Vodafone shares when to sell

[CheeseSlice]

It has been found that one of the best performing strategies over decades is to buy and hold, this has lower risk, loses less money through transaction costs and increases better than most strategies and nearly all find managers.

Warren Buffet has done all right out of that.

No comment

[Boney M]

Keep hold of them. Also echo the advice buy and have an exit point, whether + or -

[fullyautomatix]

Sell when the price shoots up and buy when the price crashes.

[Doggy Styles]

It has been found that one of the best performing strategies over decades is to buy and hold, this has lower risk, loses less money through transaction costs and increases better than most strategies and nearly all find managers.

This.

Warren Buffet has done all right out of that.

[pjclarke]

It has been found that one of the best performing strategies over decades is to buy and hold, this has lower risk, loses less money through transaction costs and increases better than most strategies and nearly all find managers.

+1

When to sell? The earliest of

When you judge the share to be overvalued, which takes research and more expertise than I have, or
When you can get a better return elsewhere, ie the price of a share you bought for dividends has risen to the point where you can get a better yield elsewhere after stamp duty and transaction costs, or
When you have achieved your investment goal, that is you've saved enough to buy the house you wanted, retire, whatever, or
Never.

[Dominic Connor]

You don't have access to the huge pile of data that traders have or s[pend all day looking at the screen, the idea that you can outperform them except by luck is just a bit ambitious.

Its worth asking where the money that traders make comes from, and that is found to be what are called liquidity traders, ie people who sell because they need the money or buy because they have to balance a portfolio or whatever.

It has been found that one of the best performing strategies over decades is to buy and hold, this has lower risk, loses less money through transaction costs and increases better than most strategies and nearly all find managers.

Disclaimer : If you take financial advice from some random pimp on the Internet, then not only will you lose all your money, but small children will laugh at you as you walk barefoot and penniless through the streets.

[Doggy Styles]

Whats people opionion on Vodafone shares, I got a holding and with prices at 227p today I'm circa 25% up. Not sure if I should just sell them now or if worth holding on to, keep hearing about a special dividend etc but not sure if current price reflects that in that once special div comes out the price will drop ?

It depends why you have got them.

Have you assessed what you think the shares are worth? That should give you the answer.

[SimonMac]

Aren't there rumours that AT&T might be Voda ?

Yes, once they have sold their stake in Verizon Wireless (deal to be confirmed in December) they will be in a position to be bought out and AT&T are keen to bid for them

[Platypus]

Aren't there rumours that AT&T might be Voda ?

[SimonMac]

I have a average buy price of 163 but am going to wait for the fall out of the Verizon sale and the special dividend, I think they are still a solid performer but may scale back my holding

[CheeseSlice]

I'm similar I bought at 178p last year and up 25%.
I'm holding for now.

[Project Monkey]

If your 25% up, sell now, take profit, re-buy and wait for special divi.

[scooterscot]

When buying and selling shares

You make a target and get out when you've reached that target.

[Jeebo72]

I'm not sure you should be trading equities after that question!

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

Whats people opionion on Vodafone shares, I got a holding and with prices at 227p today I'm circa 25% up. Not sure if I should just sell them now or if worth holding on to, keep hearing about a special dividend etc but not sure if current price reflects that in that once special div comes out the price will drop ?

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