Standard Life Aberdeen Share Discussion Threads

[chinese investor] 28/12/2018 10:13

Here We Go !

[skinny] 27/12/2018 08:40

Looks like I was closed on 24th @258.24.

Back in on any retrace.

[chinese investor] 27/12/2018 08:25

Almost Certain !

Chinese Investor (SLA) 20 Dec '18
260p This Year !

[pal44] 24/12/2018 11:24

Oh never mind perhaps next Christmas this will be 350p . Merry Christmas To to all .

[skinny] 22/12/2018 12:41

My limit close was missed by 0.4p yesterday.

I'm currently up 33 points since 14th, which just goes to show the skittish behaviour of the markets at present.

[masurenguy] 22/12/2018 11:41

Good to see this shareprice rise over the past couple of weeks while markets have been falling.
Glad that I topped up at just under 242p last Monday.

[thomstar] 21/12/2018 16:08

This is properly shifting the bed this year

[pal44] 20/12/2018 14:44

Chinese Investor - 350p please merry Christmas !

[chinese investor] 20/12/2018 10:22

260p This Year !

[chinese investor] 19/12/2018 12:20

260p Soon !

[skinny] 19/12/2018 11:17

28 points up from my recent punt and tempted to take the money for now....

[chinese investor] 19/12/2018 11:10

Looking Good !

[mcunliffe1] 18/12/2018 18:15

This limbo isn't down to Brexit. That issue is small-fry in the global world. The real issue in all markets is the trade war looming between China and USA.

Events in Europe are a sideshow in my opinion.

re. the director buy I couldn't help thinking that a week ago Melanie Gee could have bought the 50,000 shares for about £7500 less than she paid yesterday. Not being able to call the low point shouldn't be held against her - but interestingly, when she joined SLA the share price was about £4.12. Go Girl :-)

[tornado12] 18/12/2018 15:47

Now the parliamentary vote is delayed until mid-January we are again in limbo regarding share price direction. I think that’s the key step for SLA and similar businesses. So my Christmas money won’t we all spent in the high street in January :-)

[skinny] 18/12/2018 09:58

Yes - wishing my S/B was bigger!

[chinese investor] 18/12/2018 09:44

250p By Christmas !

[essentialinvestor] 18/12/2018 08:28

Without getting in to the Brexit debate again, if people hope for a no deal
in March and see that happening, UK financials may get quite a bit cheaper still.
I see no deal as unlikely. Ultimately the pressure on Labour from the TUC to
support some compromise will be overwhelming, just my guesstimate.

[rcturner2] 18/12/2018 07:28

MRF, I run my own business and am currently having my best year in 10 years. When I talk to my clients there is no sign of any kind of slowdown, although clearly the risk of recession is very high.

[mcunliffe1] 17/12/2018 23:59

Maybe their replacements are from our unemployed youth. The ones denigrating us older folks and desperate to vote again - to rectify our misguided voting. There again, perhaps they have jobs already, in this country and consequently we need other, European countries' youth to fill the gap of unemployment.

Meanwhile, immigration from outside the E.U. (totally within our control) remains high, to counteract the misplaced belief that we, tolerant people are not entirely welcoming of foreign nationals.

We are one of the most open, inclusive, free-trading nations on earth. That cannot be said of the E.U.

And yes - Nigeria, being the third largest (by pop.) member of the Commonwealth is welcome to send their folks here. I shared a classroom with a great guy from Nigeria, 40+ years ago......and two from Iran, one from India, two from Kenya and the other member from my home town in the UK.

Brexit is not about immigration - it's about control of OUR sovereignty. About OUR MP.'s doing our bidding (that's a laugh at the moment), about our money being used to the betterment of our country (even with us gifting more money than any other EU country.

That said - I'm sorry for posting this on the SLA site.

That also said, there's more interesting discussion on this site than we get from the management of SLA :-)

[essentialinvestor] 17/12/2018 16:38

My better half works in end of life care. Two of the Polish nurses she works with
have returned home in the last 6 months, no longer viewing themselves welcome
in the UK. They were both sharing private rented accommodation, no kids.

Where are their replacements from?, Nigeria.

Is that an example of Brexit in reality?.

[mcunliffe1] 17/12/2018 16:22

My R F, are you allegorically referring to the public employee living close by on the 3% and me, self-employed on the 0.5%?

And yes, I can compute compound interest.

The "dire predictions" are those quoted by others (I'm quite upbeat) and by now accepted by so many as gospel. I'm very aware that there are a multitude of countries in this world who are not priviliged to be in the EU - and they survive very well.

I'm also very aware that when we first voted on continued membership of the European Community it was primarily a confirmation of a trading relationship rather than a federal continent-wide venture.

When I examine my own (middle class) wealth I note a variety of investments. Perhaps the largest is my house. I susdpect the value of that has fallen in line with the changes in stamp duty at the upper end causing a lack of mobility in the upper half of the market - not EU related at all. I have premium bonds. These will remain unchanged in value and will only be affected by changes in interest rates and the need for NS&I to compete.

My equities are held in funds - some are guaranteed to grow at 4%, the rest are widely invested both in the UK and abroad. Some will decline, like SLA :-) often for reasons other than Brexit - some will increase, such as the foreign holdings.

Investing wisely, in my opinion, is all about spreading the risks. In trade, I believe it's better to have thousands of customers buying £x in total compared to, say, 25 customers buying the same £x in total. The wider world, one without high, protective and often pointless tariffs, will serve the UK far better than a closed, inward-looking and very protectionist bloc known as the EU.

[my retirement fund] 17/12/2018 14:40

Wealth is a relative term. So actually your wrong.If you were lucky enough to say get a year on year pay rise of 0.5% but you next door naibours is getting say 3% year on year pay rise. Have you the first clue how much more wealthier he will be. Or should I say poorer you will be?

[rcturner2] 17/12/2018 11:22

Actually that is not correct.

All of the different calculations only refer to lower levels of growth.

No one is going to get poorer, just that growth will be slower.