailed it. SJP is a really good core business but it is getting into bad habits.

[lomax99] 27/10/2020 06:30

Poor performance for shareholders:Https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-8881329/St-Jamess-Place-hit-investor-backlash.html

[dexdringle] 26/9/2020 12:28

....back in at £9.13....

[growthpotential] 11/8/2020 11:17

Nice move up

[dexdringle] 30/7/2020 10:19

Had been moving in an upward track for a few weeks but seems to be testing that on the downside now. Expect sub £9 during August then maybe drift back further to £8.50 after that..... EDIT 11/08/2020 Well, I got that wrong ! They are now £10.25 !!

[growthpotential] 30/7/2020 10:08

Yeh I missed that while I was enjoying my life lol. But also today's move looks over done

[dexdringle] 28/7/2020 13:06

Well, that 15 minute 80p drop in the share price at 10:30 was a nice buying opportunity for some people ! What the hell was that all about ?

[growthpotential] 28/7/2020 11:36

Decent results

[growthpotential] 28/7/2020 11:34

Kay Passa (?)

[growthpotential] 24/7/2020 22:28

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[growthpotential] 16/6/2020 09:19

did he que passa the hell outta here

[dexdringle] 03/6/2020 17:49

QP why all the post deletions ?

[dexdringle] 03/6/2020 16:36

Sold my entire holding today. Feels a bit toppy back at nearly £10 so feel a downward movement more likely than an upward one from here.... Still holding AFH but will sell those too if they get anywhere near £4 again. Market feels like it's getting ahead of itself and will be due another downward leg soon...

[dexdringle] 02/5/2020 12:41

I absolutely agree with QP. The wording is an ambiguous shambles. Whether they intended to or not they are borderline treating the shareholders (owners) with contempt.

[senku] 02/5/2020 03:39

How do you interpret this sentence in the press release? "In addition, the Board confirms that it will be making one dividend decision relating to the 2020 financial year and this will be made in February 2021 at the time of our full-year results." Does it mean no interim dividend this year?

[dexdringle] 01/5/2020 14:30

Hmmm. Will also be interesting to see if AFH pull their proposed 5p dividend announced in January and payable soon (XD date to be 11th June and payment date 3rd July). I'm betting they won't....(which probably means they will)

[dexdringle] 01/5/2020 13:21

Blimey. I genuinely didn't realise others had done the same. Traditional rules clearly no longer apply. What I still don't understand is why SJP didn't simply reduce the dividend to 20p from 32p. But instead they re-set the XD date to do the whole thing afresh. Surely that is a weird way to handle an already weird situation ?