Taylor Wimpey Share Discussion Threads

[uknighted] 18/5/2015 10:32

With a dividend of this order I think there will be quite a lot of buying on Thursday. Shareholders spending their divi on more TW shares. I will be.

[lostuser] 18/5/2015 10:26

Special dividend is 7.68p I believe

[arja] 18/5/2015 10:22

n111ndy - similar thing here in OZ when a dividend is fully franked and share price drops more than the cash dividend . I sometimes look for a buying oportunity at low point on ex-div date if a share has previously been in a nice uptrend . Of course a bad day in market generally affects one's thinking . good luck .

[joemillion] 18/5/2015 10:14

Question is should we be selling now in the hope of buying back 10p or more cheaper come ex div date? Going to decide after a lunch time pint I think...

[arja] 18/5/2015 10:13

n111ndy - how much is this special dividend as , if small , punters will not be buying for that reason but becaause all the building and property stocks have great looking uptrending charts ??.
airwalk - good for you if you can operate like that and wish I could on a consistent basis. I now just tend to trade to avoid any disasters and try to do OAAT as that is best way to succeed.
wish the UK market opened for a CFD L2 order more than 10 minutes before market opens as it is a real pain - here in OZ it is 2 hours before opening .

[n111ndy] 18/5/2015 10:05

Well said Arja. I have been in the same boat. From what happened when the share went exd last year, it fell more than the div amount. In this case these is a lot of support and positive data on housing, but am prepared to see it happen again.

[airwalk1971] 18/5/2015 10:01

Arja. I have no emotional involvement in any of my holdings. I treat the markets as a business and set tight stop losses. You have to be a machine to suceed. I learnt the hard way though. You have to have the head to sell at a small loss otherwise it will easily turn into a large one. Been there... Learnt my lesson.

[gbh2] 18/5/2015 09:57

Whole sector still gaining so difficult to guess what effect the special divi date is having here.

[uknighted] 18/5/2015 09:36

Thursday is ex-div date for Special Divi payable 03/07.

[arja] 18/5/2015 09:32

lostuser- I think ex div date was in April .

[arja] 18/5/2015 09:30

airwalk- simple in theory but not in practice as human nature kicks in ! or maybe you operate like a machine and can keep emotion out of it ? ( smile ). Lucky you if you can . The best way to make money is doing OAAT and sticking to it but needs good discipline !

[lostuser] 18/5/2015 08:49

Wow, it's taken off again. Anyone want to guess where this might end up after Thursday (ex-div).

[v11slr] 15/5/2015 22:26

airwalk1971 - agreed.

[airwalk1971] 15/5/2015 20:28

Let your winners run and cut your losers. Simple.

[gbh2] 15/5/2015 16:56

beercap, I'm not that well disciplined, my favoured selling point is 5 to 10% profit but this last four months I've broken my rules by hanging onto TW until the value of the holding has exceeded max in any one company rule.

A lesson learnt during my first two years of share buying when the company I put half my redundancy cash into (50p) a share rose to £15.

Luckily I managed to get a good deal out over two financial years and paid the tax accordingly but I lost a good deal when the share price then sank back to sub 50p.

My only advice in this game is set targets.

[homeboy35] 15/5/2015 16:44

This has been an amazing share -that's all I can say - travelling after June for the rest of the year, that's for sure!

[1gw] 15/5/2015 16:42

Marshall Wace trying to build a short. Have declared:

0.50% 5th May
0.63% 8th May
0.70% 13th May

Can't be looking too good for them today.

[beercapafn] 15/5/2015 16:14

gbh2 that was honest. so you sell against a profit % not the assess class or individual stock.

Interested if that works long term. A discipline I admit I cant do. to greedy..

[gbh2] 15/5/2015 13:05

I had this problem last week, my TW holding (value wise) was above my self set maximum so I released 10Ks before thinking about what I'd do with it, eventually I bought a few VOD shares (which are now in profit) but nothing like the current profitability as TW.

[homeboy35] 15/5/2015 12:54

Just in cash until I see a good opportunity.

I will wait for the divi now.

[gbh2] 15/5/2015 09:44

Question is, where are you going to put it if you take some profit?

[homeboy35] 15/5/2015 09:30

184, even I think it's looking a bit top heavy!

Might even take a bit off the table at this rate.

[gbh2] 15/5/2015 07:50

Bovis should get a good response to today's update.

[gambos49] 14/5/2015 22:24

1st time in a long time these haven't matched or bettered BDEV or PSN on a daily basis

[gbh2] 14/5/2015 19:39

The madhouse is buying & selling shares, I've made and lost several K in the last 17 years, but managed to follow the golden rule of making more than I loss in each financial year :))